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Maserati / Adobe Stock (edited by the author) Guess what happens when you commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft? North Texas businessman Clayton Lloyd Iley can tell you. You get sentenced to more than 13 years in federal prison, and they won’t even let you keep your car collection. No Lambos waiting to welcome you home—no nothin’.

Steep depreciation makes used Jaguar SUV models tempting bargains on the US secondary market, because it turns pricey British luxury SUVs into budget-friendly buys in a few short years. However, that massive price drop comes with a catch: below-par mechanical dependability and steep maintenance costs. The F-Pace might be the only model currently still on sale in the USA but, along with the E-Pace and I-Pace, there may be some real sense to shopping for a pre-owned model. The information in this article was correct at the time of writing. Authoritative sources are listed at the end. Prospective buyers are strongly encouraged to perform their due diligence when considering any used example.

GM today laid out an overview of how the company is using advanced technology in its future products and processes. The company will offer enhanced OnStar capability starting in 2027 and autonomous driving starting with the 2028 Cadillac Escalade iQ/iQL (seen in GM’s simulated image above). The company also said that using AI will allow it to cut development time for new cars in half. Cars that drive themselves; virtual assistants that plan a week’s worth of meals and create grocery lists; new-car development processes that speed products to market in half the time. General Motors today gave a wide-ranging overview of how it is incorporating advanced technology into its vehicles and processes. The first bit of new technology that customers will see is enhanced capability of GM’s OnStar telematics service. OnStar is launching an AI assistant in the 2027 Cadillac Lyriq; that capability will roll out to other models, likely the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra next year, and can even be retrofitted to some existing GM cars. In its fullest form, OnStar AI “transforms your car into an intelligent partner,” says CEO Mary Barra.

When was the last time you were in a convoy? A real, ’70s-style trucker’s crank-addled, brown, complex-pattern’d shirts with huge collars-wearing, and maybe a chimp or orangutan riding shotgun and smokey-evading convoy? I bet it’s been a while. Well, if you’d like a chance to make it happen – and by “it” I mean a really, powerfully disappointing version of it – then you should join us on our journey from Los Angeles to Alameda, California on Friday, October 23! We’re going to RADwood! What’s that? You have work? You have responsibilities? That’s not what I asked, is it? No, it isn’t. Push those aside! Forget about your job, your family, your everything, fling it all to the winds and follow behind us as we head out in our Mazda 787-liveried CX-90 towing our now-legendary-ish Autozam dressed as a Ferrari F40 dressed as a Mazda 787b (which we’ve been calling the 787bb)!

Driving is huge fun, but, let's be honest, it can also be a real drag. For every minute you spend on an absorbing country road, there must be 10 you endure while sitting in gridlocked traffic, or running errands, like grabbing that carton of milk you forgot to buy earlier from the grocery store. Now GM says it wants to give you more time to do the country road stuff by sending your car off alone to do the boring bits. We already got a taste of GM's autonomous plans last year, when the automaker revealed it would ship the 2028 Cadillac Escalade IQ electric SUV with "hands-off, eyes-off" Level 3 driver assistance. But that same technology will soon be available on other GM models, including the next Chevy Silverado. "Following its 2028 debut on the Cadillac ESCALADE IQ, we'll quickly roll out this platform across our highest-volume gas-powered full-size SUVs and trucks, our three-row crossovers and our fourth-generation electric vehicles," GM announced.

General Motors laid out its technology blueprint for the coming years on Wednesday, and it seems a new electric vehicle platform is on the horizon. The Michigan-based manufacturer announced a slew of upcoming technologies at its GM Forward event in New York City on October 21. Artificial intelligence, renewed investment in autonomous driving technology, and new software-defined vehicles were all on the menu, but it was the plans for GM’s fourth-generation electric vehicles that specifically caught our eye. Going forward, General Motors will focus on spreading EV ownership across its whole customer base. All-new battery chemistry and redesigned drive motors make up the core of GM’s future EV plans. New lithium manganese-rich batteries will underpin GM’s highest-volume EV segments, targeting a balance of range, durability, and affordability. Produced in partnership with LG Energy Solution in Spring Hill, Tennessee, these batteries will be 33 percent more energy-dense than lithium iron phosphate; as such, they will offer longer driving range in a smaller, lighter battery pack at comparable prices to lithium iron phosphate ones.