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Moon Five Technologies has received the 2026 Scale Catalyst Award from the Electric Innovation Initiative for its EV charging system aimed at multifamily properties. The system uses energy management software to monitor electricity use in apartment buildings and allocate available electrical capacity to vehicle chargers. The company says the system is designed to avoid the need for major electrical upgrades at properties. Moon Five is deploying more than 400 charging units at multifamily properties in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles through a US$3.4-million California Energy Commission grant. The company says more than 90 per cent of the…

Automotive Subaru is celebrating two important anniversaries in the best way it knows how, by building a pair of limited-production cars aimed squarely at enthusiasts. Revealed at Boxerfest 2026 in York, Pennsylvania, the 2027 Subaru WRX GD25 commemorates 25 years of the WRX in the United States, while the 2027 Subaru BRZ ZC15 marks 15 years since Subaru’s lightweight rear-wheel-drive sports car arrived. Neither anniversary model brings additional horsepower, but Subaru has loaded both with enough heritage-inspired details and performance hardware to make them far more interesting than simple appearance packages. The WRX GD25 is easily the louder…

The Opera web browser app for Android now comes with a free eSIM and 3GB of 5G data. This provides mobile connectivity in many spots throughout the world, making it a great solution for travelers who don’t want to constantly fiddle with stuff every time their passport gets stamped. That’s because the digital SIM card is built directly into the browser, so folks can connect to a local network abroad without having to swap out a finicky plastic doodad. Despite being embedded into the browser, Opera’s eSIM provides internet access to the entire phone, so users can keep using apps…

In November 2023, Ram made one of its most infamous announcements by calling time on the Ram 1500’s Hemi V8. Loyalists were outraged, with US pickup sales dropping 19.5% for Ram during H1 2024, and Ram would admit its mistake. It reversed course with a new array of Hemi engines, eventually resulting in an SRT supercharged flagship making 777 horsepower. This offered enormous output for less than $100,000, and as it would even eclipse a Ford Mustang GTD on a dollar-per-hp basis, that is quite a way to change a corporate mind. 777 hp For Less Than $100,000 Is Now…

Get The Downshift in your inbox A daily hot lap of headlines from the auto industry and car culture, curated by The Drive’s editors. Good morning and welcome to The Downshift, a daily sweep of today’s top headlines from the auto industry and car culture, curated by The Drive’s editorial team. Each story gets a short summary and a link to the original source if you want to dive deeper. Here’s what’s cooking on Monday, September 28, 2026: ⛽ The Department of Transportation is expected to introduce drastically less stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards today. While the Biden administration…

The BYD Da Han flagship sedan is scheduled to launch on October 13, with its all-electric version offering a CLTC range of up to 1,008 km. Credit: BYD. The Da Han will launch on October 13, with its all-electric version already available for pre-sales and offering a CLTC range of up to 1,008 km. Dynasty lineup sales rose 13.88% year-on-year in August, marking a third consecutive month of growth, though sales in the first 8 months remained down 13.15%. BYD (HKEX: 1211) has produced the 10 millionth vehicle in its Dynasty lineup, with the upcoming Da Han flagship sedan marking…

Old 300 Storage. Photo: Ørsted Renewables and battery storage are projected to add about 82.7 gigawatts (GW) of new generating capacity in the US in the next 12 months, while total fossil fuel and nuclear power capacity will fall by more than 1.4 GW, according to new data released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), and reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign. Renewable energy generation exceeded 29% of US total by end of July 2026 According to the EIA’s latest “Electric Power Monthly” report (with data through July 31, 2026), renewably generated electricity during the first seven months of…

In the real world, consumers who aren’t satisfied with a product are not likely to become loyal to it. Yet that’s exactly what seems to be happening in the world of mass-market electric vehicles. In the 2026 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), mass-market EVs scored only 69 out of 100 for satisfaction, which was the lowest result of any powertrain. But at the same time, owners exhibited some strangely loyal behavior, with customer retention jumping from 57% to 71 and the likelihood to recommend increasing 9% to 73. And that’s not what a collapsing ownership proposition typically looks like. The…

AMD announced today that it’s acquiring World Labs, an AI research lab co-founded by the prominent researcher Dr. Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal worth approximately $8.2 billion. World Labs launched in 2024 and was valued at $1 billion in a matter of months. The startup launched its first commercial product, a world generation model called Marble that lets users make interactive 3D worlds from a prompt, in 2025.The deal is expected to close by the end of the year. Li will become EVP and chief scientist at AMD, reporting to AMD CEO Lisa Su, while the World Labs team…

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. Costco, the wholesale retailer that somehow manages to sell hot dog and soda combos for $1.50 despite insane inflation, is jacking up the price of its in-house oil change due to higher petroleum prices from the Iran war. So are Walmart and your local quick-lube shop, whether it’s independently owned or part of an enormous conglomerate like Valvoline Inc. A recent investigation by The Wall Street Journal found that the military conflict isn’t just…