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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. File this one under “concerningly believable.” A driver in China behind the wheel of a Lynk & Co Z20 attempted to turn off the interior reading lights in their electric crossover using a voice command. When they did, the car turned off the headlights instead—a problem, because this all went down at night, on a highway. The car crashed into a barrier off the right side of the road soon after, prompting the automaker to quickly push…
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Car people know better than to challenge the Honda with a laptop in the passenger seat. Odds are, that thing is faster than you—no matter how beat it looks. But what about a 1987 Nissan 300ZX with a Steam Deck on the dash? If you’re like me, that’s a new one. Jake Symonds runs such a setup on his Z31, and he told me all about how it works. He effectively uses the handheld Valve gaming device…
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Studded tires are unmatched in snow and ice, but it’s their very capability in such conditions that makes them brutal on dry roads. For a while, companies have been trying to figure out how to deliver tires with true metal studs that can only be deployed on a part-time basis, when the driver wants, but none have made it to market. Winter tire experts Nokian may have actually just pulled it off, as the company has announced…
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Digital technology makes cars better, but it also introduces the same cybersecurity issues as the smartphones, computers, and other devices that are our constant companions in life. A new study from the Madrid-based IMDEA Networks Institute illustrates that point with some new research on TPMS—tire pressure monitoring sensors.. Researchers found that tire-pressure sensors—part of the tire-pressure monitoring systems that have been mandatory on new cars in the United States since the 2008 model year—broadcast a unique ID…
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. After years of doing its best imitation of a non-legacy manufacturer, Ford made a big splash last fall when it announced a new, “software-defined vehicle” platform aimed at bringing affordable EVs to the U.S. market. But if the current (now discontinued) F-150 Lightning and Mach-E aren’t software-defined EVs, then what are they? And just what constitutes a true “software-defined” vehicle? In broad strokes, a software-defined vehicle is exactly what it sounds like. If a car’s features are…
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. A team at the University of California, Santa Cruz has published new research showing how visual-language AI models that help control self-driving cars can be exploited or hijacked with carefully coded real-world commands. Or, in other words, tricking them by holding up a sign. And while it’s not necessarily a danger that faces existing autonomous vehicles (yet), it is one that automakers and suppliers would be wise to guard against, particularly as they lean harder on more…
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. With the arrival of 2026, we’ve entered a new chapter in GM’s 10-speed transmission recall saga. If you’re not familiar, GM is in the process of addressing faulty valve bodies in the gearboxes it installs in virtually every rear-wheel drive vehicle it builds going back half a decade. It’s a massive undertaking, and one GM has been tackling in stages—at times to the detriment of its customers. GM has issued two new addenda. The first is another…
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Last Wednesday, we broke the news that Porsche was deciding the fate of the electric 718 Boxster/Cayman successor. While our sources have not been able to confirm the outcome of that meeting, Audi has effectively done it for us. Just days after our story ran, an internal memo was leaked from Audi confirming that the next-gen TT—the all-electric corporate cousin being developed on the same platform as the Porsches—is still on. And that comes straight from Audi…
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’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it a thousand times: Modern cars are mind-blowingly complex, packed with countless electronic modules and miles and miles of wiring harnesses. But here’s the thing: when it comes to truly groundbreaking cars, mechanical and electronic simplicity are the name of the game—and with its new EV platform, Ford is looking to level up to match (or surpass) its rivals, here and abroad. If you’re building an EV and bragging about…
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Earlier this week, I explained how Mazda finally admitted its infotainment system is the worst. The outpour from readers in our comment section, as well as Reddit, was swift. Some owners said they got used to the scroll-wheel interface after living with the system, while others were less willing to deal with it, claiming they immediately returned rental cars upon realizing the system wasn’t touchscreen. Consider yourself heard on every level. I’m currently driving a 2026 CX-90…