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One wouldn’t ordinarily consider the Bronx as part of the country’s racing heartland. But in the insular, yet passionate, universe that revolves around soapbox cars, these neighborhoods in the northeast part of the rugged borough have become a fulcrum for soapbox competition.
As I got delegated to attend Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism's familiarisation trip for automotive journalists, I couldn’t hold in my excitement as Dubai is the place if you're a fan of everything automotive. The sprawling metropolis is home to cars of all kinds and make, from Lamborghinis, Ferraris and even ultra-rare Bugattis and Koenigseggs to iconic heritage models, which can be seen strolling around downtown at night. Seeing exotic machines was definitely exciting, but the actual reason for my elation was the opportunity for my first real racetrack experience.
Strategies for Mahindra’s electric vision have been unfolded in the past couple of years. The Indian auto giant is launching five new electric SUVs based on its born electric INGLO platform. Most affordable of these five is BE.05 which is poised to be the most flamboyant compact electric SUV in India or even the world.
South Africa’s farming community will be among the first to encounter GWM‘s latest offerings, including the P500 bakkie, TANK 500 SUV and the new Jolion SUV, at the 2024 NAMPO event scheduled for 14th to 17th of May.
Today OpenAI announced GPT-4o, a new AI model that will be available to free and paid users alike. Among its many upgrades—faster response times, enhanced memory capabilities, better parsing of images—is a conversational voice that tries its level best to sound like a real live human. It laughs, it jokes, it maybe flirts a little. “It feels like AI from the movies,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote in a Monday blog post. “It’s still a bit surprising to me that it’s real.”
Turning 70 this year, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta remains a beloved icon in automotive history, widely regarded as “Italy’s sweetheart.” Here is a brief history of the pretty coupe.
Last month we reported on the IM L6 doing the moose test, also known as elk test, driverless at 71 km/h. Technically this was a fail due to a pass speed being 72 km/h and requiring the car to be fully laden – the car in the test was empty. However, any doubts about the ability of the L6 have been laid to rest by a driver who has exceeded the speed record. The actual speed will be revealed at the car’s launch event on May 13th but the teaser poster tells us that it is 85+ km/h and the record was set on April 22.
Three rapid bursts of charged particles that erupted toward Earth from the sun’s burning-hot outer atmosphere on Wednesday could lead to stunning auroras across a wide swath of the US and a colorful hue as far south as Florida to start the weekend.