Kyle Stock

An Electric Vehicle (EV) is plugged in for a charge at EV charging stations in a Walmart parking lot in Duarte, California on Sept. 14, 2018. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP)

Walmart leapfrogs EV charging competitors with rapid buildout

July 30, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

In a matter of months, Walmart has become a major player in the burgeoning business of quickly fueling electric vehicles, speeding past Costco as well as more established charging companies.

2017 Volvo V90 Cross Country T6 AWD is a sleek alternative to other family haulers such as the minivan and crossover, and a more luxurious choice than the Subaru Outback. Pictured in Arlington Heights, Ill., September 28, 2017.

In the crossover war on cars, an unlikely victor emerges: the station wagon

August 18, 2019 at 4:57 p.m.

Stately, plump SUVs are running roughshod over the auto industry, crushing sedans, compacts and anything else that doesn't approximate a 5,000-pound turtle. And yet amid the carnage, the earnest, doughty...

2017 Ford Taurus vehicles on display at the Sutton Ford Lincoln car dealership in Matteson, Illinois, on April 3, 2017.

Zombie cars offer sweet deals for consumers, headaches for automakers

August 18, 2019 at 9:58 p.m.

The coming death of the sedan means automakers have some zombie cars to kill. Snuffing out a tired, clunky product in favor of a new, shiny one remains one of...

Replacement for displacement has arrived in small engines making a whole lotta horsepower

August 18, 2019 at 9:57 p.m.

Sometime in the next year or so, the U.S. auto industry will cross a once-unimaginable threshold: Average horsepower for the entire fleet will reach 300. (At the moment, it is...

Replacement for displacement has arrived in small engines making a whole lotta horsepower

June 20, 2018 at 10:14 a.m.

Sometime in the next year or so, the U.S. auto industry will cross a once-unimaginable threshold: Average horsepower for the entire fleet will reach 300. (At the moment, it is...

Mike Sensano conduce el Sno-gato del Departamento del sheriff en Squaw Pass, en el condado de Jefferson, Colorado. (Hyoung Chang / Getty Images)

Un vehículo para la nieve de $125,000 es el último lujo de la gente adinerada

May 15, 2019 at 4:14 p.m.

Allá en las montañas nevadas, a kilómetros de cualquier carretera, el atractivo sigue siendo el mismo: recorrer los caminos nevados Y si a usted le gusta esa actividad, considere hacerlo...

How Hollywood got over the summer blockbuster

June 2, 2018 at 2:56 p.m.

If the movie business were an actual movie -- say, a cliche action film -- August would've been that point 90 minutes in when the hero gets kicked in the...

This June 28, 2017, photo provided by Edmunds shows an independent used-car lot in Lawndale, Calif. Independent used-car lots can offer shoppers a variety of vehicles that can be hard to check out via franchised car dealers or the private-party market. But independent lots require more work from shoppers when it comes to price and condition, according to Edmunds. (Scott Jacobs/Edmunds.com via AP)

Car values dropping, underwater loans rising

August 18, 2019 at 9:25 p.m.

Car sales in the U.S. have been rising for seven consecutive years now, and it's denting the value of whatever is currently parked in your garage or driveway. With so...

Cubs fans wave a W flag after the team's Game 6 victory against the Cleveland Indians on Nov. 1, 2016.

Why Cubs Nation is way bigger than you thought

June 9, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.

Baseball is the new football. Television ratings for the current World Series are, to put it scientifically, boffo. When the title is decided, average viewership may well be the highest...

Oscar statuettes are seen as workers make preparations for the 88th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center, Hollywood, California, on February 24, 2016.

Old-school methods help keep Oscars hacker-proof

June 12, 2018 at 7:20 a.m.

Hollywood isn't great at keeping secrets. In recent years, some of the industry's biggest stars had private photos pulled from the cloud and then, a few months later, a high-profile...

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