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WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a bundle of steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports including electric vehicles, computer chips and medical products, risking an election-year standoff with Beijing in a bid to woo voters who give his economic policies low marks.
The MG Astor is expected to get a major facelift next year and the car’s patent images, supposedly from the People's Republic of China, have been leaked. The images show the car retaining the coupe silhouette of the ZS but with a new face, headlamps, and a slightly re-profiled rear end as compared to the current car.
Every smart home device company is thinking about how to set up their technology for future use, as nobody wants to create a device that is going to be useless in just a few months. Right now, the future of smart devices is utilizing Thread technology. Thread creates a network between your smart home devices, so they can talk to one another. It also eliminates the need for a hub, like most Zigbee-based devices, and makes each device act like a hub in its own right.
The mid-cycle update for the Kia Carens MPV has been spied testing in the brand’s home country. The three-row people mover has been on sale in India since February 2022, and its facelift is due sometime next year. The Carens facelift seen testing here is likely to be powered by a combustion engine, though an all-electric version is also in the works, and has been spied on test earlier.
The policy, which dictates procurement criteria for Commonwealth Government fleet vehicles, now requires vehicles to hold not only a five-star ANCAP safety rating, but also a date-stamp within three years.
Mid-size SUV segment is currently dominated by Mahindra with Scorpio N and XUV700. Hyundai Alcazar competes in this segment too and is on the verge of a major facelift. Testing has commenced and engineering samples have been spotted in India as well. Most recent test mules from South Korea show Alcazar’s fascia and what we can expect from it.
I've been a TV remote hog for as long as I can remember. In fact, somewhere in my father's office is a picture of me as a baby holding on to the TV remote. What can I say other than old habits die hard? Though easily dismissed as an insignificant accessory to be lost in the couch cushions, the television remote is so much more. As someone old enough to remember remotes going from simple clickers to overly complex «universal remotes» with mini-displays and 500 buttons, I hold a deep appreciation for the beauty and simplicity of the Roku remote.
Hyundai and Kia models were the most frequently stolen vehicles in 2023, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB).