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Toyota is the latest carmaker with plans to launch an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV), expected to arrive next year. Toyota will launch its first extended-range EV in 2027 Following Hyundai, Ford, Stellantis, Nissan and several other automakers, Toyota is the latest major automaker to join the global EREV race. The EREV is Toyota’s fifth “electrified” vehicle, alongside battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), hybrids (HEVs), and fuel-cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Extended-range EVs use a gas engine to charge the battery when it gets low, extending the driving range while using mostly electric power to drive the wheels. Advertisement -…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed seven bills designed to prevent AI data centers from passing utility costs onto residents, as reported earlier by the Los Angeles Times. The package of laws requires the California Public Utilities Commission to introduce a new rate classification for data centers while forcing them to pay for upgrades to local power grids and water systems.Other bills included in the package will require proposed data centers to disclose their estimated water use to local governments, along with information about energy efficiency and drought planning. They must also meet certain energy, water, and fuel consumption requirements…

Here’s how to know whether it’s cause for concern. DC Studio/Shutterstock Whether you’re a hardcore gamer or a hardworking student, you probably know that the best laptops for gaming and schoolwork can get monstrously loud. There are several reasons why your portable PC’s fans are driving you to distraction with their constant din, but thankfully there are also steps you can take to reduce the noise levels they generate. It’s important to note that aggressively loud laptop fans shouldn’t necessarily make you worry. In most cases, especially with gaming laptops, the fans are working so hard…

Volkswagen Group recently issued a profit warning of about $11.5 billion, mostly stemming from impairment costs related to Porsche’s misfortunes. This exacerbates a crisis that was already bad enough, and we find ourselves wondering how much further VW’s downward spiral will go. Around 100,000 jobs are on the chopping block as part of its restructuring plan, the biggest in the company’s history. Porsche alone is expected to lay off 9,000 of its employees, and things will likely get worse before they get better. More details on how its future might look have recently surfaced, making that assumption seem like a…

A side-profile rendering of the second-generation BYD Seagull highlights its redesigned body. Credit: BYD. The second-generation BYD Seagull is 425 mm longer and features a 5-seat layout. Seagull sales returned to year-on-year growth in August, but cumulative sales for the first 8 months remained down 37.50%. BYD (HKEX: 1211) has begun teasing the second-generation Seagull, releasing design sketches of the small battery electric vehicle as it prepares an overhaul amid pressure on year-to-date sales. Zhang Zhuo, general manager of BYD’s Ocean lineup sales division, shared the sketches on Weibo on Tuesday, describing the car as featuring “reshaped lines and refreshed…

Ferrari customers in the mood for a merely exciting mid-engined supercar can opt for the 296 GTB, while folks with slightly more intense tastes have the 296 Speciale at their disposal. If that’s still not enough, the Prancing Horse will happily provide those with a professional racing license with the 296 GT3 Evo race car. Then there’s the altogether insane 296 GT Modificata, With even more power than its competition-oriented sibling, the GT M won’t be street-legal, offered to customers as part of Ferrari’s Corse Clienti Club Competizioni GT private racing program. And for those willing to confine their antics…

The Drive 🤝 your inbox. Every weekday The Daily Brief wraps up the biggest stories and our exclusive reporting on the auto industry and car culture. Nissan wants to be exciting again, but its executives want to earn credibility back and have you feel the lineage as as the turnaround plan is executed. Credibility is earned, not given, and when an automaker slaps a performance badge on just anything it hurts credibility. Nissan’s said those days are behind it. In an exclusive interview with The Drive, Senior Vice President and Chief Planning Officer for Nissan North America, Ponz Pandikuthira said, “You don’t…

Automotive The Jeep Grand Cherokee may be getting the engine many enthusiasts have been waiting for. According to a new report from MoparInsiders, Jeep is expected to add the twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter Hurricane inline-six to the Grand Cherokee lineup for the 2028 model year. If the report proves accurate, the move would give Jeep’s popular midsize SUV a meaningful performance upgrade over both the familiar Pentastar V6 and the newer Hurricane 4 Turbo introduced for 2026. The reported plan calls for the standard-output version of the Hurricane six rather than the more aggressive high-output configuration. In other Stellantis applications,…

Leading this week’s Monday Green Deals is the newly launched EcoFlow Early Prime Day Fall Sale with increased power station savings up to 57%, FREE gifts with purchases of $600 or more, and a bonus extra savings code. One notable offer that doesn’t have a short-term flash window is the 3,072Wh DELTA 3 Ultra Plus Power Station with a 500W modular solar panel down at $1,899, among many other offers. There’s also the brand’s first early Prime Day flash sale with up to $2000 power station savings starting from $839. From there, we spotted the EGO 21-inch Cordless Electric Snow…

Amazon plans to spend $20 million on water conservation projects along the Colorado River, a crucial but dwindling water supply for 40 million people in the Western US.The initiative comes as Amazon and other tech companies face mounting scrutiny over how much water their data centers use. Amazon has a goal of becoming water positive — replenishing more water than it uses — by the end of the decade. It recently disclosed some information about its water use, but we still have an incomplete picture of the company’s impact as a whole.Amazon announced the launch of a Colorado River Basin…