Ford Motor Co. and DTE Energy Co. have launched a pilot program with 15 Ford employees in southeast Michigan that compensates these F-150 Lightning owners for transferring their electric vehicle battery power to their home to reduce demand on the electrical grid at high-use times.

The pilot has begun and will run through 2026. It's part of the ...Read more

General Motors Co. on Monday laid off about 325 workers and confirmed plans to close its Georgia IT Innovation Center by the end of the year.

Most of the job cuts at the Roswell, Georgia, site are information technology workers, a trend across industries as artificial intelligence becomes more advanced.

“We are redefining our site strategy, ...Read more

Electric vehicle advocates are bracing for the Trump administration’s anticipated reversal of the coupling more than a decade ago of vehicle fuel economy standards with EPA goals to reduce tailpipe emissions.

The Transportation Department’s upcoming rewrite of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards — paired with the 2025 ...Read more

General Motors Co. cut hundreds of jobs on Friday, just days after raising its profit guidance for the year in a move that sent the shares soaring.

The automaker laid off more than 200 salaried staff, mostly at its Tech Center in Warren, Michigan, north of Detroit. The message was delivered around 7 a.m., when the company called some of the ...Read more

STRATFORD, Virginia — If I had pulled up to the Lee family home in 1776 in a Tesla Cybertruck, they would have thought I was a time traveler from the future.

Which is not much different than the reaction I received when I pulled up in 2025.

I took a Cybertruck on a weekend trip with Mrs. Payne this fall to help prepare Stratford Hall, the ...Read more

Californians purchased a record number of zero-emission and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the third quarter of 2025, seizing their final opportunity to claim federal tax incentives before they were eliminated under President Trump’s sweeping budget cuts.

California residents bought more than 124,700 zero-emission vehicles or plug-in hybrids from...Read more

The 2026 Kia Sportage Hybrid is proof that the Koreans have done what the Japanese did 30 years ago: looked at the established order, taken notes, and then made better cars at lower prices with more style, more cleverness, and more empathy for the human beings who actually drive them. The 2026 Kia Sportage Hybrid isn’t just an appliance; it’...Read more

As Honda Powersports enters Grasso’s Garage for the first time, we recognize why consumers have been addicted to the brand for years. Enter the 2025 Honda Pioneer 1000-5 Trail Special Edition, a rec/utility fit for any occasion, any chore and tons of off-road fun.

Powered by a torquey 999cc liquid-cooled, parallel-twin, four-stroke engine, ...Read more

Electric vehicle maker Rivian, which plans a corporate hub and a $5 billion EV factory in Georgia, reportedly plans to lay off more than 600 workers as it looks to trim costs.

The Wall Street Journal reported Rivian plans to cut about 4% of its total workforce, which at the end of last year was nearly 15,000 people. The company is looking to ...Read more

Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, spent the end of Tesla Inc.’s earnings call pleading with investors to approve his $1 trillion pay package and blasting the shareholder advisory firms that have come out against the proposal.

“There needs to be enough voting control to give a strong influence, but not not so much that I can’t be ...Read more

NEW YORK — General Motors Co. unveiled plans Wednesday to offer eyes-off autonomous driving in the battery-powered Cadillac Escalade IQ SUV beginning in 2028 as the Detroit automaker seeks to recast itself for the 21st century.

The announcement at a swanky, invite-only event in midtown Manhattan is part of a broader pitch that GM is a tech ...Read more

Around 2,000 Waymo vehicles are under investigation after reports of one of the self-driving taxis navigating around a school bus while children disembarked.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a preliminary investigation Friday to examine the performance of Waymo's autonomous technology around stopped school buses and how...Read more

General Motors Co. brought in $3.4 billion in net profits before taxes and close to $49 billion in total revenue over the last several months, beating Wall Street expectations.

Per share, that's earnings of $2.80. Analysts expected revenue of about $44 billion and earnings of $2.26 per share between July and October, according to consensus ...Read more

Heavy discounts on new electric vehicles and buyer skepticism about their durability continue to push down used EV prices, which experts say has opened up a traditionally pricey market to more U.S. drivers.

While new EVs on average cost $9,000 more than similar gas models, prices on used EVs now are competitive with their internal combustion ...Read more

The White House on Friday extended to five years an arrangement that eases tariffs on automakers assembling vehicles in the United States and provided details on a 25% tariff on medium- and heavy-duty trucks set to take effect Nov. 1.

The extension of offsets that allow automakers to reduce what they pay in tariffs on imported car parts ...Read more

Audi enters Grasso’s Garage for the first time this year with its historically proven 2025 Audi Q5, a mid-size luxury five-seat SUV. Wrapped in Navarra Blue Metallic, our Q5 Prestige Quattro tester was appealing, comfortable and sporty.

Powering the Audi Q5 is a 2.0-liter TFSI inline four-cylinder engine, paired with a seven-speed S-tronic ...Read more

The 2025 Honda Civic Sport Hatchback is not a Ferrari, not a Bentley, not a Porsche. It’s a Civic. A hatchback. There’s something deeply comforting about its continued existence even as too many buyers opt for SUVs big enough to blot out the sun, pickup trucks tall enough to require a Sherpa, and luxury EVs that glow like radioactive ...Read more

GAYLORD, Michigan — I made an easy drive this fall up Interstate 75 to Charlevoix. Cruising on adaptive cruise control at 80 mph, listening to Sirius XM. Navigating Google Maps on a jumbotron screen while taking in the fall colors. I could have been in any compact SUV.

But as I exited at Gaylord onto the challenging M-32 twisties, I selected ...Read more