Espen Finstad was trudging through mud in the Jotunheimen mountains of eastern Norway this month when he happened upon a wooden arrow, bound with a pointed tip made of quartzite. Complete with feathers, it was so well-preserved that it looked as if it could have been lost just recently. But Mr. Finstad, a glacial archaeologist…
As Toyota is slowly but surely moving toward a future where electric vehicles will be the centerpiece of its manufacturing efforts, all while continuing to assemble hybrids and hydrogen-powered cars, details about what the Japanese brand’s next-gen zero-emissions four-wheelers will look like are starting to emerge. A few teaser images of two all-electric concepts were…
But since the 1980s, spring snowmelt in Siberia has been arriving earlier by an average of half a day a year. The insects now emerge, breed and die before the young knots hatch out. Many of the young birds are malnourished and die before they learn to fly. Those that do manage to arrive in…
By the time Matvey Nikelshparg was 13, he was obsessed with parasitoid wasps, tiny insects that lay their eggs on or inside other bugs. Under a microscope in a lab he had assembled at home, he discovered that one species had a startling superpower: It could use an organ that protrudes from its abdomen to…
The main hurdle to mass electric vehicle adoption at the moment is the higher costs of EVs compared to their internal combustion engine-powered equivalents. Electric cars are typically more expensive to buy, and they also bring higher additional costs such as larger insurance premiums, more pronounced depreciation, and the installation of at-home charging equipment –…
Renault Group’s Ampere EV unit has unveiled the next-generation Twingo electric city car in concept form at the inaugural Ampere Capital Markets Day. Expected to debut in 2026, the Renault Twingo A-segment hatchback will be the brand’s most affordable electric car with a targeted price of under 20,000 euros ($21,700) and a monthly cost of…
Today, Genesis Motor America announced its 2024 Genesis GV60 U.S. pricing and packaging. The 2024 GV60 builds on its award-winning safety and performance with new features for the model year, including an available RWD trim adding up to 46 miles or 19% more estimated range on a full charge. For the 2024 model year, GV60…
The 2023 Nissan Ariya is being recalled for a software issue that could cause the loss of drive power. The Ariya launched for the 2023 model year after several delays, so the recall population is fairly small, at 9,813 potentially affected units including both single-motor front-wheel drive and dual-motor all-wheel drive models. In these vehicles,…
Tesla has seen a sharp decline in recalls so far this year compared to 2022, according to a recent article by Barron’s (via Not A Tesla App). Tesla recalled a total of 3.8 million vehicles in 2022, but only about 439,000 in 2023 so far, with the sharp decline suggesting a significant improvement in Tesla’s…
The project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and financed by the European Reconstruction and Resilience Facility, started on January 1, 2023, and is designed to run for around three years. New Delhi: Continental is digitalizing the entire production process for automotive components. To this end, the…
