Hyundai’s most expensive vehicle in Australia, and the N sub-brand’s first high-performance EV, will go into production in November, with more than 126 Australians joining the queue for the $111,000 Ioniq 5 N. The Ioniq N’s first sales window opened for just 12 hours, ostensibly for Hyundai to measure demand for the vehicle, with the…
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez famously drives a Tesla Model 3, which she vowed to replace with a union-made electric vehicle in May 2022 weeks after she clashed with Elon Musk on Twitter (now X). Her publicly stated intention has not materialized yet, which is why she was asked about it recently on CBS‘ Face the…
The Numbers The research examined the age-verification policies and other practices of 80 online dispensaries, based in 32 states, that sell marijuana to American customers. The study found that 18.8 percent of dispensaries, or nearly one in five, “required no formal age verification at any stage of the purchasing process.” And that more than 80…
The Key Number: 3.88 megajoules. The experiment in December generated a whirlwind of accolades when it produced about three megajoules of energy — equivalent to about 1.5 pounds of TNT, or about 1.5 times the energy of the incoming lasers. It was the first time that a fusion reaction in a laboratory setting produced more…
One of the most anticipated features of the upcoming Tesla Cybertruck is the rear-wheel-steering system that has been seen at work on US streets in several previous videos. A feature typically offered by larger high-end vehicles, rear-wheel steering (RWS) mainly helps maneuverability at low speeds, when the rear wheels turn in the opposite direction of…
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nissan Design Europe (NDE) being located in London, Makoto Uchida, Nissan’s President and Chief Executive Officer, visited NDE to unveil an all-new sporty urban electric concept car called Nissan Concept 20-23. The unveil of the new Concept 20-23 took place on a floating barge moored directly outside NDE on…
The pangolin is an absurd animal, a mammal that’s dressed up as a reptile with a coat of scales, sharp claws and sticky saliva. Wildlife experts often say they are the most trafficked mammals in the world as poachers target pangolins for their meat and their scales, which are used in traditional medicines. There are…
As much as electric bicycles have become popular in recent years, there’s no denying that they’re still relatively new. As such, manufacturers of e-bikes are working to constantly perfect the technology. Inevitably, this means that there are sometimes roadblocks that need to be overcome, and problems that need to be solved. This is why recalls…
When planning for a long trip, lots of folks often use the Tesla Trip Planner to find the nearest Supercharger zones to stop there. But sometimes Tesla Trip Planner stops working. It usually happens due to software, browser, system, or connectivity issues. Or, if you enter the address via copy-paste, the Trip Planner may not…
When Tesla unveiled the facelifted Model 3 at the end of August for Europe, China, and other markets around the world – not North America, though – there was one notable trim level missing from the lineup, the range-topping Model 3 Performance. Tesla did not mention it at all in the press release, and the…
