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Glasswing butterflies go through the typical butterfly stages: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa, and adult. The lifecycle begins when the mated female lays her eggs on plants of the nightshade family (genus Cestrum). These plants, part of the toxic nightshade family, supply a chemical defense that carries through the butterfly’s later life stages. Both the caterpillar and the adult butterfly benefit from these toxins. The larvae are extremely reflective and have green bodies with bright purple and red stripes. They feed on host plants and store chemical extracts that make them distasteful to predators. During pupation, a silk pad anchors the…

The electric Chevy Equinox is America’s best-selling EV outside of Tesla. Cadillac is now leading the luxury segment, but GM said its aggressive EV expansion is over as it shifts back to ICE vehicles. Chevy, Cadillac drive GM EV sales growth in Q3 GM’s electric vehicle sales are growing faster than those of any major OEM in the US. In the third quarter, Chevy, Cadillac, and GMC sold nearly 67,000 EVs, more than doubling from Q3 2024. Combined, GM accounted for 16.5% of all EV sales in the US in Q3. Although it’s outpacing the industry, GM is pulling back…

Front-seat space and comfort are great, but legroom in the back is tighter than in some rivals. Boot space is good, though, at 542 litres (1,610 litres with the seats down). Running costsAll GV70s come with a five-year care plan that includes all servicing (up to 50,000 miles), roadside recovery, free software updates (including mapping) and a courtesy car during servicing. The service interval for GV70s is two years or 20,000 miles, apart from petrol cars, which cut this to one year or 9,000 miles; only diesel versions have a cambelt, which needs to be inspected every 80,000 miles and…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Cadillac F1 Team test driver Colton Herta will be racing with the respected Hitech Formula 2 come 2026, which should give him the experience and confidence necessary to compete on the global stage for the coming years. This move will immerse him in the European single-seater scene like never before, which is essential if he wants to race in Formula 1 eventually. Respect where respect is due. Herta is leaving a somewhat comfortable position in IndyCar to…

China’s Chery Automobile is the latest to enter the solid-state battery race. The company claims to have developed a battery that can deliver more than double the driving range of today’s EVs. It plans to commercialize the technology in 2027, but it may remain elusive in North America. Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile claims to have developed a new type of solid-state battery technology that can more than double the driving range of electric vehicles, while also being incredibly safe under harsh conditions. But China’s new export controls mean this cutting-edge technology may never arrive in North America. Chery is China’s…

I like to think I’m pretty good at spotting AI slop. However, as artificial intelligence tools evolve at an alarming pace, I’ll admit it’s getting harder to tell the difference. In fact, I almost fell for this supposed teaser of Mazda’s upcoming debut at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show. It closely resembles the official rendering released a few days ago, right down to the “You’ll want a closer look” caption. As much as I wish it were real, the truth is we’re looking at an obvious fake. Despite the initial similarities, there’s a simple way to spot the discrepancy between…

Automotive Big moves out of Toyota headquarters. The company is officially spinning Century into a standalone flagship brand that sits above Lexus, turning a long running insider secret into a formal hierarchy shift. If you have followed Toyota’s history, the decision makes narrative sense. While Lexus has worn the global luxury crown since 1989, the Century sedan has quietly chauffeured Japan’s power brokers since 1967 and more recently added an SUV to the family. Now Century becomes the halo, and Lexus gets room to take bigger creative risks. Chairman Akio Toyoda framed the move as a clarification and…

China has lodged a formal complaint against India at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), accusing New Delhi of offering unfair subsidies to domestic manufacturers of electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries. Beijing claims that India’s incentive schemes provide an unfair advantage to local companies while discriminating against foreign competitors. The complaint, filed on October 15, 2025, adds a new layer of tension to already strained trade relations between the two Asian powers, and could mark the beginning of a long and complicated dispute under global trade rules. According to China’s Ministry of Commerce, India’s measures in the EV and battery manufacturing…

In the 2000s, TiVo reached heights few companies ever achieve. Like Google and Xerox, its name became a verb. People had to “TiVo” the new episode of Battlestar Galactica or game 4 of the Red Sox vs. Cardinals, not “record” it. While it didn’t invent the DVR, TiVo popularized it and many of the features we would eventually take for granted, like the ability to pause or rewind live TV, and watch one program while recording another.Those features were covered in the now infamous US Patent 6,233,389 — better known as the Time Warp patent. TiVo spent a good chunk…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. A bunch of Jeep Wrangler 4xe owners started their week off with a rather cruel surprise when what seemed like a routine, over-the-air software update ended up rendering a vast swath of those vehicles essentially inoperable. According to a tipster who contacted us directly, the update scrambled her 4xe’s digital brain so badly that she was unable to coax the car out of her immediate neighborhood without losing drive power: “Over the weekend Jeep pushed an over…