Editorial Policy

Sourcing

Every source we monitor carries a trust tier — official manufacturer statements and regulatory filings are weighed differently from specialist automotive media, which is weighed differently from an unconfirmed social post. See our sources page for the current list and their tiers.

Facts have a status, not just a value

A number in our system is never just a number. It carries a status — confirmed, reported, unconfirmed, rumor, or disputed — and that status is meant to be visible to readers where it matters, not buried in a database only we can see.

Headlines describe what happened

We do not use headlines designed to provoke a click rather than inform — no manufactured urgency, no misleading numbers, no withheld subject.

Independence of sources

Ten outlets republishing the same press release are one piece of information, not ten independent confirmations. We try to trace a claim back to where it actually originated before treating multiple mentions of it as corroboration.

AI's role

See how we use AI for a specific, current account of what is and isn't automated in our process.

When we're wrong

See our corrections policy.