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GM’s Cheaper Battery Could Knock $6,000 Off The Silverado EV Without Losing A Mile Of Range

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GM may limit LFP tech to data storage and use LMR batteries for its EVs. Lithium manganese-rich batteries offer a similar range to LFP but cost less. A Silverado EV with LMR batteries could cost $6,000 less than an LFP one. General Motors has revealed it may pivot away from manufacturing lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for its EVs in the US, focusing solely on new lithium manganese-rich (LMR) cells. The Detroit giant has spent years developing LMR batteries , and the original plan called for building them next to conventional LFP cells. However, following recent confirmation that GM’s Tennessee battery plant with LG Energy Solution will now produce only LFP batteries for grid and data center customers rather than for cars, GM is doubling down on its pursuit of an LMR future. Read: 700 Laid-Off Workers Rehired As GM Changes What Its Battery Plant Builds While speaking with Reuters , GM battery chief Kurt Kelty described th...
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Ford Recalls Over 548,000 SUVs After Chrome Trim Injures 65 People

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Ford is recalling more than 548,000 Expeditions over peeling chrome trim. The defect can create razor-sharp edges capable of cutting occupants. Automaker says it’s aware of 65 injuries and one crash tied to the issue. Most recalls these days revolve around technology and software . A camera stops displaying an image, a battery monitoring system glitches, or an infotainment screen suddenly goes dark . Other recalls involve major mechanical components that keep a vehicle moving down the road. Ford’s latest recall is neither. Instead, it centers on a piece of interior trim that can become sharp enough to cut occupants. The automaker is recalling 548,463 Expeditions from the 2018 through 2024 model years after discovering that chrome plating on the center console can bubble, peel, and separate from the underlying material. When that happens, the trim can develop sharp edges capable of causing injuries. Read: The Ford Bronco’s...
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BYD’s 5-Minute Flash Charging Is Coming To Canada Before Its Cars Are

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Establishing its own charging network will help BYD battle Tesla in Canada. Flash Charging tech can add 250 miles of range in as little as 5 minutes. BYD has already established more than 6,000 Flash Charging stations in China. BYD hasn’t sold a single car in Canada yet , and it’s already laying the groundwork for its hyped Flash Charging network north of the border. The order of operations tells you how badly the Chinese giant wants a foothold in the country’s EV market. The company’s 1,500 kW Flash Charging technology broke cover earlier this year. Cars running BYD’s second-generation Blade Battery and 1,000-volt architecture can pull 250 miles (400 km) of range from a 5-minute stop, which puts a full charge somewhere in the territory of a gas-station fill-up. This week the company posted a Toronto job listing for a Flash Charging Business Development Manager to steer the rollout. Also: BYD...
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Gran Turismo 7’s June Update Hands You BMW And Ferrari Racers For Free

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Gran Turismo 7’s June update adds four modern Le Mans Hypercars and a new safety car. Three new Gr.1 Prototype Series events arrive alongside two additional race categories. Pikes Peak joins Scapes as a featured curation destination for virtual photography. Polyphony Digital is about to hand Gran Turismo 7 players the keys to some of the most advanced race cars on the planet. The game’s free June update, version 1.70, arrives on June 11 and brings five new vehicles, headlined by four current-generation endurance racing prototypes that have battled for outright victories at Le Mans and in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The newcomers include the BMW M Hybrid V8, Ferrari 499P, Peugeot 9X8, and Porsche 963. They’re joined by the Porsche 911 Turbo S Safety Car, giving players a road-car-based pace vehicle to add to their collections. For fans of endurance racing, this update is particularly significant. Read: Gran Turi...
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AI Cameras Fined Empty Seats For Not Wearing Seatbelts

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Pilot use of AI traffic cameras in Athens achieved a tiny 3% approval rate. Human officers reviewed 5,500 out of 13,000 cases and only approved 400. Besides legislative issues, AI can’t properly identify phone and seatbelt use. The pitch for letting artificial intelligence handle road safety and traffic enforcement reads well on a slide deck. Fewer cops on the roads, faster processing, citations that write themselves. Greece put that pitch to the test, and the pilot phase has already pulled the thread loose. Despite promising early signs , the handful of AI cameras switched on around Athens proved spectacularly bad at their one job, with the humans behind them validating only a sliver of what the system flagged. According to Greek media, the AI cameras generated roughly 13,000 citations across April and May, but human personnel managed to review only 5,500 of them. Of those reviewed, just 400 were judged valid. The other 5,100 were throw...
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Thousands Of Tires Appeared On His New Property And Nobody Will Claim Them

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The new owner discovered a massive tire dump blocking access to his property. Investigators are examining possible illegal dumping and environmental violations. Cleanup costs could leave the homeowner facing a major financial burden. Buying a fixer-upper usually comes with a few surprises. Maybe there’s a leaky roof, outdated wiring, or a family of raccoons living in the attic. What most buyers don’t expect is discovering what appears to be a small tire landfill spread across their new property. That’s the situation facing Portland resident Khanh Tran, who says he purchased a 1.2-acre property in April only to discover that someone had transformed it into a dumping ground for hundreds, and possibly thousands, of discarded tires. Tran told local station KATU that the property initially contained a relatively small pile of fewer than 40 tires when he agreed to purchase it. He visited the site again in late March and said l...
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