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The Acura Integra Type S is a car built and designed with the intent of being an uncompromising machine. In an era where the driving experience has become so digitized, the 2026 model remains an analog thrill ride that acts as a sharp rebuttal to the sometimes numb modern commuting experience. While many of us fixate solely on the standard Acura Integra 0–60 times, the Type S variant demands a deeper look at the digits that create its out-there personality. For 2026, Acura has refined the feature set, but the core numbers that make this liftback a future classic remain…

Sunrun and Tesla pulled a record 580 megawatts of power from home batteries onto California’s grid during a heat wave on September 9, the largest residential distributed power plant event ever recorded. The dispatch pooled more than 140,000 home batteries across the state and ran for a three-hour window in the evening, when the grid was straining under air-conditioning load. How the 580 MW came together Of the 140,000-plus batteries, about 110,000 were Tesla Powerwalls, and Sunrun says it owns or operates 55% of them. Those Powerwalls delivered 517 MW. Another 30,000-plus batteries from other manufacturers in Sunrun’s fleet added…

A few months ago, we got our first drive of the 2027 Nissan Rogue Hybrid. It was extremely brief, and it was with a covered-up prototype. Even then, the prototype showed promise, especially from Nissan’s latest series hybrid powertrain. Of course, being such a short experience, we’ve been anxious to spend a bit more time with the new SUV. We’ve also had some lingering questions about key factors such as fuel economy and pricing. Base Trim Engine 1.5-liter Turbo Hybrid Base Trim Transmission CVT Base Trim Drivetrain All-Wheel Drive Base Trim Horsepower 225 hp Pros & Cons Silky powertrain with…

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. Hello and welcome to The Downshift, a daily sweep of the morning’s top headlines from the auto industry and car culture, curated by The Drive’s editorial team. Each story gets a short summary and a link to the original source if you want to dive deeper. Here’s what’s happening on Monday, September 21, 2026: 🎱 Porsche may be working on a new hypercar codenamed “S1” and powered by a flat-eight engine, per a new report. Porsche has…

Guests check out the Geely E2 battery electric crossover at the company’s market launch event in Zurich. Credit: Geely Geely introduced the E5, E2, and Starray EM-i in Switzerland, covering both battery electric and plug-in hybrid segments. Geely’s exports more than tripled year-on-year in August, with overseas sales nearing 700,000 units in the first 8 months. Geely Auto (HKEX: 0175) has entered the Swiss market, the latest step in the Chinese automaker’s European expansion. The company officially entered the local market with a brand and product launch event held in Zurich on September 16, according to a statement on Monday.…

iFixit’s latest device teardown shows us the inner workings of the new variable aperture lens inside Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, alongside some repair concerns to be mindful of. The adjustable mechanical iris opens and closes magnetically, controlling how much light should pass through to the sensor, featuring six leaf-like overlapping blades that are each about as thin as a human hair.You can see that scale comparison yourself below in a side-by-side image that iFixit took using a Evident DSX2000 microscope. Cramming that mechanism into the same main camera footprint as the iPhone 17 Pro series models…

The inline-six is having a genuine moment. After years of being sidelined by downsized four-cylinders and turbocharged V6s, the configuration is back in the spotlight — this time as a premium powertrain choice from Stellantis, which markets a modern 3.0-liter twin-turbo inline-six under the Hurricane name. It’s a bold badge for a bold engine, but what many buyers don’t realize is that the Hurricane name itself stretches back more than seven decades, to a very different, post-war America. Underdog American manufacturer Willys Overland first applied the Hurricane badge to a family of engines in the early 1950s, covering both four-…

Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued two mandatory reporting notices covering about 200 substances under the Chemicals Management Plan. The notices, published Aug. 29, require companies to report information on chemicals manufactured, imported or used in 2025. Nothing is being restricted or banned. The lists include substances found in coolant and antifreeze, brake fluid, refinish and collision products, car care and cleaning products, lubricants and additives, and tires, including zinc oxide. Reporting obligations depend on 2025 activities. Companies may need to report if they manufactured a listed substance, imported one alone or in a mixture or certain products, or…

You can now talk with ChatGPT, Claude and more while you’re on the road. PixieMe/Shutterstock If you love using AI chatbots like ChatGPT on your phone, you’ll be pleased to know that accessing them in your car is also easy — if you have a car with Apple CarPlay. That’s thanks to an API that arrived with iOS 26.4 allowing developers to bring AI chatbots into CarPlay, with a few already available. You just need to make sure you have the latest versions of their apps installed.  For safety while driving, AI tools compatible with CarPlay only work…

Mini has always played a strange game with its own identity. The name conjures images of the tiny, culturally iconic classics that defined 1960s Britain, yet the brand’s modern lineup — shaped by years of BMW stewardship — has drifted steadily upmarket and upsize. Today’s Minis are roomier, heavier, and more SUV-adjacent than the name implies, and the range keeps growing. Among the brand’s more unusual detours is the Paceman, a short-lived model that left production nearly a decade ago. The Paceman never quite found its footing: pitched as a crossover but behaving more like an urban runabout, it struggled…