Every Friday, I round up the automotive news that proves your personal car anxiety is actually pretty reasonable. Turns out the entire industry is just as stressed as you are about that check engine light. This isn't me being negative; it's just acknowledging that automotive chaos extends way beyond your driveway.

Now for this week’s Automotive Anxiety Index…

Mercedes Built a Concept Car That Eats Sunlight
Mercedes-Benz revealed the Vision ICONIC, an Art Deco-inspired concept with paint that captures solar energy to charge the battery. It looks like a 1930s luxury yacht had a baby with a spaceship, which is exactly the kind of impractical beautiful nonsense concept cars are supposed to be.

Apple Wants to Charge You to Watch F1
Formula 1 races are coming exclusively to Apple TV+ in the US starting next season. If you thought paying for cable sports packages was expensive, wait until you need subscriptions to seven different streaming services just to watch racing.

Meanwhile, Ford Made a Belt Buckle That Starts Your Truck
Ford created the "Truckle," a fully functional belt buckle that's also a working key fob for the F-150. It's exactly as ridiculous as it sounds and somehow perfectly captures truck culture in one absurd product. You can wear your truck key on your waist like it's 1995 and you're carrying a pager.

GM Had Record EV Sales But Has Bad News
General Motors reported record electric vehicle sales this quarter, then immediately warned that losing federal tax credits will make EVs significantly more expensive. Translation: people bought EVs because of $7,500 incentives, and without them, nobody knows what happens next.

And Finally, Don’t Be One Of The People That Ruin Things For Everyone Else.

And more importantly, if your friends act up, tell them to chill.

Stay on course (even when the course is financially irresponsible),

Nick

About Pursuit of Something: I'm Nick, and I'm building a community for everyone who's ever had a complex emotional relationship with a machine that doesn't care about them. Through YouTube videos, this blog, and way too much time in my garage, I document the beautiful chaos of automotive ownership. Currently at 247,892 miles and counting.

PS - Some updates to my car builds.