Independent Reporting on Cars, Energy and the Industries Behind Them

What started as a blog created by friends is now a daily publication read by millions.

AutoNotion is the US publication by Autonocion.com, launched in April 2011 with a simple idea: keep readers informed without the noise, the clickbait, or the filler. What began as a small project between friends has been revamped over the years to adapt to the needs and suggestions of our readers, becoming a leading digital media outlet.

We started with cars, and we still cover them daily. Over time our readers pulled us somewhere wider. The same curiosity that makes a 700-horsepower engine worth explaining also applies to a boring machine grinding under a river, a reactor lowered down a shaft, or a turbine dropped into an irrigation canal. So we cover those too, with the same standards.

AutoNotion is built for American readers. We report on American pricing, American infrastructure and American programs, alongside the international projects that shape them. Our articles come from our own contributors, original reporting, official documentation from manufacturers, agencies and operators, and collaborations with professionals across these industries.

Our main objective has always been to offer an interactive medium where readers can give their opinions and generate debate from a respectful and polite point of view. We are grateful for every reader who has helped us grow, and we take that trust seriously.

From $20,000 Subcompacts to Reactors a Mile Underground

We publish daily across two connected beats. One is the cars American drivers actually buy. The other is the energy, infrastructure and defense systems that decide how the country moves and powers itself. The driver stretching for a Chevy Trax deserves the same quality of journalism as the one spec’ing a Porsche Cayenne, and so does the reader who wants to know why a 1910 rail tunnel takes fourteen months to rebuild.

On the Road

Energy, Industry & Defense

The Writers Behind the Words

We don’t hide behind anonymous bylines. Every article on AutoNotion is written by a journalist with a name, a face, and a track record you can verify. Here’s who we are.

Dave McQuilling

Senior Writer, Automotive & Industry

Dave’s time as an automotive journalist has put him behind the wheel of some of the world’s fastest cars, flown him around the world to see the covers come off a variety of modern classics, and seen him spend a worrying amount of time hunched over a laptop in a darkened living room.

At AutoNotion he also covers the industrial side of the beat: tunneling programs, power infrastructure and defense technology. The machines that build a country turn out to be every bit as interesting as the ones parked outside it.

He has bylines in a variety of publications, and AutoNotion has given him the opportunity to let loose creatively and produce pieces he’s genuinely proud to put his name to. He hopes some of it entertains you, informs you, or at least helps kill a few minutes while you’re waiting for a train.

Previously: Digital Trends, Autoblog, The Manual, SlashGear, The Gentleman Racer — syndicated to MSN and Yahoo Life

Olivia Richman

Automotive & EV Reporter

From esports to automotive, Olivia has always been a journalist and content manager who loves telling stories and highlighting passionate communities. She currently drives a 1993 Mazda Miata (yes, with fangs) and a 2006 Lotus Elise in Storm Titanium — apparently, she has a thing for happy-looking cars with great handling.

With a B.S. in Journalism from SCSU and over 10 years of professional writing experience, she brings a critical eye to manufacturer claims, range tests, and the real-world EV ownership experience. When she’s not working, Olivia loves traveling, driving, and collecting Kirbies.

Previously: SlashGear, Sports Illustrated, The Escapist, CBR, Esports Insider, Dot Esports, Team Liquid

Luis Reyes

Energy & Industry Reporter

Luis has spent more than 14 years in the automotive industry. He is a law graduate who built his career on the detailed analysis of the national and international regulation behind the vehicles we drive, and that habit is why he reads a permitting docket the way most reporters read a spec sheet.

At AutoNotion he covers the industrial beat: tunneling programs, nuclear and grid projects, offshore wind and tidal power, and uncrewed naval and aerial systems. If there is a machine involved and somebody had to get a permit for it, that is usually his story. More than 600 published pieces and counting.

Also writes for: Autonoción (ES) and Motornoción · Full archive

The Rules We Write By

For more than a decade, we have strived to ensure our content complies with a set of editorial principles that we strictly adhere to in everything we publish. These aren’t aspirational goals — they’re how we work every single day.

How We Use AI

We would rather tell you exactly how this works than let you guess.

AI tools are part of our workflow. We use them to cross-check figures against primary documents, to translate between our Spanish and English editions, to catch errors in copy, and to speed up research. We do not publish machine-generated articles.

Every article carries a human byline, and that person is editorially responsible for it. Before publication, a named editor checks each figure, date, quote and claim against a primary source: the manufacturer’s own spec sheet, the agency’s own filing, the operator’s own technical documentation. When a fact cannot be traced to a primary source, we attribute it explicitly or we leave it out.

One technical note, because it is becoming relevant across publishing. AI providers have started embedding invisible watermarks in text their models process. A detected watermark shows that a piece of text passed through an AI system at some point, which can mean during translation, editing or fact-checking. It does not show who reported the story, or whether anyone verified it. We publish this policy so our process is on the record rather than inferred from a detector.

If you think we have published something inaccurate, tell us. We correct errors publicly and note the change.

Where Our Data Comes From

We don’t guess. When primary sources are available, that’s where we go first. Here are the types of sources we cross-reference for every piece of data we publish:

Automotive

Energy, Industry & Defense

A picture is worth a thousand words — that’s why we use high-quality photography so you can see every detail. We display our own images and those of third parties for editorial purposes, always following our code and attributing authorship.