In order to change filenames in bulk using string you can use split switch to filter out first part of the file name. For example, when I need to cut of "car" part of the file name, then I can use get-childitem|%{$newname=$_.name -split ("car")|select -Last 1;Rename-Item $_.name -NewName $newname}
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