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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. Whether you’re getting on a plane, train, bus, or just driving yourself, decades of technological advancement and strong government regulations have made getting from place to place easier, but it’s not as cool as it used to be. In the 1950s, you could explore Route 66 in a tail-finned land yacht, eat real food in first class on an airplane, or ride a bus that didn’t make you feel sad about your life choices.…

Chinese battery brand Sunwoda has just revealed a new EV battery charging system that can add 100 km (~62 miles) of range to an EV every minute, and can take a battery from from 10-97% SOC in less than 10 minutes. At room temperature. As armed conflicts continue to send global fuel prices skyward, EVs are getting to the point where they’re capable “filling up” on electric fuel in about the same (or less) than it takes to top up on gas or diesel – if you can even find any! Data Sunwoda presented its new 15C LFP battery tech at…

After it was announced that Sony was dropping Hideo Kojima’s Physint, and that instead the Metal Gear Solid creator’s latest title would be coming to Xbox, there were a flurry of rumors about the falling out. Bloomberg reported that the decision was driven by a number of factors, including missed deadlines, budget and profitability concerns, and its timed exclusivity.In an interview with IGN, Kojima said that, considering the broader state of the industry, which has seen a number of studios close, he was worried about the future of Kojima Productions:I know there’s a lot of news in the game industry…

If you’ve been driving with the same factory rearview mirror for years, you’re missing out on one of the easiest upgrades you can make to your car. A mirror dash cam replaces your standard mirror with a smart, all-in-one device that records your drive, improves your rear visibility, and keeps you safer on the road, without adding extra clutter to your dashboard. In this guide, we’ll break down what a mirror dash cam actually does, how it compares to a regular dash cam, and which model stands out as the best mirror dash cam for 2026. Whether you’re…

If you switch between two iPhones regularly, you’re going to love this new feature. Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images If you use two iPhones, you no longer need to run separate carrier accounts for each of them, thanks to a new iOS 27 feature: iPhone Handoff. Mentioned briefly at WWDC and in more detail during Apple’s Surprise and Shine event on September 9, iPhone Handoff lets you use the same phone number across two iPhones; in typical Apple fashion, the feature is so easy it’s almost invisible. Once you set it up, all you have to do is…

Alpina has been building fast BMWs for more than six decades, but chances are you haven’t actually seen one on the road. That’s because the company’s production capacity for most of that time has been limited to around 2,000 vehicles per year, globally. As a result, any Alpina is rare, but the B6 S, based on the second-generation BMW 6 Series, is especially scarce. Getting your hands on one today is next to impossible, especially in the US, where the car was never sold. But that scarcity only adds to the B6 S’s mythos, making an already unusual BMW even…

The Hyundai Tucson is set to enter its fifth generation for the model-year 2027, with the new version having just made its public debut on Friday at a media event in South Korea. Attendees had the opportunity to get up close and personal with Hyundai’s upcoming SUV, which had thus far been seen only in photos. And even though we got our first proper glimpse of the redesigned Tucson back in August, we’re now able to also see its interior more clearly thanks to footage recorded at the event. It comes courtesy of CarSceneKorea on YouTube, giving us a nice…

The 150,000th third-generation Nio ES8 on display at the delivery ceremony in Beijing on September 20, 2026, 1 year after the model’s launch. Credit: Nio The latest 10,000 units took 30 days, matching the pace of the previous 10,000. Nio president Qin Lihong delivered the 150,000th third-generation ES8 to its owner in Beijing on Sunday. Nio Inc (NYSE: NIO) has delivered 150,000 units of its third-generation ES8, with the large all-electric SUV (sport utility vehicle) reaching the milestone within 1 year of launch and becoming the main pillar of Nio’s sales. Nio co-founder and president Qin Lihong handed over the…

Last week, a number of diesel stations in California appeared on social media with the prices pinned at 9.99 – the highest number the pumps could display. Today, the pictures are showing something different: gas stations that are out of diesel entirely. Sensational posts about America running out of diesel have been popping up on YouTube pretty regularly since the US launched military strikes on Iran causing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz earlier this year – but this latest round of hysteria is being backed up by more credible news sources, as well. “Photos appearing to show gas stations…

In August, I wrote about my love of the music history podcast No Dogs in Space, but mourned the fact that there hadn’t been a new episode in over two years. Little did I know that hosts Carolina Hidalgo and Marcus Parks were gearing up to announce the show’s return with season four, Punk 2.0. The first episode premiered this week, part one of a series on the New York Dolls, a band near and dear to my heart as a native Staten Islander, home of frontman David Johansen.For the new season, Hidalgo and Parks decided it was time to…