Noah Washington

Atlanta-based growth strategist & partnerships leader across media, tech, crypto, and nonprofits. Building visibility, partnerships, and digital communities.

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A Utah owner saw her 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 9 fall to 274 miles at 100% on the way to Texas. Our earlier test shows the SUV can do far better, which makes the lesson clearer: they planned around the wrong number.

Lexi Thomson’s 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 9 screenshot looks ugly until you put it next to Goreham’s test notes.

The car was sitting at 100% battery and showing 274 miles of estimated range. For a big family EV that can show nearly 400 miles in the right use, that number lands like bad news. It looks like battery degradation, a software problem, or the beginning of a very expensive ownership headache.

Full story https://t.co/6DU13VE5jX

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Kia product manager told Torque News the most controversial decision they had to make in developing the 2027 Telluride, and also how the hybrid questions Toyota's approach on the Grand Highlander.

I asked two questions:

1. What was the single most controversial decision Kia made while developing the 2027 Telluride?

2. This is the first hybrid Telluride. Was the goal primarily fuel economy, emissions compliance, or performance? And what percentage of Telluride buyers do you expect to choose the hybrid?

Here are the answers and the full story https://t.co/NVVqYB913T

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A TV Open-Source Trial Could Shape Whether Car Owners Can Demand Dashboard Source Code

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A Silverado owner says his replacement 6.2L V8 seized after just 3,000 miles while towing a golf cart.

That load should not scare a full-size truck.

The bigger concern is what owners are supposed to trust after the “fixed” engine fails too.

Torque News story: https://t.co/T7QPPVMSB2

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Ivan Espinosa’s turnaround finally has an early U.S. result that can be traced to products rather than promises. Nissan’s U.S. retail sales rose 9.6 percent in the first quarter as Frontier jumped 47.9 percent and Pathfinder climbed 45.2 percent. The reasons buyers are responding line up closely with Ivan Espinosa’s product plan.

Espinosa’s product plan gives Nissan room to match technology to the vehicle rather than forcing the entire lineup toward a single solution. Full story https://t.co/wipHBp8j5x

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People love to dislike bold new cars, but hate is often the first sign a design matters. From Ferrari to Tesla to Jaguar, these machines prove car culture still has a pulse.

There is a particular flavor of automotive hate that arrives fully formed the second a new shape rolls onto a stage or leaks onto the internet. It has no patience for a road test. It does not wait for curb weight, steering feel, brake travel, range, lap time, or the first owner with 10,000 miles and a service invoice. It sees a silhouette, smells betrayal, and starts swinging.

Look at the full story for more images https://t.co/jRJ9yO9kkq

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Renault pls make this a production car and you’ll instantly become the coolest car maker I guarantee it

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A Ford Maverick Hybrid owner hauled a huge stack of lumber 30 minutes on the freeway and still saw 32 mpg.

That number is impressive.

The photo is the warning.

The owner admitted the truck was overloaded. The load stretched far beyond the short bed, the tailgate took stress, and the drive at roughly 60 mph was “not fun.”

The Maverick did what owners love about it. It handled a real homeowner errand, stayed efficient, and made a small truck feel bigger than it is.

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Toyota owners are angry over a $15 monthly “Music Lover” plan because the name sounds optional, but the bundle includes Remote Connect. That changes the reaction.

Music streaming through Apple Music or Amazon Music may be easy to skip.
But remote start feels different.

A parent warming up a Sienna before school drop-off is not thinking about a lifestyle streaming package. They are thinking about a feature they expected to keep using after buying a $50,000 family vehicle.

At $15 a month, the bill becomes $180 a year. Over five years, that is $900. Over ten, $1,800.

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The strongest argument for a plug-in hybrid may be a boring garage charge.

A 2025 Toyota Prius Prime XSE Premium Solar owner plugged in at displayed empty and reached full in 3 hours and 15 minutes on a 220V garage outlet.

Toyota rates the XSE and XSE Premium around 40 miles of EV range. A 195-minute charge works out to about 4.9 minutes per electric mile, which lines up almost perfectly with what the owner reported after living with the car for a year.

That is the Prius Prime ownership case in one simple routine.

Use the electric range locally. Plug in at home. Let gasoline handle the days that refuse to fit inside the plan.

The solar roof gives the XSE Premium Solar some charm. It fits the Prius personality perfectly: parked outside, gathering a little energy, reducing waste, quietly doing something helpful in the background.
But the outlet is the habit.

An 185W solar roof can add a little over time. It cannot replace a proper Level 2 session when the displayed EV range is gone.

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Cybertruck tire ownership is starting to move past launch-day theory.

A Cybertruck owner says his factory Pirelli Scorpions were done at about 19,000 miles, even with rotations every 5,000 miles. He replaced them with Toyo Open Country H/T tires and immediately pointed to the tread depth difference.

The visual comparison explains his reaction.

Cybertruck-spec Pirelli Scorpion ATR tires are commonly listed around 10/32-inch tread depth. LT285/65R20 Toyo Open Country H/T II tires are commonly listed around 15.7/32-inch.

That is a large head start for the Toyo before the truck ever moves.

On a normal vehicle, that difference would be noticeable. On a 6,000-plus-pound stainless electric pickup with instant torque and rear-wheel steering, it becomes a cost-of-ownership conversation very quickly.

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A gas station with no gas may be the most useful EV charging photo out of Western Canada this year.

Tyler Harvey has now done the Seattle-to-Calgary round trip ten times in a 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5. That is enough repetition to separate a lucky stop from a reliable one.

His latest bright spot was Chiniki Gas Bar.
The gas pumps were empty.

The four Kempower fast chargers were working.
That scene says more about EV road trips than another glossy infrastructure announcement.

The Ioniq 5 is a harsh judge of public charging. Put it on strong CCS hardware and the stop becomes a short pause. Put it on weak hardware and the car’s 800-volt advantage gets wasted.