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Mercedes-Benz EQ C revealed | Drive.com.au

9/5/2018, 1:26:30 AM
Mercedes-Benz reveals its first electric car - the EQ C. ✔ Initially previewed in the Generation EQ concept, it consists of two electric motors – one mounted up front powering the front wheels and another at the rear driving the rear wheels – that provide it with four-wheel drive capability, depending on the chosen driving mode


Lambo owners hit with $350,000 tax bill

9/4/2018, 9:16:01 PM
Lamborghini Aventador SVJ price revealed, and a big chunk goes to the tax man. ✔ So, for a car that costs $100,000 before LCT, you must pay an additional 33 per cent on its value over that $66,331 threshold, resulting in an extra $11,110 added to a price which now totals $111,110 ✔ Go behind the scenes on Drive at Facebook, Instagram and YouTube


Motorists hit by highest fuel prices since 2014 with 'no end in sight'

9/5/2018, 3:23:45 AM
FUEL prices are at their highest since the summer of 2014 and there is “no end in sight” to the rising cost, warns the RAC. The average price of unleaded is £1.30 a litre, while diesel stands at £1… ✔ The average price of unleaded is £1.30 a litre, while diesel stands at £1.34 a litre, according to government figures ✔ Having benefited from some very low prices two-and-a-half years ago, drivers get a nasty shock every time they go to fill up their cars, having to fork out more and more ✔ RING The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or EMAIL exclusive@the-sun.co.uk


EQC is Mercedes-Benz's electric future

9/4/2018, 8:22:30 PM
This isn't just the first major production EV from Mercedes-Benz, it's the beginning of a new era of transportation for the company. ✔ We've been hearing for years that the future is electric ✔ It's far cleaner than the Tesla and decidedly less funky than the Jag ✔ Whether an early release is the key to long-range success remains to be seen, but it's safe to say that the EV landscape is finally getting interesting


Drivers blast highway bosses for setting FIVE speed limits on 3-mile road

9/5/2018, 12:08:30 AM
BAFFLED drivers have slammed highway bosses for setting five different speed limits on a busy three-mile stretch of road. The A1 northbound between the Black Cat roundabout, Beds, and Peterborough,… ✔ 4 Motorists have reported seeing new speed cameras along the route 4 The RAC foundation have called for more consistency in speed limits 4 Road speed limit later changes back to 50mph in baffling and 'distracting' move for drivers Why not set it all to 40mph or 50mph


Elon Musk calls Thailand diver 'child rapist' in latest baseless attack

9/4/2018, 11:54:30 PM
Tesla CEO, who previously called Vernon Unsworth a ‘pedo’, has faced widespread backlash over his comments ✔ Musk’s email to BuzzFeed, which was a response to Unsworth’s latest legal threats, said: I suggest that you call people you know in Thailand, find out what’s actually going on and stop defending child rapists, you fucking asshole … As for this alleged threat of a lawsuit, which magically appeared when I raised the issue (nothing was sent or raised beforehand), I fucking hope he sues me


Tesla employees describe what it's like to work in the gigantic Gigafactory

9/5/2018, 12:32:10 AM
The Gigafactory is where Tesla's batteries and drive units are made. It's also where Tesla manufactures its at-home batteries, called Powerwalls, for its solar-energy business. In other words, the Gigafactory is where the foundation of what Tesla has built as a company is laid. ✔ The most difficult time to get into the Gigafactory is between 5:30 and 6 in the morning and again from 5:30 to 6 in the evening ✔ To others, a visit from Musk is a time to panic, to ensure that everything is in the correct place and operating to his liking ✔ And that things promised sometimes don't happen for quite some time, or just don't happen at all


Health and tech stocks dip; Amazon flirts with $1 trillion

9/4/2018, 8:56:47 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks finished lower Tuesday as losses for health care and technology companies canceled out gains for banks. Another gain for Amazon briefly brought its mar ✔ Nike slumped after it gave a major endorsement deal to former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, known for his protests of police brutality and racial injustice ✔ Apple reached the $1 trillion mark on Aug. 2 and is now valued at $1.1 trillion ✔ The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept


Burning Man: sympathy for the turnkey devil

9/5/2018, 2:04:59 AM
The most interesting thing about Burning Man, says me, is that it’s a testbed for a post-scarcity society. The irony of course is that such a testbed requires enormous amounts of money and resources, in a highly hostile and inaccessible environment. That’s how far you have to go to get … ✔ The most interesting thing about Burning Man, says me, is that it’s a testbed for a post-scarcity society ✔ That’s how far you have to go to get away from the monetary / scarcity hierarchies of our world ✔ To bring their hierarchical upper-tier existence from the outside world to the playa; to infect our testbed with boring old capitalism


Limits to innovation – how far can smartphone design evolve

9/4/2018, 8:42:54 PM
The big-screen phone is dominant, but what comes next? ✔ The question is how new ways to use mobile devices fit into the surrounding culture, or how the culture will adapt to these new ways ✔ From a technology point of view, it is not hard to envision a fully non-physical UI in the near future ✔ TechRadar's Next Up series is brought to you in association with Honor


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