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BMW Vision iNext concept SUV revealed | Drive.com.au

9/16/2018, 9:46:06 AM
BMW provides a glimpse at the next electric car with its Vision iNext concept car


Kalashnikov CV-1 electric car: ‘It looks like a 6th-form school project’ | Martin Love

9/16/2018, 5:24:48 AM
The manufacturer famous for its machine gun has turned its attention to making electric cars. Will it go with a bang, asks Martin Love ✔ The gunmaker may have been trying to reference that era’s retro chic, but to western eyes the CV-1 just looks like an end-of-term project made by cash-strapped 6th form engineering students ✔ It’s launched a clothing line and started making drones ✔ Email Martin at martin.love@observer.co.uk or follow him on Twitter @MartinLove166


Here’s what Google Maps looks like running on Apple CarPlay

9/16/2018, 6:05:34 PM
For those who trust Google’s directions more than Apple’s. ✔ With iOS 12, Apple is giving third-party apps more flexibility and new capabilities within CarPlay ✔ Apple Maps continues to get better and better, but G Maps and Waze each have their own strengths ✔ And Waze is pretty unrivaled when it comes to warning you about accidents or, for those who go heavy on the gas pedal, nearby police


GM Korea's normalization hits snag

9/16/2018, 7:19:12 AM
undefined ✔ GM Korea union head Lim Han-taek said the plan will divide the company into a manufacturing body and R&D one, and will eventually make the former a subcontracting factory, which could be later closed or sold ✔ The court's decision is expected to be made as early as this week


2019 Lexus ES gets new side mirrors | Drive.com.au

9/16/2018, 9:46:07 AM
New monitors will replace conventional side mirrors in Lexus' 2019 ES.


Audi Q8 review: Big mistake? Diesal monster feels out of time

9/16/2018, 2:36:30 PM
HERE’S a factlet for you: modern diesel engines are currently at their peak of efficiency. ✔ AUDI AG INTERIOR: The slick interior is chic and a classic design (Pic: AUDI AG) It’s got HD Matrix LED lights, lane departure, voice control and fourzone climate control ✔ Factfile Audi Q8 50TDi S-Line Tiptronic Price: £76,990 Engine:  2,967cc V6 turbo diesel Power:  286bhp Torque:  600Nm Top speed:  152mph 0-62mph:  6.3 secs Economy:  41.5mpg combined (claimed) CO:  178g/km For:  Business class travel Against:  Uninvolving Sum Up:  More hybrid needed


[Test drive] MINI JCW Countryman is compact but dynamic

9/16/2018, 7:19:15 AM
undefined ✔ It is named after British F1 constructor John Cooper, who tuned the MINI, which seemed to be far from the racetrack ✔ When the engine is started, the attractive growling sound the car makes the driver feel like it is a high performance model and is ready to roll ✔ Front seats of the MINI John Cooper Works Countryman / Courtesy of MINI


Volvo’s made a self-driving truck called Vera

9/16/2018, 1:09:15 AM
The rise of the machines is taking aim at truckers. This is Volvo’s concept for a driverless, electric truck, or ‘semi’ if you prefer. Stop sniggering at the back, you’ll offend her. She’s called Vera.


Future classics? The 20 cheap, usable cars we think will rise in value

9/16/2018, 5:05:11 PM
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Tesla is ending its lifetime free Supercharging offer

9/16/2018, 7:39:42 PM
The EV maker is ending the referral program that kept free charging alive. ✔ Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty Images Tesla's offer of free, unlimited Supercharger access was supposed to have ended in early 2017, but it's been on a form of life support since then ✔ The end to the offer isn't surprising, even with Tesla's repeated extensions


Uber fires up its own traffic estimates to fuel demand beyond cars

9/16/2018, 5:32:21 PM
If the whole map is red and it’s a short ride, maybe you’d prefer taking an Uber JUMP Bike instead of an UberX. Or at least if you do end up stuck bumper-to-bumper, the warning could make you less likely to get mad mid-ride and take it out on the driver’s rating. This week TechCru… ✔ Through a program called Uber Movement, the company began sharing its traffic data with city governments early last year ✔ But with advent of personal transportation modes like on-demand bikes and scooters, Uber is poised to earn the title by getting us from point A to point B however we prefer


Forza Horizon 4: Small improvements and a seasonal setting make this the best Forza yet

9/16/2018, 4:05:12 PM
MICROSOFT and Playground Games are releasing a new Forza game later this year, and it promises to be the very best open world racing experience yet ✔ If you're a hardcore racer, things are kept fresh for you on a rotating basis, with new tasks introduced server-side as well as in the world as the game grows ✔ Skill Chains make a return, and thanks to every car having its own perk tree, getting to know the roads and hoard EXP feels even more rewarding, this time ✔ We're confident in saying this is the best Forza Horizon yet..


Photos and videos show the flooding and devastation as Hurricane Florence hits North Carolina

9/16/2018, 12:41:41 PM
Almost 300,000 people in North Carolina and South Carolina have lost power, with power companies expecting millions more to do so. One hundred and fifty people in New Bern, North Carolina, are also trapped and awaiting rescue. ✔ AP Photo/Chris Seward Source: Business Insider 16/ Landmarks around the town were also destroyed or knocked over, like this bear statue ✔ It will be a long time before all the damage can be surveyed ✔ AP Photo/David Goldman Previous 1/ Next


Elon Musk is building a spaceship that's so ambitious, some experts call it 'science fiction.' Here's what SpaceX and its engineers are up against.

9/16/2018, 5:36:48 PM
The SpaceX founder Elon Musk plans to blast a tourist around the moon in a new launch system called Big Falcon Rocket, or BFR: a giant spaceship and rocket. A prototype is being built out of carbon-fiber composites, which poses major challenges, according to some aerospace engineering experts. ✔ A carbon-fiber tank 40 feet in diameter that SpaceX made in 2016.Elon Musk/SpaceX And there's yet another major challenge in building most of a spaceship out of carbon-fiber composites: If the material isn't cured correctly, hard-to-detect and potentially mission-ending flaws might get cooked into the spaceship's body


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