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Mazda has reportedly delayed their EVs developed in-house. Instead of arriving in 2027, they could be pushed back to 2029. The company will reportedly focus on hybrids in the meantime. It appears you can add Mazda to the growing list of automakers that have delayed electric vehicles in the wake of lower than expected demand. According to reports out of Japan, the company’s first dedicated EV has been pushed back until at least 2029. Details are still murky, but Autonews cites Nikkei and Nikkan Jidosha as saying that production has been delayed by at least two years. Instead, the company will reportedly turn its attention to more popular hybrids. More: Mazda’s New EV Caught Testing In America While a spokesperson said Mazda hasn’t officially announced anything, they didn’t exactly deny the reports either. Quite the opposite, as in a statement to Autonews, they said, “We continue to advance the technological development of our proprietary BEVs based on our multi-solution strategy, and will determine the timing of their introduction while carefully assessing regulatory trends in each country and changes in customer needs.” This suggests launch plans are still up in the air and could slip beyond 2027. Test Mule Raises Questions Baldauf This is an interesting development as spy photographers snapped a mule undergoing testing in California late last year. The model wore a heavily modified CX-70 or CX-90 body and featured a fully enclosed grille as well as blocked off air curtains. The vehicle was said to be roughly the same size as the CX-50, but narrower than the body suggested. Little is known about the EV at this point, but it’s slated to ride on the Skyactiv EV Scalable Architecture. The platform was originally announced in 2021 and was supposed to be introduced last year. That obviously didn’t happen and it appears plans to introduce several vehicles on the architecture between 2025 and 2030 are also in jeopardy. These were set to include “various vehicle sizes and body types.” However, the situation has changed significantly in the past few years. In the United States alone, the Trump administration has enacted steep new tariffs and eliminated the clean vehicle tax credit. The latter has caused a significant drop in EV sales and a rethink by many automakers. Nevertheless, Mazda isn’t giving up on electric vehicles as the company recently introduced the CX-6e in Europe. It’s a Chinese collaboration with joint-venture partner Changan, and the model has a lot in common with the Deepal S07.

Audi TT clocked at 140 mph during routine freeway speed checks. Driver was 23-year-old learner with no valid supervisor onboard. Offender faces additional charges beyond AU$1,018 speeding fine. Most learner drivers worry about parallel parking or navigating their first highway merge. A few, though, skip straight to making headlines. That was the case for a 23-year-old in Australia who took an Audi TT up to 226 km/h (140 mph) on a public freeway. As it turned out, speeding wasn’t the only issue. The supposed supervising passenger had already lost her license and wasn’t legally allowed to be in the role. More: Driver Hits 190 MPH On Public Road, Then Shows It To The Cops On TikTok The incident unfolded around 3:00 am on a Monday, along the Monash Freeway near Mulgrave. During routine checks, officers from Nunawading Highway Patrol clocked a second-generation Audi TT tearing through a 100 km/h (62 mph) zone at more than double the limit. When they pulled the car over, police discovered it was being driven by a learner. Under Australian law, anyone on a learner’s permit must be accompanied by a fully licensed driver in the passenger seat. In this case, the young man’s companion had already been disqualified from driving. Consequences Kick In That lapse in judgment didn’t come cheap. The police impounded the Audi for 30 days, racking up AU$1,016 (US$680) in towing and storage fees. And that’s before any formal penalties or court costs are added to the bill. More: 21-Year-Old Busted Speeding Triple The Limit In Mom’s BMW M3 Competition According to CarExpert, a driver caught exceeding the speed limit by more than 45 km/h (28 mph) faces an AU$1,018 (US$680) fine and a 12-month suspension. That applies to fully licensed drivers. As an L-plater, the 23-year-old is likely looking at significantly steeper consequences. According to Victoria Police report, the man “is expected to be charged on summons with unaccompanied learner and speeding offences”. It’s safe to say the price of this lesson will far exceed the cost of any driving school. Victoria Police

A Newport Beach boutique owner said Monday that she’s frustrated and fed up after her shop became the latest burglary victim. Jennifer Sprenger, the owner of the Bella Abby and Ava Boutique on Coast Highway, said a group of men broke into her store at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday after smashing the glass and kicked the door down. Sprenger said the burglars appeared to know what they wanted as they ransacked the shop and went for the most valuable items. “They go right for all the Chanels and the Hermès, and they just load up bag. And they’re out within three minutes,” the boutique owner said. The boutique owner said the burglars appeared to know what to grab from her shop. Surveillance video showed the quick action by the three burglars as well as their getaway vehicles: a brand new BMW and Mercedes with temporary plates from a car dealership. “They don’t have your standard plates on,” she described. Sprenger said luckily she has good insurance, which can help her get through the incident, but she said she, like other business owners, are “tired of being robbed and pillaged.” “We really need the help from the community to help this to stop. This is just a terrible thing,” she said. “We need to find these people.” Sprenger said while she’s installing steel doors to prevent another burglary, she wants the three people in the video footage to be arrested. “They are going out into the Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Southern California areas, and they are robbing people,” she said. “It would be great to get some of the bags back.”

Several earthquakes rattled the low desert on Monday, with the strongest temblor being recorded at a magnitude of 4.9, according to the United States Geological Survey. Four earthquakes, all within roughly 5 minutes, were recorded in Indio, USGS says. The first was reported at 5:56 p.m. as a 4.9-magnitude earthquake that struck northeast of Indio at a depth of nearly 2 miles. The aftershocks ranged in magnitudes of 2.9 to 3.3, according to USGS. Residents in Palm Springs, Murrieta, Temecula and northern San Diego County reported feeling the series of temblors. No injuries or structural damage have been reported in connection with the earthquakes.

VSCO filters, Kylie lip kits and the summer of Pokemon Go. The year 2016 is making a comeback in 2026 as people flood Instagram with throwback posts reminiscing about what they viewed as an iconic year for popular culture and the internet. In the past two weeks, many people online — from celebrities to regular Instagram users — dug through their camera rolls and Snapchat memories to unearth hyper-filtered photos of themselves a decade ago. Many of the photos share common themes now emblematic of the era: a matte lip and winged eyeliner, bold eyebrows and glamorous eye shadow. Acai bowls and boxed water. Chokers, aviator glasses and boho outfits made trendy by Coachella. “When I’m seeing people’s 2016 posts, even if they were in different states or slightly different ages, there’s all these similarities, like that dog filter or those chokers or The Chainsmokers,” said Katrina Yip, one of many people online who posted 2016 throwback photos. “It makes it so funny to realize that we were all part of this big movement that we didn’t really even know at the time was, like, just following the trend of that time.” The trend has become the latest example of people online romanticizing a different time as a form of escapism. Last year, Gen Zers, typically defined as those ages 14-29, posted videos expressing love for the charm and “cringe” of millennials. There has also been a recent surge in millennial-focused pop culture, which has been celebrated online. To many millennials and older Gen Z, 2016 was a year when community flourished on social media. People dumped their entire camera rolls into messy Facebook photo albums, sent each other silly Snapchat selfies and eagerly posted what they ate for brunch. “If you’re older, like maybe you were 50 in 2016 and you weren’t on Instagram or a heavy internet user, you might be like, ‘Why does everyone care about this random year?’” said Steffy Degreff, who shared her own throwback photos last week. Degreff, 38, said that for those who’ve been on social media for more than a decade, there’s nostalgia for the way social media used to function — with chronological feeds that focused only on the users people followed. There used to be an end to scrolling (specifically, when you ran out of updates from your friends). Platforms back then felt “a little bit less malicious” in their design, she said. “I do think that 2016 was the beginning of the end of a golden era of when people felt really good about the internet and social media and politics,” she added. “And then, obviously, the pandemic happened.” Many online who voiced their nostalgia described the overall energy of 2016 as “colorful” and “carefree.” Social media Jan 18 Social media addiction's surprising challenger? Anti-doomscrolling influencers Celebrity News Dec 28, 2025 Influencers reveal how much money they make Social media Dec 3, 2025 Is brain rot real? Researchers warn of emerging risks tied to short-form video People often went out in crop tops and jeans with a flannel tied around their waist. They’d snap pictures of an outfit laid out carefully on their bed or of a giant acai bowl. Then, they’d pore over VSCO (a popular photo editing app) filters with their friends, debating which preset to choose. “Now, we’ve gone very neutral-toned, like quiet luxury aesthetic, very minimal,” said Paige Lorentzen, who shared throwback photos featuring some of the trendiest brands of the time, such as Boxed Water Is Better and Triangl Swimwear. “Whereas back then, it was the brighter the saturation on your photos, the better. Everything felt like summer.” The new year marked exactly 10 years since 2016; therefore, many online began posting the phrase “2026 is the new 2016,” according to the database Know Your Meme. But “as the trend carried on, some social media users began posting videos denouncing the idea of making 2026 the new 2016, citing problems with living in the past and pointing out bad things that happened in 2016,” Know Your Meme…