Solid-state batteries remain several years from auto showrooms. The auto industry is pursuing the batteries, which replace liquid electrolytes with a solid ceramic or glass material, because of their potential to carry decisively more energy, charge faster and improve vehicle safety by reducing flammability over other types of lithium-ion batteries. Now, Mercedes-Benz and solid-state battery… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz Drives Toward Solid-State EV Batteries
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@BMW: VRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! World Tour: BMW Art Car Collection celebrates 50th anniversary.003987
Munich. Calder, Lichtenstein, Warhol, Holzer, Hockney, Koons, Rauschenberg, Mahlangu, Eliasson, Baldessari, Cao Fei, Mehretu. For the past 50 years, the BMW Art Car series has provided artists fascinated by automobiles with a perfect playground for art and design, technology and innovation, motorsport and engineering. The collection of 20 BMW Art Cars embodies the essence of… Continue reading @BMW: VRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! World Tour: BMW Art Car Collection celebrates 50th anniversary.003987
@VW Group: Nick Tandy enters motorsport history as “Mister 24 Hours”010002
Over the course of his impressive career, Tandy has taken overall victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Nürburgring 24 Hours, the GT3 endurance classic at Spa-Francorchamps, and now at the iconic IMSA season opener in Florida – a feat no other racing driver had achieved before. Nick Tandy was visibly emotional in… Continue reading @VW Group: Nick Tandy enters motorsport history as “Mister 24 Hours”010002
KTM Enhances 390 Duke with Cruise Control, Introduces New Ebony Black Option
KTM has announced key updates to its flagship streetfighter, the 390 Duke, adding cruise control functionality and a new Ebony Black colorway while maintaining its price of Rs 2.95 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi). The cruise control feature enhances highway riding comfort by maintaining set speeds without constant throttle input. Controlled via left handlebar switches and monitored… Continue reading KTM Enhances 390 Duke with Cruise Control, Introduces New Ebony Black Option
From Firefighters to Librarians: A United Front of San Jose City Workers Rally to Defend Public Services
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — On Thursday, March 13, city workers and the union members of IFPTE Local 21, MEF-AFSCME Local 101, and San Jose Firefighters IAFF Local 230 will rally to defend San Jose’s public services, in response to the City Manager’s hiring freeze, proposed budget cuts, and the needless threat of… Continue reading From Firefighters to Librarians: A United Front of San Jose City Workers Rally to Defend Public Services
McLaren Speedtail
The Speedtail starts like any other McLaren and makes the same noise – which is disappointing. Given it has a flat-plane-crank V8 like every other McLaren, I’m not sure what I was expecting, but its hard, gruff voice isn’t that of a GT, hyper or otherwise. No, of course McLaren couldn’t package another cylinder at… Continue reading McLaren Speedtail
Big Chinese Share Sales Are Luring Back Long-Term Investors
(Bloomberg) — Global long-term investors are placing billions of dollars worth of orders in Chinese deals after years of largely shunning them. Most Read from Bloomberg In the past week in Hong Kong, deep-pocketed firms known as “long-only” investors — such as mutual funds — have bought shares in electric-car giant BYD Co. and bubble-tea… Continue reading Big Chinese Share Sales Are Luring Back Long-Term Investors
Musk says juggling DOGE and CEO jobs is difficult, as Tesla shares slump
“The public eye seems to be coalescing around what he’s doing for the federal government. Elon Musk is running his businesses “with great difficulty” while working with the Trump administration, the Tesla CEO said on Monday in an interview with Fox Business. His remarks followed Tesla losing $130 billion in stock market value in a… Continue reading Musk says juggling DOGE and CEO jobs is difficult, as Tesla shares slump
Porsche 911 Carrera GTS
So to the heart of the matter. To ‘9A3B6’, as it’s known internally. Porsche describes this 3.6-litre turbocharged flat six as “completely redeveloped”, suggesting that rather than being entirely new, it is derived from the 3.0-litre twin-turbo unit that has served in the 911 since the Carrera went to forced induction in 2015. The extra… Continue reading Porsche 911 Carrera GTS
@BMW: Joint venture into the second decade: Shell and BMW M Motorsport renew and expand partnership.003980
Munich. Since the 2015 season, Shell and BMW M Motorsport have been partners and have celebrated many successes together. Now, the collaboration is entering a new decade with the extension and simultaneous expansion of their joint contract. Shell is the Premium Technology, Innovation, and, in the future, also the Energy Partner of BMW M Motorsport.… Continue reading @BMW: Joint venture into the second decade: Shell and BMW M Motorsport renew and expand partnership.003980