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Ford Says It's Made an EV Breakthrough—So Are Cheaper EVs Coming?

By Car and Drive | | 7/31/2025 1:38 PM

Despite an industry-wide backslide toward internal combustion, Ford hasn't given up on electric vehicles, and CEO Jim Farley says he'll announce a 'breakthrough' next month. ... Read full Story

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Spy Shots Show AMG GT's Interior Before Mercedes Wants You To See It

By carbuzz.com | Evan Williams | 7/31/2025 1:31 PM

Our first look inside the new AMG GT shows a car almost as wild as the concept. ... Read full Story

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Video: Orbis In-Wheel Electric Motor Gives You 4,056 LB-Ft Of Torque Per Wheel

By carbuzz.com | CarBuzz Team | 7/31/2025 1:15 PM

Orbis's new in-wheel electric motor gives you more horsepower and torque than most V8s, but instead of just having one, you can have one at each wheel. ... Read full Story

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The Prelude Is So Close To Launch That Honda's Showing The Accessories

By carbuzz.com | Joel Stocksdale | 7/31/2025 12:13 PM

The countdown to release starts now. ... Read full Story

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South Korea and U.S. Set Auto Tariffs at 15 Percent

By Car and Drive | | 7/31/2025 11:50 AM

Just before the August 1 deadline imposed by the Trump administration, the U.S. reached an agreement with South Korea that sets import tariffs at 15 percent. ... Read full Story

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BMW M3 Touring CS Crushes The Standard Touring At The Nurburgring

By carbuzz.com | Evan Williams | 7/31/2025 10:38 AM

BMW M's quickest driver has just set a new record for the fastest wagon around the iconic track. ... Read full Story

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Chevrolet Reveals Corvette Z06, ZR1, And ZR1X Nürburgring Times

By carbuzz.com | Viknesh Vijayenthiran | 7/31/2025 10:00 AM

Chevrolet has published official lap times for the C8 Corvette Z06, ZR1, and ZR1X at Germany's Nürburgring-Nordschleife. ... Read full Story

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Goodbye, GTD: The Corvette ZR1X Is the Fastest American Car Around the Nürburgring

By Car and Drive | | 7/31/2025 10:00 AM

Chevy brought out the Z06, ZR1, and ZR1X, along with a trio of development drivers, to showcase the Corvette's prowess on track. ... Read full Story

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Subaru Drops Impreza Base Trim For 2026, Increases Prices For Remaining Models

By carbuzz.com | Ian Wright | 7/31/2025 9:38 AM

The Impreza still remains one of only two AWD hatchbacks on sale for less than $30,000. ... Read full Story

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2025 Ducati XDiavel V4 Is a Successful Mash-Up

By Car and Drive | | 7/31/2025 8:34 AM

What you get when you cross a cruiser with a sport bike. ... Read full Story

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View Photos of the 2025 Ducati XDiavel V4

By Car and Drive | | 7/31/2025 8:34 AM

See the 2025 Ducati XDiavel V4 from every angle. ... Read full Story

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Your Hyundais And Kias Won't Explode In Price Thanks To Last-Minute Tariff Deal

By carbuzz.com | Viknesh Vijayenthiran | 7/31/2025 7:25 AM

South Korea and the US have agreed to a tariff of 15% on Korean-built cars imported to the US. ... Read full Story

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Bentley Continues To Come Up With More Impressive Interior Options

By carbuzz.com | Joel Stocksdale | 7/30/2025 7:13 PM

If you can't find something you like, that thing doesn't exist. ... Read full Story

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Ferrari Trademarks Vellutum Name With Ministero delle Imprese del Made In Italy

By carbuzz.com | James Gent | 7/30/2025 6:53 PM

Ferrari has filed a new trademark – Vellutum – with the Ministero delle Imprese del Made In Italy ... Read full Story

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The California Corvette Concept Looks Awesome As A Speedster

By carbuzz.com | Brett T. Evans | 7/30/2025 6:40 PM

General Motors Design finally gave us a look at the California Corvette concept's removable body panels and open-wheel speedster shape. ... Read full Story

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Tuning Company Caravaggio Corvettes Has Big Plans For The C8 ZR1

By carbuzz.com | Ian Wright | 7/30/2025 6:32 PM

A tuning shop called Caravaggio Corvettes is building 20 special ZR1 Corvettes with new body panels and more horsepower. ... Read full Story

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Controversial BMW XM Gets Nipped, Tucked, And Tuned By G-Power

By carbuzz.com | Justin Westbrook | 7/30/2025 6:00 PM

As if the BMW XM sports SUV was gaudy enough from the factory, G-Power gives it a style overhaul and a performance tune to take it even further now. ... Read full Story

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Ford CEO Jim Farley Says 'Model T Moment' Is Coming With A New EV

By carbuzz.com | Brett T. Evans | 7/30/2025 5:55 PM

Ford will introduce a new, inexpensive electric vehicle platform on August 11, which will be built in Kentucky. ... Read full Story

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President Trump Uses An Armored Polaris As A Golf Cart

By carbuzz.com | Evan Williams | 7/30/2025 5:30 PM

Golf Force One is funny, but we're surprised there hasn't already been one for years. ... Read full Story

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2026 Subaru Impreza Ditches Base Model, Raising Entry Price More Than $2000

By Car and Drive | | 7/30/2025 4:48 PM

Subaru has honed the Impreza lineup for 2026 by discontinuing the base model, leaving just the Sport and RS trims. ... Read full Story

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Some probiotics could feed, rather than fend off, infections

by Science News | Aug 01 2025

exercise

If You Don’t Walk Backward Every Day, a Sports Medicine Doctor’s List of the Benefits Might Convince You To Start

by thehealthy.com | Jul 11 2025

football

“He’s a Great Kid” – Brian Daboll Excited to Get Started with #3 Overall Draft Pick Abdul Carter

by ESNY | Apr 24 2025

golf

War Amputees Find New Purpose on the Golf Course

by NY Times | Jul 25 2025

health

Justin Timberlake Shares His ‘Relentlessly Debilitating’ Battle With Lyme Disease

by Healthline.com | Aug 01 2025

how_to

Use Netflix Like a Pro: 16 Overlooked Tips and Tricks

by CNET | Aug 01 2025

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Pita Bowl opens its second Long Island spot with a third on the way

by greaterlongisland.com | Aug 01 2025

metro

Columbia Sportswear sues Columbia University over merch in latest legal battle for Ivy

by New York Post | Aug 01 2025

opinion

Obama’s Russiagate meddling: Letters to the Editor — Aug. 2, 2025

by New York Post | Aug 01 2025

people

Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson recreate iconic Titanic scene in hilarious new video

by marca.com | Aug 01 2025

politics

Navarro on jobs report: 'It's either incompetence or political interference'

by The Hill | Aug 01 2025

science

Science news this week: A magnitude 8.8 megaquake and whether we should — and can — stop AI

by LIVE SCIENCE | Aug 02 2025

technology

Tiny nanobubbles unlock major gains in battery life, green hydrogen, and water tech

by Interesting Engineering | Aug 01 2025

travel

Alternative Florida: Uncovering St. Augustine and Amelia Island’s rich history

by Wanderlust | Aug 01 2025

world

Trump envoy says new Gaza aid plan in works after touring distribution site

by Global News | Aug 01 2025

Word of the Day

palimpsest

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 2, 2025 is:

palimpsest • \PAL-imp-sest\ • noun

Palimpsest in its original use refers to writing material (such as a parchment manuscript) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased; the underlying text is said to be “in palimpsest.” Palimpsest in extended use refers to something that has usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.

// Scholars believe the motive for making palimpsests was often economic—reusing parchment was cheaper than preparing a new skin.

// The ancient city is an architectural palimpsest.

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Examples:

“My aim was to trace the course of … the Aqua Marcia, built between 144 and 140 B.C. by Julius Caesar’s ancestor Quintus Marcius Rex. … The original tuff arches carried the Marcia across a steep ravine. Subsequent retaining walls and buttresses have transformed the bridge into a palimpsest of building styles.” — David Laskin, The New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024

Did you know?

Long ago, writing surfaces were so highly valued that they were often used more than once. Palimpsest in its original use referred to an early form of recycling in which an old document was erased to make room for a new one when parchment ran short. (The word is from the Greek palimpsēstos, meaning “scraped again.”) Fortunately for modern scholars, the erasing process wasn’t completely effective, so the original could often be distinguished under the newer writing. De republica, by Roman statesman and orator Cicero, is one of many documents recovered from a palimpsest. Nowadays, the word palimpsest can refer not only to such a document but to anything that has multiple layers apparent beneath the surface.

Ford Says It's Made an EV Breakthrough—So Are Cheaper EVs Coming?

Spy Shots Show AMG GT's Interior Before Mercedes Wants You To See It

Video: Orbis In-Wheel Electric Motor Gives You 4,056 LB-Ft Of Torque Per Wheel

The Prelude Is So Close To Launch That Honda's Showing The Accessories

South Korea and U.S. Set Auto Tariffs at 15 Percent

BMW M3 Touring CS Crushes The Standard Touring At The Nurburgring

Chevrolet Reveals Corvette Z06, ZR1, And ZR1X Nürburgring Times

Goodbye, GTD: The Corvette ZR1X Is the Fastest American Car Around the Nürburgring

Subaru Drops Impreza Base Trim For 2026, Increases Prices For Remaining Models

2025 Ducati XDiavel V4 Is a Successful Mash-Up

View Photos of the 2025 Ducati XDiavel V4

Your Hyundais And Kias Won't Explode In Price Thanks To Last-Minute Tariff Deal

Bentley Continues To Come Up With More Impressive Interior Options

Ferrari Trademarks Vellutum Name With Ministero delle Imprese del Made In Italy

The California Corvette Concept Looks Awesome As A Speedster

Tuning Company Caravaggio Corvettes Has Big Plans For The C8 ZR1

Controversial BMW XM Gets Nipped, Tucked, And Tuned By G-Power

Ford CEO Jim Farley Says 'Model T Moment' Is Coming With A New EV

President Trump Uses An Armored Polaris As A Golf Cart

2026 Subaru Impreza Ditches Base Model, Raising Entry Price More Than $2000

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Tiny nanobubbles unlock major gains in battery life, green hydrogen, and water tech

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Word of the Day

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