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So, as it turns out, Teslas aren’t the best investment. We can hear some of you saying, “yeah, duh.” Even so, the fall-off in trending prices for electric cars like the Tesla Model Y has been remarkable. CarEdge has the Tesla Model X losing 36% of its value in the first year, and 63% by year three. After five years, our own price tracking tool sees the X holding less than a third of its initial value. According to iSeeCars, EVs depreciate around 13% more over a five-year stretch than other cars, with the average no doubt dragged down by…

It looks like Rad Power Bikes owners may soon have a more affordable path to upgrading to the company’s newer Safe Shield battery technology. In an email just sent out today, Rad Life Mobility announced plans for a program that would allow eligible customers to receive up to 50% off replacement Safe Shield batteries for older Rad e-bikes. Details are still fairly limited for now. The email encourages owners of Rad e-bikes using earlier battery systems to sign up for updates, noting that the company will “be in touch soon to learn a little more about your ride.” The message…

Samsung’s two largest unions have voted in favor of a wage agreement that will give the company’s chip workers up to $400,000 in bonuses this year. According to Yonhap News, 73.7 percent of the two unions’ 62,616 members voted to approve the deal during a six-day voting period that started on May 22. While the union hasn’t released formal numbers for the bonuses, Samsung is expected to rake in up to KRW 300 trillion in operating profit this year, which leads payouts of up to KRW 600 million ($400,000) for each of the 28,000 employees in the company’s chip division.  Bloomberg says Samsung is…

What’s Actually Happening At The Alabama Plant Honda Ridgeline TrailSport Exterior FeatureLyndon Conrad Bell | Top Speed Production of the current second-generation Ridgeline is set to wind down at Honda’s Lincoln, Alabama facility in late 2026. The next-generation truck is then expected to arrive in late 2028, according to reports published this week. That’s a window of somewhere between 18 months and two years with no Ridgeline on dealer lots—a stretch that’s long enough to lose casual buyers to competitors but short enough that Honda clearly intends to keep the nameplate alive. The powertrain detail is the most concrete piece…

When it comes to pickup trucks in the US, the GMC Sierra has always taken a quiet seat near the back of the class. Up front are models like the Ford F-150 and the Chevrolet Silverado 1500, and others like the Ram 1500 and the Toyota Tundra sit near the middle. The Sierra is, basically, the Silverado’s slightly more well-dressed sibling, and its base MSRP is always just slightly higher than the Chevy’s due to packing just a hint more luxury inside its skin. However, these days, the GMC Sierra 1500’s pricing has dipped considerably. Thanks to myriad factors, you…

New Skoda Fabia facelift to transform sensible supermini with more style and hybrid techSkoda’s sensible hatch was due to be axed by 2027, but now it’s here to say and is due to be updated as the brand works to keep its petrol-powered car…News25 May 2026

Audi is in a little bit of hot water at the moment, suffering from declining sales and reduced profitability despite a thoroughly modern automobile lineup that includes the ferocious RS 5 sport sedan and affordable Q3 small SUV. The automaker’s financial stress isn’t curtailing the peanut gallery from spreading rumors of a revitalized enthusiast Audi lineup – including a reborn R8 – but whatever gossip is out there, the automaker isn’t giving any secrets away. Audi CEO Gernot Döllner carefully avoided mentioning the bygone supercar while extolling the virtues of the Lamborghini Temerario, despite it being tipped to be the…

Exterior view of the 2026 BYD Sealion 06 DM-i. Credit: BYD The 2026 Sealion 06 DM-i SUV starts at 129,900 yuan ($19,140), featuring a combined range of up to 1,845 kilometers. The model’s launch further expands BYD’s plug-in hybrid lineup and features an advanced smart driving system. BYD (HKEX: 1211) officially launched the 2026 Sealion 06 DM-i on Tuesday, accelerating the lineup renewal of its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) models. The compact hybrid sport utility vehicle (SUV) comes in four variants, with official guide price ranging from 129,900 yuan ($19,140) to 159,900 yuan. The 2026 Sealion 06 DM-i features…

Today, Apple seeded the first beta of iOS 26.6 to developers, and so far, it contains exactly one known feature. It’s an alert that tells you when you’ve run out of space on your blocked contacts list. That’s right, and that’s it.   The fact that Apple had to ship this new alert at all says something uncomfortable about how the company has handled the spam call problem, along with carriers and regulators.  Jesse Hollington / Digital Trends What is the blocked contacts limit and why does it matter? Apple never told us, but iOS has always had a cap on…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. At least not for now and not for America. Earlier in May, in Austria, just ahead of the 2027 RS5 launch during a media round table Audi CEO Gernot Dollner told The Drive, “I’m a big fan of [the] V8.” Dollner continued, “It’s a perfect fit to the full-size SUVs, and whenever package-wise possible, there’s no restriction to have an engine like that.” That comment Dollner made about package-wise isn’t necessarily about the V8 fitting under the…