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Automotive Porsche has rolled out the 2027 Taycan, and while the sheet metal hasn’t changed, almost everything underneath has. The biggest headline is that Porsche finally stopped nickel-and-diming buyers on battery capacity. Every single Taycan in the lineup, from the base car to the loaded variants, now comes standard with the Performance Battery Plus pack that used to cost an extra $5780. That means the smaller 83.7-kWh battery is gone for good, and every Taycan, 4, and 4S now rolls off the line with 97.0 kilowatt-hours of usable energy. It’s a welcome bit of equity for a model…

The administration sent out a notice to DHS personnel on June 16, Politico said. White House The White House app is reportedly coming to all devices managed by the Department of Homeland Security, whether the user wants to download it or not. According to Politico, an email went out to all Homeland Security personnel on June 16, telling them the app will be automatically installed on all government devices.  it’s not quite clear whether that means it will eventually be loaded onto all federal agencies’ phones in the future, with Homeland Security being one of the first. But…

It may be hard to believe, but the Porsche Taycan, the automaker’s very first mass-produced electric car, is actually getting rather old. Its first model year was 2020, meaning the 2027 model will be the eighth year of the sports sedan. Porsche has worked hard to keep the Taycan relevant, though, adding loads of models, a wagon body style, and high-performance upgrades. This newest model is no different, adding more battery capacity for entry-level models, fresh infotainment, and a feature pioneered by none other than Hyundai. 2027 Porsche Taycan GTS from the front three-quarter anglePorsche Porsche Jumps On The Simulated…

A BYD Sealion 05 on display at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2026. Credit: CnEVPost BYD aims to raise the local content of its Brazil-made cars to 50% by the start of 2027. BYD plans to invest about $100 million in energy storage systems to support Brazil’s national grid. BYD (HKEX: 1211) is scaling up its battery production in Brazil, a move aimed at pushing deeper into local manufacturing, a senior executive told Reuters. The Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) maker is also preparing to invest about $100 million to enter the business of energy storage systems that support…

Today, BMW is fiercely pragmatic and unafraid to charge customers for every little thing, but this has not always been the case. There was a time when innovation was put first, and that willingness to innovate gave us some of the very best motorcycles. We also got some pretty strange creations, but that is just part of the deal, and some bikes that were written off back when they first came out have aged gracefully. As a motorcycle manufacturer, the Bavarian brand has leaned heavily into the travel segment. This has worked out rather well because traveling on a motorcycle…

Image: Caruso Rivian laid off hundreds of workers on Tuesday, or less than 2% of its workforce, just one week after it began deliveries of its all-important R2 SUV. The electric automaker confirmed the cuts hit its service and customer teams, which include sales and marketing, as it tries to claw its way to a profit it has yet to ever post. A fourth round of cuts since 2024 The Wall Street Journal first reported the layoffs on Tuesday, and Rivian confirmed them to multiple outlets. It’s at least the fourth round of cuts Rivian has made since the start…

If there’s a car brand that knows how to celebrate its history, it’s Porsche and to mark 75 years since it arrived in the UK, the German marque has unveiled the new Porsche 911 GT3 Earls Court 51 Edition.  That ‘51’ part of the name references the first Porsche 356 coupes that were displayed at the Earls Court Motor Show in 1951 – the manufacturer’s debut in Great Britain. It also signifies how many will be built, clearly taking its ‘limited series’ status seriously. Based on the focused GT3 version of the 992.2-generation 911, the Earls Court 51 Edition takes…

Samsung has put AI to work on everything from your sleep quality to your TV screen and what’s inside your refrigerator.  At VivaTech 2026 in Paris, the company announced something considerably more personal and useful: a pet health feature that uses AI to flag potential health problems before they become expensive vet bills. Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends How does the pet health feature work on Galaxy phones? The feature is built in partnership with Lifet, a pet health startup that is part of Samsung’s external incubation program It lets you point your Galaxy phone’s camera at your dog or…

A company called Leonardo already develops and sells automatic license plate readers (ALPRs). These are cameras that visually see your vehicle as it drives by, recording your plate for any number of reasons, though probably because you ran a red light or missed a stop sign. Now, it seems the company has plans to go a little further. It’s not an optical upgrade, though. There are plans to add sensors to its cameras in the form of an “advanced signal intelligence system.” As reported by 404 Media, ELSAG SignalTrace is a system that sweeps up unique identifiers of electronic devices…

A new BMW iX3 long-wheelbase model on display at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2026. Credit: CnEVPost BMW’s three China-built models on the combustion-electric platform — the i3, i5 and iX1 — are set to exit simultaneously. The move clears the way for BMW’s Neue Klasse pure-electric platform, the core of the carmaker’s electrification shift. BMW is said to halt production of all its China-built electric vehicles (EVs) from July, temporarily emptying the EV line-up of its joint venture BMW Brilliance. The affected models are the i3, i5 and iX1. All three are built on BMW’s Cluster Architecture (CLAR)…