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Jaguar has unveiled the final version of its new Type 01 EV, the first car as part of its controversial rebrand, and it’s a 1,016 horsepower, four-door, 1930s-comic-book-mobster-style doozy. Jaguar made waves in late 2024 when it revealed a new concept car (the Type 00) and a controversial rebranding, changing its wordmark and design language to be radically different from anything we’ve seen from the legendary marque before – or indeed, perhaps any automotive company. Jaguar summarized the rebrand with the phrase “copy nothing,” and they seem to have hit that mark. The redesign got a lot of attention, with…
However, beyond this car’s spread of driving talent, there’s another reason this RS 5 might be the right car for right now. Because the BMW M3 Competition does without any form of hybridisation, its high CO2 figure puts it in the maximum Benefit in Kind tax bracket if purchased through a business – as many high performance cars like this are. Thanks to a bit of help from the PHEV system, the Audi avoids this. The two might cost largely the same on paper, but the Audi’s 50-mile electric range means you’ll see a saving of over £400 per month just in…
It looks oh-so-cool, but it’s not cheap or practical, and will likely ruffle a few feathers. Source link
Let’s get the looks out of the way first. Its proportions are less exaggerated than the concept, there are some more fussy details, and of course the Type 01 has production car bits like real side mirrors and windshield wipers, but it’s really damn close to the show car — at least more so than most people expected. When the Type 00 was first revealed I made a strong argument that it has total shades of the E-type and other classic Jags, and I think what I said applies to the Type 01 as well. Yes, there’s a lot of straight,…
By Jim Evans – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94231487 The US is planning a lot more gas power – and data centers are the culprit. Proposed grid-connected gas capacity has nearly tripled since early 2023, while plans for new wind power are shrinking. A new analysis and interactive map from Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group puts the planned gas buildout at 60.4 gigawatts (GW) through the end of 2030. That’s up 44% from the 41.8 GW expected in December 2025, based on filings submitted to the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA). For perspective, that proposed…
Tesla Full Self-Driving is really good. I have used it for over 76 percent of my driving since FSD v14 launched around this time last year, equating to about 76 percent of my miles using the suite. It’s truly the only way I prefer to travel, but admittedly I save some of the more fun drives for myself. Even with all of the great things it has done for me, including saving me from being involved in an accident, there are still a handful of things that it needs to improve on. These issues recur from update to update, and…
Before this, Tesla’s Powershare feature was only available on the Cybertruck. Source link
Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days are finally here, and we’ve already been reveling the last week in all the early savings, but things are ramping up even further for the rest of this week. You’ll find a massive collection of deals across all our favorite Green Deal brands – both at Amazon and from direct websites – giving you a great chance at savings on EVs, power stations, electric tools, robots, and much more. It’s all been rounded up together and curated for you below, giving you a one-stop shopping hub for all your needs. Head on down and keep…
Tesla Full Self-Driving is really good. I have used it for over 76 percent of my driving since FSD v14 launched around this time last year, equating to about 76 percent of my miles using the suite. It’s truly the only way I prefer to travel, but admittedly I save some of the more fun drives for myself. Even with all of the great things it has done for me, including saving me from being involved in an accident, there are still a handful of things that it needs to improve on. These issues recur from update to update, and…
Porsche appears to be exploring a rather unusual way of making electric cars feel more like petrol-powered performance machines. A new patent describes a manual transmission concept designed specifically for EVs. The system could offer several driving modes. In automatic mode, the car would simulate conventional gear changes, with its computers controlling motor torque and regenerative braking to mimic the behaviour of a traditional automatic transmission. Switch to manual mode and things become more interesting. The system would behave somewhat like a PDK-equipped Porsche, but without automatically shifting at the redline or performing low-RPM downshifts. Porsche has also considered an…