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They were going to be banned based on the connectivity rule... https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/trump-admin-permits-volvo-to-keep-selling-connected-cars-in-the-u-s/

This is a weird thing to do... https://gizmodo.com/tesla-owners-say-their-old-fsd-contracts-were-quietly-changed-2000767150

Seems like the age of self driving will be upon us in the next two years... https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/wayves-self-driving-tech-is-headed-to-us-cars-made-by-stellantis/

https://www.engadget.com/2177477/mercedes-amg-1153-hp-electric-gt-4-door-takes-on-porsche-taycan/ Impressive speed from a trimotor. Interesting that it's only single motor up front because I thought it had to be in the wheels....

Never thought much about this but 22kwh each day is higher than I thought it would use... Hope optical chips become reality sooner than later... https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/autonomous-driving-tech-is-power-hungry-can-modern-evs-really-handle-it/ar-AA227UBB?ocid=sapphireappshare

Impressed at how German companies quietly built next gen EV platforms (including MB/BMW) instead of whining and pushing tariff walls like US old school automakers have been doing...

Probably won't matter for most people but I haven't seen this mentioned: https://www.torquenews.com/17998/rivians-r2-has-road-hardware-problem-nobody-wants-say-out-loud

Hoping Rivian has that moment with the R2. 400k cars needs to do it for Xiaomi though: https://phandroid.com/2026/03/27/xiaomis-car-business-just-crossed-a-massive-milestone/

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/rivian-sacrifices-2027-profit-goal-to-push-deeper-into-autonomy/ Take it with a grain of salt because it's tech crunch but interesting bit from the Uber filing that I didn't see mentioned anywhere else...

Interesting article on how much more profit they get from being vertically integrated and making a lot of their own parts..along with longer term payments to suppliers...

Interesting that they need that to be competitive. Would be logical to merge that and Rivian's at some point or port that coffee to other countries? https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/volkswagen-blinked-china-is-now-writing-its-automotive-software-future/ar-AA1VTwT4

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-hybrids/2026-is-when-the-real-ev-war-begins-here-s-why/ar-AA1Sap7h Interesting commentary about the "next gen" architectures from BMW/MB/KiaHyundai. Nothing too surprising but a good summary.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/autos-luxury/here-s-how-the-mercedes-glc-ev-aims-to-reset-the-brand-s-ev-strategy/ar-AA1JJyaK This sounds pretty modern...800V architecture and two speed transmission. Should mean better highway mileage than usual for an EV from the two speed transmission...

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a64391434/pirelli-scorpion-xtm-all-terrain-tire New Pirelli scorpion XTM for 2026 model year? 🤔

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a65013588/subaru-solterra-toyota-bz4x-12-volt-battery-class-action-lawsuit Just thought it was amusing they have similar problems with 12V batteries. Surprised only Tesla has a smaller LFP battery for this duty...

They're doing a lot more testing than OOS 🙂 https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/how-to-tow-charge-a-rivian-uh-maybe-just-don-t-do-it/ar-AA1F3wJy

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/2025-range-rover-ev-first-drive-this-will-be-the-best-range-rover/ar-AA1Dzl9c The snow handling sounds impressive...like they tested it well. Only 6k lbs and they stuffed all the electronics in the transmission tunnel for manufacturing flexibility but still...

Impressive how automated this is. Humans only for monitoring, probably going to be typical for most factories in the future... https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/hyundai-s-u-s-ev-factory-is-revolutionary-can-it-also-be-tariff-armor/ar-AA1C1jDG

Interesting article on Rivian's tech: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/rivian-is-more-tech-company-than-car-company-and-thats-a-good-thing/

https://www.androidauthority.com/new-android-automotive-apps-3516416/ There should be a lot more apps later this year...