Vergecast: Apple 'peak performance' event preview, Ford splits itself in two, and Russia starts a Star Wars

Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss the week in tech news with journalists and editors covering the biggest stories.

There's an Apple event next week, so Dan Seifert comes in to talk about what we can expect. He thinks there will be some new hardware but isn't completely sold that we'll see anything with a new design.

Lauren Grush comes to Ukraine to talk about the conflict and how it is affecting space flight. She also gives due credit to Elon and SpaceX for delivering Starlink to Ukraine following a tweet request.

And this week there was a Rivian debacle, so Andrew Hawkins came on to tell us how the vehicle cost more than $20,000 for some customers who preordered it—and then how to drive it back. He also explains why Ford is splitting itself in half.