QOTD: Will Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles Ever Hit the Market?

I've been in the automotive media since 2007 and a car enthusiast for long before that, and I've been hearing about hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles for as long as I can remember. I've even driven one.

Yet, unless you live in California, you still can't get one.

Will they ever be on our roads en masse?

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QOTD: Would You Buy a Chinese Car?

Way back in May, I asked you if Chinese automakers are going to come to the States and eat other OEMs' lunches.

Today, I am going to follow up with our podcast and ask you: Would you buy a Chinese car?

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QOTD: Can the Sedan Be Saved?

Those of you with long memories will remember that one my first posts here, way back in Twenty Aught Seventeen, was a defense of sedans.

I may have been wrong -- Nissan is the latest OEM to reduce its amount of available sedan models. This is the same brand that once touted sedans to us assembled media during a press launch.

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QOTD: Why Did the Chrysler 200 Really Die?

Posting a Chrysler 200S as the UCOTD today got my memory working. While I am sure there are still many on the road, I haven't thought about that model in a long time.

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QOTD: Is Porsche Making Shocking Decisions?

Bad puns in the headline aside, Porsche has some electrification plans that might not sit well with you.

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QOTD: How Can Racing Deal With the Rain?

NASCAR has had a rain problem recently.

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QOTD: How Do You Spot Cars When Watching a Movie?

Earlier this week I streamed the "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F." As a movie, it's fine -- it's a nice mix of humor, nostalgia/fan service, and car chases.

It's also the type of movie that makes for good car spotting, if you look closely.

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Here's How You'd Fix Cadillac

Here at TTAC, we ask you a question of the day just about every day. Sometimes, we go back and look up the answers you provided.

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QOTD: Have You Experienced New Model Heartbreak?

We reported this morning about the software glitches that European Volvo EX30 buyers are experiencing. This, a week or so after we found out the EX30's American launch would be delayed.

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QOTD: How Much Does It Hurt to Lose a Base Engine?

Hey there B and B, I am going to level with ya a bit. This week has gotten off to a slow start in part because it's a holiday week and news is slow, in part because I was working on our podcast, and in part because I've been working on a long op-ed. So the QOTD is a bit late today.

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QOTD: What Do J.D. Power Lists Mean to You?

Yesterday was J.D. Power IQS day.

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QOTD: Will Anyone Unseat Max Verstappen?

So, Max Verstappen is returning to Red Bull.

That question is settled.

The next question, then, is can any other driver end his dominance?

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QOTD: What Other Legacy/EV Startup Pairings Make Sense?

Volkswagen announced yesterday that it will be dropping $1 billion into Rivian -- and perhaps up to $5 billion over time.

This investment from a legacy automaker into a startup EV maker got me wondering -- what other legacy OEMs should put some cash into EV startups? Which startups should benefit?

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QOTD: Feeling the Refresh Blues?

Today, Volkswagen made publics the announcement of the refreshed 2025 Jetta and Jetta GLI.

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QOTD: How Can We Claw Back Some Privacy?

Matt's post from earlier today led to a natural QOTD. Thing is, if I asked you how comfortable you were with government-mandated kill switches, driver monitoring, and the like, almost all of you would say no.

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  • Jeff I might buy a new bicycle in the next year but a new vehicle no.
  • Lou_BC This article is meaningless without reporting the facts around each incident. 16 incidents versus an average of 10. Is it because Rivian is new to the game?
  • Lou_BC It would encourage indebtedness. Start a business if you want more write-offs.
  • Bullnuke This is bogus. I specifically remember being told by an American Honda area manager that all Honda vehicles are perfectly designed and built completely without flaws and are perfect in all respects when driven off the dealership lots. Any issues occurring after that, including the reverse gear teeth being milled off during operation of this perfect vehicle with 8k miles on the clock, are due to owner irresponsibility, misuse, and abuse. That'll be $3200 for this perfect Honda transmission, please.
  • AZFelix Since hydrogen is a less dense gas similar to helium, expect a final roller coaster of emotions when you start screaming in a high-pitched squeaky voice "Oh the humanity! Oh the humanity!" as everything around you bursts into flames.