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Matt Posky

Matt Posky

News and Social Media Contributor at The Truth About Cars

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Volvo Abandons Lidar Technology After Dropping Supplier

Volvo looks to be abandoning lidar. Viewed by some as an essential technology for advanced driving features and so-called autonomous cars, some companies have managed to achieve promising results without lidar. After seeming wholly committed to the technology, Volvo will now be joining the ranks of those that go without. However, the company’s reasoning seems to have more to do with supplier issues than technical concerns. The Swedish-Chinese automaker previously made lidar an opt…
17 days ago
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Driving Dystopia: Nightmare Brake Job Illustrates Problems With Mod...

If you’re someone that prefers to work on your own vehicle, you’ve undoubtedly noticed that simple jobs haven’t gotten any easier over the years. You are certainly not alone in feeling that way. Automakers are very obviously making formerly simple maintenance routines an absolute chore and the latest example comes from the owner of a Hyundai Ioniq 5 N who dared to try and change his own brakes after some hard use. News comes from the Ioniq 5 subreddit, by way of CarScoops, where th…
17 days ago
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Driving Dystopia: Kia Partners With Disney On Themed Infotainment S...

Kia has announced that it will be partnering with Disney to offer customizable infotainment screens, featuring the “beloved characters from the studio’s most iconic entertainment brands.” Depending upon your personal preferences and (let’s be honest) gender, this corporate collaboration could either be wonderful news or one of the sadder things you’ve learned this week. The automaker is claiming that it will offer five Disney franchises by the end of the year, with a grand total o…
21 days ago
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Hyundai, Kia, And Genesis Suffer Massive Customer Data Breach

Despite constant assurances from the industry that cybersecurity is everyone’s top priority, there’s been another massive data breach. This time it affects the personal data of up to 2.7 million Hyundai Motor Group customers — potentially encompassing addresses, phone numbers, driver’s licenses, and even Social Security numbers. Hyundai AutoEver America (HAEA), which handles the automaker’s information technology department, has reportedly been compromised. Sadly, this means that K…
25 days ago
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Driving Dystopia: It’s Time To Unplug Connected Vehicles

In the latest instance of people realizing vehicular connectivity is just one massive liability, we have a Norwegian probe into Chinese buses. Norway is presently growing its fleet of all-electric, Chinese-built transit vehicles and the government has become concerned that the connectivity features equipped permit a way for the buses to be remotely shut down. However, this isn’t a problem that’s limited to Chinese-made products — as the odds are good that your own vehicle boasts sim…
about 1 month ago
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Kia EV4 Placed On Indefinite Hiatus, Which Is Fine

It’s looking like North America won’t be getting the Kia EV4 because the model has been indefinitely delayed for the United States. Since the reason given by the manufacturer pertains to changing market conditions, and we’ve noticed a general lack of interest in all-electric models here, odds are good that both you and Kia aren’t going to be bothered by its absence. Officially, the model has not been cancelled. Kia has simply confirmed that the model was being delayed. But this was…
about 1 month ago
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SEMA 2025: Honda Bringing The Dirty Goods

Honda will be heading to the 2025 Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show and has made sure to bring some of its more-interesting toys to dazzle enthusiasts. With the industry embracing off-roading more than street performance these days, Honda’s stars shall be the Passport TrailSport HRC Concept and Civic Type R HRC Rally XP. HRC stands for “Honda Racing Corporation” and is highly reminiscent of the TRD or “Toyota Racing Development.” Both entities have roots in track-…
about 1 month ago
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NHTSA Investigating Waymo Self-Driving Cabs After School Bus Incident

Waymo is under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) following claims that one of its autonomous vehicles illegally went around a stopped school bus. The alleged incident took place in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 22nd, 2025. According to the NHTSA, the bus was dropping off students and the Waymo vehicle simply went around — making an illegal maneuver in the process. From the NHTSA: The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) identified a medi…
about 2 months ago
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Ford Offering Factory Drift Package For Mustang EcoBoost

Ford has revealed the hardware being baked into the 2026 RTR Package for the Mustang EcoBoost. Boiled down, buyers will be getting a factory drift package composed largely of components borrowed from meaner versions of the pony car. But there are also plenty of bits coming directly from RTR, several of which will be wholly unique to the vehicle in question. If you’re wondering why Ford didn’t bother to go with one of the V8-powered Mustangs, the company offered up a conversation b…
about 2 months ago
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Jeep Models Crippled By Buggy Software Update

Over the weekend, an over-the-air (OTA) update ended up wreaking havoc on a bunch of hybrid Jeeps. Owners of the Wrangler 4xe PHEV seem to be the worst affected, with customers reporting instances of vehicles becoming inoperable. While the Jeep forums are loaded up with aggrieved Wrangler customers, The Autopian looks to have been one of the first automotive outlets to cover Jeep’s software snafu. The OTA update (first issued on October 10th) was supposed to pertain to U-Connect.…
about 2 months ago
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Auto Theft Declines, Muscle Cars Being Targeted Less Often

The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has issued a report on car crime and the numbers are optimistic. Vehicle thefts in the United States have fallen by 23 percent during the first six months of 2025 and criminals seem to be getting less inclined to nab performance vehicles. It’s the NICB’s belief that the United States should be on track to experience its second consecutive year of declining auto theft rates. But it attributed the initial increase to the pandemic without mu…
about 2 months ago