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Talking Cars 469: Driving the 2025 Nissan Murano
Main theme: The Nissan Murano gets a new look, inside and out, for 2025. It’s the midsized two-row SUV’s first revamp in nearly a decade, and it looks great. But we wonder who the target audience is, especially considering that we paid nearly $50,000 for our tested car. Read the 2025 Nissan Murano first drive. Audience Questions:• How long do hybrid…
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I only talk to Siri while I’m driving — and that’s a problem for Apple
What is the purpose of a virtual assistant? In theory, it should make our lives easier by letting us make a single request to have our phone perform tasks. However, when it comes to Apple’s virtual assistant Siri, I only ever find it useful in one specific situation. I’ve used an iPhone for a long time, so I’m familiar with…
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Can I interest you in an app that tracks your driving behavior?
Smartphone apps that track our driving behavior may be the key to safer road conditions. The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety just published a study that found that using smartphone apps to monitor driver behavior, and then providing summaries of that behavior via text message or a data dashboard, leads to safer driving. Researchers borrowed techniques from usage-based insurance (UBI)…
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Talking Cars 468: Driving the Toyota Crown Signia
Main theme: In this podcast episode, we give our first driving impressions of the all-new 2025 Toyota Crown Signia, which we recently purchased for CR’s auto test program. As the name suggests, this new model is based on the Toyota Crown sedan. Where it differs from the sedan is that it doesn’t just look like a hatchback, it actually is…
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Talking Cars 467: Driving the Volkswagen ID. Buzz
Main theme: This week our panel discusses the 2025 Volkswagen ID. Buzz that we bought for our test program. Our first drive video on the all-electric van we rented from Volkswagen five months ago was so popular that we decided to dedicate this episode to our own test model. We cover the experiences each driver had with the ID. Buzz: taking it…
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Growing toil and talent gaps are driving a rise in ‘IT generalists’
Tech professionals are being forced to become ‘IT generalists’ thanks to a combination of talent gaps, tool sprawl, and evolving technology. Statistics from Auvik’s 2025 IT Trends Report show workloads are increasing and it’s the most senior employees that are experiencing the heaviest burden. IT professionals with more than 10 years of experience and the Baby Boomer generation (those born…
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Stop Your Car From Collecting and Sharing Your Driving Data
For years, some car insurers have offered their customers the option of getting a discount on their premiums for agreeing to share their driving data. To collect it, insurance companies would typically have you install a plug-in device on your car dashboard or download a smartphone app that tracked your location and speed. By the 2020s, these telematics programs were…
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The American EV With The Longest Driving Range In 2025
For many, range anxiety is still a stumbling block to EV adoption, even though tech has come on leaps and bounds in recent years. Generally speaking, EVs have performance on tap, but its their range that lets them down—that was until one particular luxury EV sedan came along. When EVs came to market over a decade ago, the earliest models…
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Talking Cars 465: Driving the Mazda CX-50 Hybrid
Main theme: In this podcast episode, we give our first driving impressions of the all-new 2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid, which we recently purchased for CR’s auto test program. The CX-50 Hybrid is a collaboration between Mazda and Toyota. On the surface, it’s a CX-50 with a RAV4 Hybrid powertrain, although it’s a little more involved than that, and our panelists…
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Winter Car Emergency Kit | Winter Driving Safety
Some kits also come with these items, which can come in handy regardless of the weather: Tow strap. A simple tool, a strap can be essential if you ever need to be pulled out of a ditch. Before using a towing strap, be sure you know how much weight the strap can tow (reputable straps have that information printed on a…
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