Aside from some trim and fabric choices, the Civic’s interior appears unchanged for 2025. It retains straightforward knobs and buttons for climate and entertainment, and there’s still a traditional gear selector. Honeycomb-style vents once again span most of the dashboard. Honda says the Hybrid trims will be the quietest of the group. For 2025, the…
Like most headphones, the Ace headphones can be paired via Bluetooth straight to a phone, laptop, or other source device. This differs from Sonos speakers, which need to run through the company’s smartphone app. (A recent revamp of the app has caused some controversy among brand loyalists, with many lamenting features that were lost in…
It’s Every outdoor fanatic’s favorite time of year. Snow is melting, birds are migrating, and REI is holding its biggest sale of the year: the annual REI anniversary sale. This year’s event ends on May 27, which is Memorial Day. Many items are up to 30 percent off, but REI Co-op members save up to…
In 2020, Tesla even wrote in a filing to the US Federal Communications Commission that it would be implementing ultra-wideband in its keyless entry systems, and that the ability to far more precisely measure the distance of a key fob or smartphone from a car would—or at least could—prevent its vehicles from being stolen via…
Main theme: For decades, Consumer Reports has been at the forefront of advocating for automotive safety, collaborating closely with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety to continually elevate safety standards in cars. In this podcast episode, we take you behind the scenes of the IIHS auto crash-test facility in central Virginia. Our experts talk with…
To make the cut to be considered among the best new cars for teens, vehicles must have: • A Consumer Reports recommendation, meaning that it meets our stringent standards for reliability, safety, and road-test performance. • Good ratings in IIHS crashworthiness tests: Driver- and passenger-side small overlap front tests, updated side test, and either a…