Toyota will invest $3.6 billion to move most Tacoma production from Mexico to a doubled San Antonio plant, adding 2,000 US jobs as USMCA enters review.
BMW completed its $1.7 billion South Carolina EV expansion on June 30, with the first US-built electric X5 set for Spartanburg production before year-end.
A NYT and IIHS analysis ties 200 to 400 pedestrian deaths a year to taller, heavier vehicles, with around 3,000 linked to higher hoods since 2016.
Tesla says the driver manually overrode Full Self-Driving by flooring the accelerator in a fatal Texas crash. NHTSA has opened a new federal probe.