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The UK’s largest automaker says it will extend its pause in production to October 1st as it continues to deal with a massive cyberattack. That means that JLR’s three factories will have been idle for four weeks, costing the company over 200 million pounds in lost revenue, Reuters says. No word yet on who was responsible for the attack.

Automotive News reports that Jeep is telling its suppliers to no longer expect a plug-in hybrid Gladiator pickup truck. It’s a curious move, considering the mid-sized truck is one of Jeep’s best-selling vehicles in the US, and its 4xe (pronounced “four-by-e”) hybrid lineup also remains quite popular. This comes after Jeep parent company Stellantis cancelled the battery-electric Ram 1500 REV.

My absolute favorite thing I own is a Flyer L885 electric cargo bike. It’s not the most powerful or most expensive, but it fits my lifestyle perfectly. I use it almost everyday to replace car trips, which is no easy task in a nation as car dependent as the US.

Kubota recently revealed the prototype, which runs on hydrogen fuel cells and can cultivate a field without any human supervision. Interestingly, here in the US, John Deere’s autonomous tractors still feature a cab for human operation. I guess they haven’t gone full robot yet.

Nearly two years after it was announced, we finally have gameplay video of iRacing’s first attempt at a new stock car racing game, and it looks pretty good. It’s debuting on PS5 and Xbox Series consoles first, on October 14th, before the Steam release for PC on November 11th.

Legislation that would require all vehicles, including EVs, to have AM radio was approved today by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, teeing it up for a full House vote. This is the second time the committee advanced the bill, after the chamber failed to take it up before the expiration of the legislative year. Some models, including Tesla, don’t include AM radio, arguing it could interfere with its powertrain.

The aircraft, which were both made by a spinoff of Chinese automaker Xpeng, reportedly crashed into one another during a rehearsal for the country’s upcoming air show. One of the electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles caught fire after landing. Video of the incident on X shows black smoke billowing into the air.

NBC News founded dozens of incidents in which Tesla owners using Full Self-Driving report near-misses with oncoming trains. The vehicles weren’t braking in time, forcing the drivers to intervene. Some cars stopped on the tracks, while others tried to actually turn onto the tracks. If I were trying to convince people my car company was actually on the cusp of solving real-world autonomy, I’d be very concerned by this!

IIHS moderate overlap crash test results for seven EVs show good ratings for the i4, Blazer EV, post-April 2025 Cybertruck, and ID.Buzz, and acceptable for Tesla’s Model 3. (No word on the door handles.)

The Georgia plant, a joint venture with LG Energy Solutions, was supposed to start producing EV batteries later this year, but now is likely to be delayed by up to three months. Around 475 workers, mostly South Korean nationals who work for LG, were arrested in last week’s ICE raid. President Trump reportedly is trying to mollify the situation.

The US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit alleging that the ridehail company “routinely refuse to serve individuals with disabilities,” including people with service animals and stowable wheelchairs. Uber settled a previous lawsuit with the Biden administration over a similar issue, but clearly this is an ongoing problem with ridesharing.

There is a growing number of incidents of Tesla owners becoming trapped in their burning vehicles after crashes, thanks to flush door handles, electrical power, and mechanical releases. US regulators have taken little action despite complaints about Tesla’s door handles “piling up” in the federal government’s database, Bloomberg reports.