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The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Since the earliest moment anyone ever laid eyes on the Volkswagen ID Buzz, the hope was that the company would lean into its legacy and sense of whimsy and offer the dang thing as a camper. This has taken VW longer than anyone would’ve expected—it’s had quite a bit on its plate as of late, after all—but it’s finally come around. Meet the ID California Cruise. First off, you’ll notice the German plates on the vehicle in…

LeMay – America’s Car Museum will open For Gold & Glory on Sept. 19, a new exhibition focused on racing legend Charlie Wiggins. The Museum says Wiggins’ achievements were left out of mainstream motorsports history for decades. The exhibition will feature the original Wiggins Special, the one‑of‑one race car Wiggins built and drove to four Gold & Glory Sweepstakes championships. The release says the car was recently recovered after being lost for more than 90 years. The release says the exhibition will show Wiggins’ racing career and the barriers Black racers faced in segregated America. “Charlie Wiggins’ story represents exactly…

Freelander 8 SUVs on display at the Chengdu Auto Show in August 2026. Credit: Freelander The Freelander 8’s pre-sales price after incentives starts at 329,900 yuan ($48,650), with official pricing to be announced at the launch event. The luxury extended-range SUV features Huawei Qiankun ADS 5 and has a CLTC battery-only range of 310 kilometers. The Freelander brand developed by the joint venture between Chery (HKEX: 9973) and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will officially launch its first model, the Freelander 8, next week. The brand announced on Friday that the Freelander 8’s global launch event will be held on September…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. If you find yourself in a big storm without backup power ready to go, you’ll likely have a hard time picking up a generator at the store. Those go quickly when the power goes out, and building a genset yourself can get complicated. But if you have the right equipment lying around—which, surprisingly, can include a 2012 Chevy Cruze—you can keep the essentials going for five days (or more). Two weeks ago, in mid-August, the town of…

Tesla holds its Cybercab launch event in Austin on September 3, and it’s being sold as a milestone. Here’s my prediction: it’s going to look a lot like the last time Tesla launched this car, back in October 2024. Expect a big robotaxi fleet number as the headline, a steering wheel and safety monitor finally coming out, and almost nothing that touches the one thing actually holding the program back. Prediction 1: a relaunch of a car we’ve already seen Tesla first unveiled the Cybercab at its “We, Robot” event in October 2024, the two-seater with no steering wheel, no…

Apple TV is home to a handful of beloved original TV shows and an increasingly wide slate of films, including some classics. On the same day the streaming service is hiking up the fee, we are hearing news of yet another heavy-hitting addition to the content portfolio. According to Deadline, Apple has acquired worldwide rights for streaming “Small Prophets,” which first made its premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC TV earlier this year. And before we dig into more details, here is the interesting part. Small Prophets currently has a rating of 100% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes, which is pretty…

Automotive Ford appears to be reshuffling the 2027 Maverick lineup in a way that could make some of its most interesting versions considerably easier on the wallet. While the entry-level Maverick XL Hybrid is expected to hold the line at $29,990, the bigger news surrounds the sporty Lobo and off-road-ready Tremor, both of which are reportedly getting substantial price reductions. At the same time, Ford is changing where buyers can get the turbocharged 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine, creating a clearer divide between the Maverick’s efficiency-focused and performance-minded personalities. For 2027, the Maverick XL is set to become hybrid-only, and…

You know the person blocking your view of the concert because their phone is swaying in the air, recording the entire thing? Get ready for the unfolded version of it.This week on The Vergecast, we dive right into the big week of Apple news. First, it’s the refreshed Mac Mini and Mac Studio, as well as the new M6 and M5 Ultra chips. Apple is advertising them all as achievements in AI inference, but we’re skeptical this is more than a marketing ploy for now. Then we get into the newly announced Apple event, why we’re not expecting to see…

While American cars may never get the same media attention as Japanese automakers when it comes to reliability, that doesn’t mean there aren’t reliable American vehicles out there. Indeed, there is a wide variety of highly rated American vehicles in terms of reliability, from sports cars and luxury sedans to minivans and everything in between. We sought out some of the most reliable American vehicles of the last two decades or so, ranked by their J.D. Power Quality & Reliability scores. While these 100-point scores are model-level rather than trim- or engine-specific, we’ll dive deeper to detail which powertrains are…

You might have to pay a bit more to catch the end of the latest Ted Lasso season. Apple TV By the time the next season of Severance rolls around (hopefully sometime next year), you’ll likely be paying a bit more to watch it. That’s because Apple has increased the price of an Apple TV subscription in the US. A monthly plan is now $15 per month, up from $13. An annual subscription costs $20 more at $120. An individual subscription to the Apple One bundle, which includes Apple TV, is going up as well. That…