Cars and Trucks

A carjacking was reported out of Piedmont Sunday morning involving a woman with a child, police said. Police have since recovered the car and arrested a suspect.

Dozens of major automobile companies received a failing grade for protecting people's privacy, according to a new report by the Mozilla Foundation's "Privacy not Included" research project.

Uber raised the minimum age requirement for most of its new drivers in California to 25 on Thursday under rules the company said are necessary because of the rising costs of commercial auto insurance in the state.

Amid soaring auto insurance rates, some California motorists have been experiencing challenges securing coverage, as insurance companies have been reportedly limiting new policies and in some cases, may be ceasing to do business in the state altogether.

Just 6,000 people were invited to the 20th annual version of the most exclusive and expensive automotive event in the world.

Police are investigating the theft of 8 cars from two different Oakland auto shops that occurred last weekend.

As many as 10 Cruise driverless taxis stopped working in San Francisco’s North Beach on Friday night. The tech fiasco caused traffic to back up and left many people questioning the recent decision by state regulators to approve the expanded use of robotaxis.

A lawsuit seeking class-action status on behalf of three owners of Tesla vehicles in California was filed this week, alleging that the company grossly undervalued how far the cars could travel on a single battery charge.     

To combat runaway inflation, the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates in March of last year, just 17 months ago. But what's the difference in the cost of things we finance or charge?

As sophisticated as driverless cars are, a group called the Safe Street Rebels simply place traffic cones on their hoods that stops them cold.