Neue Klasse BMW 4 Series to offer petrol, EV and hot M4

BMW is working on a new 4 Series to serve as a more style-focused and dynamic alternative to the bold Neue Klasse 3 Series – and it’s set once again to spawn a potent M4 coupé.  The 4 Series was launched in 2013 as a more rakish take on the stalwart 3 Series, with the… Continue reading Neue Klasse BMW 4 Series to offer petrol, EV and hot M4

ISMA seeks GST rationalisation, policy support for biofuels and clean mobility

ISMA director general said the measures could deliver immediate carbon reductions using existing ethanol supplies, production capacity and vehicle technologies without waiting for new infrastructure. Indian Sugar and Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) on Wednesday urged Centre to undertake comprehensive GST rationalisation and provide targeted policy support across the biofuel and clean mobility ecosystem to cut… Continue reading ISMA seeks GST rationalisation, policy support for biofuels and clean mobility

German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: Only one German premium brand is keeping up – “Audi has disappeared into obscurity”012215

Car bosses Ola Källenius, Gernot Döllner and Oliver Zipse (from left): For experts, a brand has “disappeared into obscurity”. Photo: Dpa, Reuters, PR, brckmnn [M] Dusseldorf. BMW, Mercedes and Audi are still the largest premium brands in the world. But will they stay that way? All three German manufacturers are under pressure and have lost… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: Only one German premium brand is keeping up – “Audi has disappeared into obscurity”012215

German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: Only one German premium brand is keeping up – “Audi has disappeared into obscurity”012214

Car bosses Ola Källenius, Gernot Döllner and Oliver Zipse (from left): For experts, a brand has “disappeared into obscurity”. Photo: Dpa, Reuters, PR, brckmnn [M] Dusseldorf. BMW, Mercedes and Audi are still the largest premium brands in the world. But will they stay that way? All three German manufacturers are under pressure and have lost… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: Only one German premium brand is keeping up – “Audi has disappeared into obscurity”012214

Honda Scooter Share Falls to 38%, TVS’ Rises to 29% in Record-Setting CY2025

CY2025 turned out to be the year of scooters when it comes to the Indian two-wheeler industry. At a record 7.5 million units (75,23,678 units, up 13% YoY), annual scooter sales rode past the seven-million milestone for the first time and also helped the overall 2W industry achieve the 20-million-units milestone after seven years.  The… Continue reading Honda Scooter Share Falls to 38%, TVS’ Rises to 29% in Record-Setting CY2025

Tesla STOPS selling Full Self Driving, a sexy electric road bike, and Transformers

On today’s subscriber-focused episode of Quick Charge, Tesla stops selling Full Self Driving as the promise of a Tesla as an appreciating asset dies. Plus, someone’s getting a $200 million bonus and Komatsu introduces its own, IRL take on a transforming farm robot at CES. At least one Tesla executive not named “Elon Musk” has… Continue reading Tesla STOPS selling Full Self Driving, a sexy electric road bike, and Transformers

ICE Reportedly Stole a 10th Grader’s Phone, Then Seemingly Sold It for Cash

Stephen Maturen / Getty Images Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents reportedly stole a teenage boy’s phone — and then seemingly pawned it afterwards for cash. That detail comes from alarming new reporting from ProPublica that documents more than forty cases of ICE agents putting civilians in chokeholds and other moves that can block breathing.… Continue reading ICE Reportedly Stole a 10th Grader’s Phone, Then Seemingly Sold It for Cash

Grok Is Getting Access to Classified Military Networks

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images Back in December, Elon Musk’s pet chatbot Grok made headlines for casually distributing the private addresses and phone numbers of everyday people, scraping data from public sources with unsettling ease while other AI models refused. Now, that same model is being welcomed into… Continue reading Grok Is Getting Access to Classified Military Networks

AI Has Basically Killed Stack Overflow

Since 2008, Stack Overflow has been an immensely helpful resource for developers, allowing them to crowdsource answers to their coding questions — and resulting in a vast online repository of coding knowledge. But as Dev Class reports, the advent of generative AI appears to have caused an extinction-level event for the platform, with the number… Continue reading AI Has Basically Killed Stack Overflow

Financial Expert Says OpenAI Is on the Verge of Running Out of Money

The AI industry continues to pour tens of billions of dollars into resource-intensive models and the infrastructure to run them. In the face of it all, their promises of kickstarting a technological revolution that could one day be immensely profitable remain convincing enough for investors to prop up sky-high valuations — at least for now.… Continue reading Financial Expert Says OpenAI Is on the Verge of Running Out of Money