The Auto World

Pilot use of AI traffic cameras in Athens achieved a tiny 3% approval rate. Human officers reviewed 5,500 out of 13,000 cases and only approved 400. Besides legislative issues, AI can’t properly identify phone and seatbelt use. The pitch for letting artificial intelligence handle road safety and traffic enforcement reads well on a slide deck. Fewer cops on the roads, faster processing, citations that write themselves. Greece put that pitch to the test, and the pilot phase has already pulled the thread loose. Despite promising early signs , the handful of AI cameras switched on around Athens proved spectacularly bad at their one job, with the humans behind them validating only a sliver of what the system flagged. According to Greek media, the AI cameras generated roughly 13,000 citations across April and May, but human personnel managed to review only 5,500 of them. Of those reviewed, just 400 were judged valid. The other 5,100 were throw...

The new owner discovered a massive tire dump blocking access to his property. Investigators are examining possible illegal dumping and environmental violations. Cleanup costs could leave the homeowner facing a major financial burden. Buying a fixer-upper usually comes with a few surprises. Maybe there’s a leaky roof, outdated wiring, or a family of raccoons living in the attic. What most buyers don’t expect is discovering what appears to be a small tire landfill spread across their new property. That’s the situation facing Portland resident Khanh Tran, who says he purchased a 1.2-acre property in April only to discover that someone had transformed it into a dumping ground for hundreds, and possibly thousands, of discarded tires. Tran told local station KATU that the property initially contained a relatively small pile of fewer than 40 tires when he agreed to purchase it. He visited the site again in late March and said l...

Trump claims automakers want limits on vehicle repair access after White House meeting. Ford confirms repair access was discussed, but declined to detail the conversation. Right-to-repair fight centers on vehicle data, cybersecurity, and independent shop access. President Donald Trump just inserted himself into the long-running right-to-repair debate. He claims that auto industry leaders told him they want legislation that would prevent people from fixing their own vehicles. This appears to be at least the second time that Trump has openly advocated for the right-to-repair cause. Read: John Deere Fought Right-To-Repair For Years, Then Wrote A $99 Million Check Speaking during an Oval Office event on June 4, Trump recounted a meeting with executives from Ford, GM , and businessman Roger Penske. According to the US president, automakers are backing a proposal that would effectively stop consumers from repairing their own cars. “They d...

The Olinia Uno is powered by a tiny 14.7 kWh LFP battery pack. Driving the front wheels is an electric motor delivering just 17 hp. Olivia says the EV is best suited to last-mile taxi services. Mexico builds cars for much of the world, hosting plants for several of the planet’s biggest automakers, yet almost no homegrown brands have ever come out of the country. The new Olinia Uno aims to change that. As the first model from Mexico’s inaugural EV brand, it carries the weight of shaking up the nation’s mobility scene. The Uno is a compact six-seater designed in Mexico and, with federal government backing, built there too . It isn’t chasing conventional consumer EVs. Instead, it positions itself as a replacement for the motorcycles and three-wheeled motortaxis that swarm the country’s streets. Read: Mexico Starts 2026 With Steep Car Tariffs, And One Country Is Getting Slammed Rather than being focused on lon...

This wild Camry includes a 1.6-liter at the front and a 2.0-liter at the rear. Built by Gazoo Racing engineers, the car has 700 hp sent to all four wheels. Toyota Racing also unveiled a dramatic Bōsōzoku-style Camry in Japan. Once a purveyor of nothing but boring and mundane cars, Toyota has come a long way in recent years, building some of the best performance hatchbacks on the market. Toyota is no longer afraid to have fun, and over the weekend it proved as much by unveiling a 700-hp Camry packing two engines and seven cylinders. The bonkers, widebody Camry was one of two Camry project cars that Toyota Racing and Gazoo Racing built and unveiled at the 24-hour Super Taikyu Race, both built to celebrate the US-built Camry’s imminent arrival in Japan. Read: America’s Best-Selling Car Is Coming To Japan To Appease Trump Fitted under the Camry’s hood is the same 1.6-liter turbocharged three-cylinder found in th...

Spy photographers have snapped the facelifted X1 M35i. The crossover adopts a Neue Klasse design and interior. Model could get a new name and performance boost. Spy photographers have snapped the facelifted BMW X1 on multiple occasions, but now they’ve caught what appears to be the M Performance variant. It’s currently known as the X1 M35i, but rumors have suggested the updated model will adopt the M40i moniker. Regardless of what it’s called, the crossover is entering the Neue Klasse era and adopts an all-new front end that closely echoes the iX3 . As you can see, the model features a vertical twin kidney grille that is flanked by new headlights. More: BMW’s Smallest SUV Wants In On The Neue Klasse Action They’re joined by a revised hood and a new front bumper. The latter features a wide lower intake with a prominent central support as well as vertical air curtains at the outside edges. ...