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BYD introduced the upgraded Yuan Up, sold overseas as the Atto 2, with more range and a lower starting price. BYD Atto 2/ Yuan Up gets an upgrade The Yuan Up, sold as the Atto 2 in Europe, the UK, and other global regions, is a smaller sibling of the Yuan Plus, or Atto 3. BYD’s compact SUV is among the world’s top-selling electric vehicles. According to data from Cleantechnica, the BYD Yuan Up/Atto 2 was the fifth best-selling EV globally in the first half of 2026, following the Tesla Model Y, Model 3, BYD Song/Seal U, and Geely EX2.…

Just buy a basic gaming PC instead. Razer If you’ve been looking to get more gaming power out of your laptop but don’t want to pay for a replacement amid RAMpocalypse pricing, an eGPU could be your best bet. An eGPU is an external graphics processor, usually a desktop graphics card in an enclosure connected to a compatible laptop or gaming handheld through Thunderbolt or USB4. They can be pretty good at taking over rendering, meaning even thinner and weaker machines can run more demanding games with one plugged in, but there are many caveats. A…

While the prices of nearly everything around us keep going up, there’s at least one thing that’s still the same. We’re still talking about something costing upwards of $30,000, but with average new-car prices considerably higher than that, the Subaru Forester remains an attractive choice for buyers wanting a two-row SUV. Actually, some versions are even cheaper. It’s not exactly the same price, though. There is a sneaky increase via the destination charge, but it’s a small one. Subaru Holds The Line For The Third Year 2027 Subaru Forester WildernessSubaru Over the last few model years, Subaru has done an…

NEO Battery Materials Ltd. has received a $392,000 purchase order from an existing North American Fortune 500 automotive manufacturer. The Toronto-based battery company says the order is one of its largest contracts to date for foundry manufacturing. The company said the order follows several months of work with the automaker to assess its battery manufacturing processes. NEO Battery Materials also said it has received UN 38.3 certification for its 11.5Ah lithium-ion battery cell, allowing the product to be shipped internationally. The company said it plans to ship the battery cells to customers in the United States, Ukraine, Canada and Europe…

The company’s iON lineup of EV tires are designed specifically for the unique demands of electric cars.

While BMW offers a plethora of cars with mild-hybrid assistance, it only has five models that take it one step further. Plug-in hybrid cars, like the X5 hybrid, offer you the convenience of plugging into a wall charger for some combustion-free driving later on, and using their conventional engines for propulsion one that charge is depleted. BMW currently offers a varied mix of PHEV options: two sedans, two SUVs and a wagon. So, which one suits your needs the best? Here are all the BMW plug-in hybrid models currently on sale, from the cheapest to most expensive. This article represents…

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. The new Land Rover Wolf Series II Tactical and Utility Military Vehicles have just been trotted out at DVD2026, a big defense industry exhibition in the UK (though of course they spell it “defence”). This is the first time there have officially been mil-spec Defenders since the original boxy, body-on-frame SUVs you remember from the ’90s. It seems a little odd to reverse-engineer what is now a luxury vehicle back towards ruggedness, but these…

China NEV Monthly Sales (CPCA) 2024-2026 Month 2024 2025 2026 January 673,536 744,052 596,000 February 381,626 686,000 464,000 March 718,498 991,000 848,000 April 675,484 905,000 849,000 May 796,811 1,021,000 950,000 June 856,354 1,111,000 1,007,000 July 881,021 987,000 951,000 August 1,024,848 1,101,000 1,005,000 September 1,122,467 1,296,000 1,110,000 October 1,195,018 1,282,000 November 1,266,990 1,321,000 December 1,302,599 1,337,000 China passenger NEV retail sales — CPCA 2024 2025 2026 *Sept 2026 figure is CPCA estimate Source: CPCA © CnEVPost Passenger NEV retail sales are expected to rise about 10.5% in September from August, with their share of total passenger car sales reaching 65.7%. Overall…

Remember when tech leaders would tell their employees to “move fast and break things”? It seemed that would be the way of AI too. But after a summer where rogue AI agents became reality, and researchers warned that AI could kill us all, a number of leading US AI companies are publicly suggesting it’s time to pump the brakes and “pace the frontier” of bleeding-edge AI development. Their motivations are suspect, but leaders at major AI companies — including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and X — are at least paying lip service to the idea of a superintelligence slowdown. Will…

According to a class action lawsuit that was filed last month, BMW owners in Pennsylvania allege that they were deliberately misled about their cars’ maintenance needs. According to the suit that names BMW North America as a defendant, certain X5, X6, and X7 SUVs have a defective front differential design that can fail prematurely, despite a purported “lifetime” maintenance interval for its diff fluid. 2023 BMW X7 M60i Exterior Driving ON Canyon Road With Rocks And Boulders In BackgroundBMW M The named plaintiff in the class-action case is Alex Heckler, the owner of a 2020 BMW X5 M50i that he…