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Automotive Hyundai is leaning further into the growing trend of in-car personalization with an expanded rollout of its Digital Features and Services platform through the Bluelink Store. The latest update gives owners of several Hyundai models the ability to customize the look and feel of their infotainment systems through downloadable display themes and software-enabled features delivered via over-the-air updates. It is another sign that automakers are beginning to treat vehicle cabins more like connected digital spaces that can evolve long after customers drive off the dealer lot. The expanded service now reaches a much wider range of Hyundai…

Xpeng CEO acknowledges LiDAR remains a good and necessary component in many other industries, but believes the auto industry no longer needs the sensor. Xpeng launched the GX SUV yesterday, which, like its other new models, adopts a Tesla-like pure vision autonomous driving solution. (A GX SUV on display at Xpeng’s Guangzhou headquarters. Image credit: CnEVPost) The CEO of Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) believes LiDAR is no longer a necessity in the automotive sector, as the company continues to push forward with its transition to a pure vision approach. Although the proportion of models priced above 150,000 yuan ($22,050) equipped with…

“We’re very open-minded,” he explained. ‘We’re not religious here in terms of saying ‘this is how it was to be’. Customer feedback is overwhelmingly clear: they want buttons back. So we will bring buttons back.” This approach extends to rapidly identifying and addressing shortcomings and glitches in Polestar’s cars, such as the well-documented issues with the digital key’s proximity function on early 3s. Lohscheller claimed the company’s constant dialogue with owners enables it to quickly devise a fix for affected cars and ensure it won’t be a problem on models that follow. “In terms of Polestar 3, we really took those things very…

Building a performance car to your preference can get expensive quickly, especially when you factor in buying your base vehicle in the first place. From there, you’d need to source, purchase, and then equip any aftermarket parts you’ve got your eye on, which could add a ton more expenditure to the project. If you’re not careful, you can quickly blow past the $100,000 mark in trying to build your dream track car. If you want to keep your budget firmly within your restrictions, saving as much money on the base car is a great place to start. We reckon one…

Photo: Fluence Energy The US energy storage industry kicked off 2026 with its strongest Q1 on record, despite the Trump administration continuing to attack clean energy. According to the latest US Energy Storage Market Outlook released today from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, the US installed 9.7 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new energy storage capacity in Q1 2026. That’s a 32% year-over-year jump. Global instability is causing growth Utility-scale batteries made up the vast majority of new installations, with 7.8 GWh added during the quarter. The commercial and industrial segment installed 648 megawatt-hours (MWh), while residential…

A new study suggests YouTube’s recommendation algorithm may be shaping political perspectives differently for men and women – even when both groups start with the same interest in political content. The research, published in Cornell University’s arXiv repository, explored how YouTube’s recommendation system responds to different viewing behaviors. Researchers created 160 automated social bots, splitting them into two groups with “male-coded” and “female-coded” viewing habits. While both sets of accounts showed identical interest in YouTube’s News & Politics category, their recommendations reportedly evolved in dramatically different directions over time. Different algorithms, different political experiences To conduct the experiment, researchers programmed…

Modern touring motorcycles have become incredibly advanced machines, but many of them now seem designed around spec sheets and marketing battles instead of the way people actually ride. Horsepower numbers keep climbing, electronics packages are getting more complicated, and curb weights continue creeping upward as manufacturers pile on features. The result is that a lot of touring motorcycles now seem oversized and excessive for riders who mostly commute, take weekend rides, and occasionally disappear for a few days on the highway. UPDATE: 2026/05/21 We have updated the article with more information on the bike’s rivals and how they compare. Modern…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Ram’s new V8-powered Rumble Bee lineup revives a classic street truck formula that didn’t quite work the first time, company CEO Tim Kuniskis told us. Largely, they failed because despite being good at the “street” part, they tended to lack in the “truck” department. Kuniskis and his Monster-Energy-fueled band of engineers and product planners likely had little else in mind when they placed their bets on a new lineup of Muscle Trucks—all of them quad cabs. That’s…

The SpaceX IPO is here, and it’s more than just an historic public offering that could make Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. It also reveals more ways in which Elon Musk’s companies interact and overlap with each other, shuffling money around in ways that are often difficult to keep track of.This is evident in ways that are both obvious and less so. A CTRL-F search for “Tesla” yields 87 results, xAI is mentioned 356 times, and X 267 times. Even the Boring Company (7 times) and Neuralink (3) get a few mentions. Throughout its 330 pages of rocket launches…