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The big event will also air on ABC and ESPN. It’s been over 20 years since the Disney-owned ABC has aired a Super Bowl game, but that changes on February 14. ABC will run the broadcast live, along with ESPN. However, it has just been announced that it’ll also stream on Disney+. This should make it easy for just about anyone to tune in, as the livestream will be available in 55 global markets. The platform will air the event in both English and Spanish. In addition to the Super Bowl, Disney+ will be streaming two Monday Night Football games…

Hondas are hot this year. The company’s sales are up by nearly 5% over last year, and it had its best third-quarter sales since 2019. Arguably its biggest success this year has been the CR-V. It’s up by nearly 10% this year, and it’s almost guaranteed to become America’s bestselling vehicle other than the whole Ford F-Series line. Some of that is due to the CR-V staying popular, but also because Toyota fumbled the new RAV4’s launch. Honda also seems keen to ensure it doesn’t lose any ground, as Automotive News reports the company is delaying production of the next-generation…

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. In the era of connected cars and software-defined vehicles automakers are going to great lengths, both in the name of profits and security, depending who you ask, to lock powertrains, paywall extra power, and frankly, it’s all made things harder for the aftermarket. Not to mention in other industries like agriculture, where farmers’ inability to repair their own tractors is its own hot button issue. On the latest episode of The Drivecast, Arin Ahnell,…

If you like finding your car exactly where you parked it, we’ve got some good news. Auto theft in America is down in the first half of 2026, and that applies to almost everywhere across the US. Almost everywhere. There is one city that, sadly, is bucking the trend. But still, it could be worse. The Kia Boys Aren’t Striking Cars Like They Used To Erik Mclean / Pexels The number of reported vehicle thefts in the US is dropping, and it’s not by a fraction of a number. In the first half of 2026, 268,415 thefts were reported to…

CARFAX Canada reported that 393,200 vehicles were logged with at least one past accident in the first half of 2026, accounting for approximately $5.4 billion in insurance and owner repair costs. The figure represents nearly 58% of the total vehicle accident volume recorded across all of 2025. Beyond collision claims, the report uncovered 23,700 weather-damaged vehicles nationwide. Alberta led weather-related claims with over $150 million in damages—97% of which stemmed from hail—followed by Ontario ($23 million) and Quebec ($1 million). CARFAX Canada emphasized that access to accurate damage history is critical for both vehicle acquisition and resale valuation, while helping…

If you’ve ever looked at a cargo e-bike and thought, “Sure, but where am I supposed to put the other six people?”, SixThreeZero may finally have the answer. The company’s latest addition to its growing e-bike and e-trike lineup, the Long Range Luxury Rickshaw, is already a fairly ridiculous machine in its standard form. It combines three wheels, dual motors, rear passenger seating bench, and enough battery capacity to make many electric motorcycles jealous. But start adding its optional passenger trailers, and you can essentially build yourself a seven-person electric bicycle train. And somehow, that’s still not the craziest number…

Google DeepMind, Meta, and AI drug discovery startup Isomorphic Labs are jointly investing $300 million into Biohub, the nonprofit biomedical research organization founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, as reported by Reuters. The funding is part of a $1.8 billion initiative to build AI datasets that could allow researchers to “ask, predict, and answer biological questions digitally,” helping find new ways to prevent and manage diseases.“An accurate predictive model of biology could dramatically accelerate scientific discovery by enabling scientists to perform experiments digitally,” Alex Rives, Biohub’s head of science, says in the press release. “The creation of…

BMW is seemingly anxious to flood the market with its latest technologies. Although we’ve yet to see the iX3 small crossover and i3 four-door sedan hit US dealers, the automaker is preparing to launch yet another EV on its Neue Klasse modular platform, and based on the teaser it released today, the new product is called the iX4. It uses the same naming convention as BMW’s controversial and stylish lineup of “Sports Activity Coupes,” the X4 and X6, and as we’ve seen in spy photos, the iX4 will borrow its gas-powered siblings’ fastback roofline to appeal to those who value…

Automotive Porsche has spent decades proving that the 911 can evolve without losing the ingredients that make it special, but now the company is preparing something even more ambitious. As part of a sweeping new strategy aimed at restoring profitability and putting greater emphasis on high-margin enthusiast vehicles, Porsche has confirmed that it is developing a new mid-engine supercar architecture. More importantly, this is not being positioned as another 911 variant or a replacement for the 718. Porsche says the new platform could underpin an entirely new model line that sits above the 911, opening the door for…

Google is making SynthID Detector, its web tool for identifying AI-created and AI-edited content, available to everyone. The web-based tool is able to flag images, video and audio clips created with AI tools from Google, OpenAI, NVIDIA and Kakao. It’s free to use, but does require users to log in with a Google, OpenAI or Apple account. The website will also be one of the first AI detection tools that will be able to identify images created with Apple’s AI features, like Image Playground. Google says support for images created and edited with Apple Intelligence is coming “soon.” Google has been…