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Given the price of fuel, and pretty much anything needed to keep daily life on track, it’s not hard to see why hybrid cars are becoming more popular by the year. They can be expensive if you opt for an SUV-style machine, though if you’re not after that level of practicality, there are some truly excellent deals to be found. Compact sedans like the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla can be had in hybrid form, though they’re much cheaper than any new hybrid SUV. The best choice, however, could be a car from neither of these brands. Why the Elantra…

The Luxeed RX on display at the Chengdu Auto Show in August 2026. Credit: Luxeed Luxeed adds a new 81-kWh entry-level version of the RX SUV, with the starting pre-sales price cut by 10% from before. Not everyone needs a bigger battery, an executive said. Luxeed, the EV brand jointly created by Huawei and Chery (HKEX: 9973), on Sunday added a smaller-battery, lower-priced version of the RX coupe SUV (sport utility vehicle). The new version, which carries an 81-kWh battery pack, opened for pre-orders today at a pre-sales price starting at 269,800 yuan ($39,960). That is 30,000 yuan, or 10%,…

The Volkswagen ID. Buzz set a new Guinness World Record for “the most countries visited in a continuous journey” by an EV, covering nearly 100,000 km across 92 countries. VW ID. Buzz receives Guinness World Record for an EV After 445 days of travel, crossing 92 countries and covering 99,767 km, or about 62,000 miles, Volkswagen’s electric van earned its place in the Guinness World Records. Rainer Zietlow drove the ID. Buzz Long Wheelbase (LWB) “around the world,” across six continents, through major cities, deserts and mountains. Starting in Hanover, Germany, Volkswagen took the electric van to every part of…

The Hyte X50 is a PC case that really stands out from the typical black box design, and it’s $50 off at the company’s site until September 21st, 2026, bringing the price down to $99.99. This attractive case supports motherboards from ITX all the way up to the E-ATX form factors, and GPUs that are up to 430mm long, which should cover even the biggest options available. The standout feature is a massive curved glass panel that spans the left face and top of the case, giving it a unique, eye-catching look. It’s easy to build in, supports a wide…

From transcripts to trimming, the iOS Voice Memos app has a lot to offer, Stockinq/Shutterstock iPhones are known for their quality cameras, but what about when you only want to record audio? Maybe you’re interviewing someone, or want to record a class or meeting. Thankfully, it’s easy to record audio on your iPhone, and you don’t need to download any new apps for the job.  Apple’s Voice Memos app comes built into iOS and works on all modern iPhones. It has some great features, like the ability to transcribe your recordings. To get started, open the Voice Memos…

It seems like the V6 is going the way of the dodo these days. If you want a little more muscle than you’d get from a turbo-four, automakers now prefer adding electrification. Companies seem to regard the six-pot as a useless halfway measure, even though some of the most exciting engines ever produced have had a V6 layout. Here are 10 reasons we think the whole industry needs to take a moment and reconsider phasing out the V6. The tables below reflect outputs for individual engine tunes. In many cases, there are more powerful or less potent versions of these…

When Lincoln resurrected the Continental for the 2017 model year, the luxury sedan segment was crumbling. Having largely turned their backs on sedans, shoppers were driving major leaps in SUV sales, dictating a new motoring form factor for the masses. The tenth-generation Continental arrived with genuine strengths and pedigree, but it was born into a segment that was rapidly losing steam. The timing was too bad because the last Continental was a spectacular machine that earned a place in the history books as a highly-achieving flagship that arrived too late and died too early. This wasn’t a product problem; it…

A Toyota bZ5 on display at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2025. Credit: CnEVPost. Toyota plans to begin EREV production in China in April 2027 and raise output to about 400,000 units in 2028, Nikkei Asia reported. The move would expand Toyota’s electrified lineup in China, following a similar step by Nissan. Toyota Motor reportedly plans to begin producing extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) in China for the first time in spring 2027, broadening its lineup to address intense competition in the world’s largest EV market. Production is scheduled to start in April at several hundred vehicles a month, with…

2027 BMW iX3 spotted on a carrier in Georgia (Source: Peter Johnson/ Electrek) BMW can’t build the new iX3 fast enough, with over 100,000 orders and production now running around the clock. Some in the US may get a chance to get theirs early. 2027 BMW iX3 deliveries begin in the US If you haven’t heard the hype yet, BMW’s new electric SUV is off to a pretty good start. The iX3 has received over 100,000 orders, and the company is now working overtime to meet the demand. BMW recently added a third shift at its new manufacturing plant in…

In May, Gemini broke containment and hacked three different companies, but Google didn’t disclose the incident until the Wall Street Journal approached the company. The hacks happened during a test of the model’s cybersecurity capabilities run by third-party Irregular, which was also involved in similar incidents involving Meta and OpenAI.According to WSJ, Google didn’t disclose the hack because it didn’t consider it to be an “example of model misalignment.” The company said that it was an instance of “mistaken identity,” and once the model realized it had brute-forced its way into a real company by guessing a password, it stopped.…