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On average, fuel prices are up almost a dollar per gallon, or 25 percent, according to AAA. For a nation as addicted to the automotive as we are, that's bad news. Except, of course, for electric vehicles.

In 2025, German car companies earned nearly 44% less than in 2024, with earnings before interest and taxes dropping to just 24.9 billion, the lowest since 2020.

Honda has slashed the price of the 2026 Prologue by $7,500 across the board, essentially replacing the lost tax incentive and making the crossover a much better deal among its peers.

The Skoda Peaq can seat up to seven people, with a maximum trunk volume of 35.7 cu-ft in its five-seater configuration and 10.6 cu-ft behind the third row in the seven-seater variant.

The latest changes to F1 power units are not just about speed-they're about efficiency, sustainability, and technology that could eventually influence the cars you drive every day.

Porter complained about difficulties when trying to insert lines in Excel. (Which, to be fair to Microsoft, is relatively straightforward - need to insert a row? Right-click on a selected row. Need to insert a line in text? Alt+Return is probably going to be your friend.) But then Porter turned to that other productivity stalwart, Word. "Never underestimate Microsoft's ability to make things more complicated," he said.

Modern cars, including EVs, have tons of safety features baked in, but sometimes the driver still has to take over when the going gets tough. That's why most new cars out there still have a button somewhere that disengages the traction control system, which can come in handy when tackling slippery roads or deep snow because it allows the wheels to spin without the electronics cutting power.

Things certainly get harder if there are outside organizations who are pushing Tesla in the wrong direction. It's difficult to say that then we would expand, if we had outside organizations who were making things very difficult. We're not going to shut down the factory, but we wouldn't expand it either.

Volkswagen's answer has involved using the "ID." preface for its EVs. It's a relatively elegant solution to this issue but one that's also led to other problems. Namely, the numbers used for the series of EVs don't give a sense of what drivers can expect. The ID.4 is an SUV, while the ID.7 is a sedan.

Some 337,000 cars, 29,000 of them in Germany, covering five different models are "potentially concerned" by the safety issue, which concerns incorrect routing of the dashboard wiring, said the KBA. The recall concerns the i5, 5, M5, i7 and 7 models built between June 2022 and December 2025.

Mark Stephen McCollum is a respected name in the automotive world, with over 35 years of hands-on experience. Born and raised in Conroe, Texas, he grew up in a close family and learned early the value of hard work. He studied business finance at Lon Morris College and Texas A&M University, building a foundation that would carry him through a long and successful career.