Steven M
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after a week of biting my fingernails, we're now just 2 days away from the F1 finale
i'm fine with it being either Norris or Piastri
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just so long as it's one of the McLarens
i'm fine with it being either Norris or Piastri
🇬🇧🇦🇺
just so long as it's one of the McLarens
December 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
after a week of biting my fingernails, we're now just 2 days away from the F1 finale
i'm fine with it being either Norris or Piastri
🇬🇧🇦🇺
just so long as it's one of the McLarens
i'm fine with it being either Norris or Piastri
🇬🇧🇦🇺
just so long as it's one of the McLarens
the tiresome braying and moaning about the Jag redesign will intensify with this news.
I'm maybe in the minority, but I really liked the bold design. It's top management with their lousy strategy that have caused this mess, not that fantastic designer
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
I'm maybe in the minority, but I really liked the bold design. It's top management with their lousy strategy that have caused this mess, not that fantastic designer
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
the tiresome braying and moaning about the Jag redesign will intensify with this news.
I'm maybe in the minority, but I really liked the bold design. It's top management with their lousy strategy that have caused this mess, not that fantastic designer
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
I'm maybe in the minority, but I really liked the bold design. It's top management with their lousy strategy that have caused this mess, not that fantastic designer
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
all the colours of the German rainbow
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December 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
all the colours of the German rainbow
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Red Bull has chosen... the ̶p̶o̶i̶s̶o̶n̶e̶d̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶l̶i̶c̶e̶ ̶ second seat is passed to Hadjar
so Tsunoda is now demoted to test driver: www.autosport.com/f1/news/hadj...
#F1
so Tsunoda is now demoted to test driver: www.autosport.com/f1/news/hadj...
#F1
December 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Red Bull has chosen... the ̶p̶o̶i̶s̶o̶n̶e̶d̶ ̶c̶h̶a̶l̶i̶c̶e̶ ̶ second seat is passed to Hadjar
so Tsunoda is now demoted to test driver: www.autosport.com/f1/news/hadj...
#F1
so Tsunoda is now demoted to test driver: www.autosport.com/f1/news/hadj...
#F1
2035 is a loooooooooong way off, so this German backpedaling is particularly dumb
Germany’s Merz to demand EU relax petrol engine ban archive.ph/UlUAN / www.ft.com/content/f54b...
Germany’s Merz to demand EU relax petrol engine ban archive.ph/UlUAN / www.ft.com/content/f54b...
November 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
2035 is a loooooooooong way off, so this German backpedaling is particularly dumb
Germany’s Merz to demand EU relax petrol engine ban archive.ph/UlUAN / www.ft.com/content/f54b...
Germany’s Merz to demand EU relax petrol engine ban archive.ph/UlUAN / www.ft.com/content/f54b...
Anyone else stepped back from the Pro to the base iPhone?
Main reason for me: the new Pro is too damn heavy
Main reason for me: the new Pro is too damn heavy
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Anyone else stepped back from the Pro to the base iPhone?
Main reason for me: the new Pro is too damn heavy
Main reason for me: the new Pro is too damn heavy
yes, i've been in the cab of a train while it's moving - i think it was one of the awful diesel trains seen below (not my pic) that were still in use in North Wales well into the late 80s. i was a kid and i even got to operate the horn in a tunnel!
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
yes, i've been in the cab of a train while it's moving - i think it was one of the awful diesel trains seen below (not my pic) that were still in use in North Wales well into the late 80s. i was a kid and i even got to operate the horn in a tunnel!
yet more head-scratchingly bad branding from a Chinese automaker - the MG IM5 has no MG badges on it
i know why (because it's actually an SAIC IM car in China), but it's just a nonsensical and unnecessary confusion for folks overseas. just put bloody MG badges on it!
i know why (because it's actually an SAIC IM car in China), but it's just a nonsensical and unnecessary confusion for folks overseas. just put bloody MG badges on it!
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
yet more head-scratchingly bad branding from a Chinese automaker - the MG IM5 has no MG badges on it
i know why (because it's actually an SAIC IM car in China), but it's just a nonsensical and unnecessary confusion for folks overseas. just put bloody MG badges on it!
i know why (because it's actually an SAIC IM car in China), but it's just a nonsensical and unnecessary confusion for folks overseas. just put bloody MG badges on it!
i'm not much into sci-fi, but Pluribus is really good
made by Breaking Bad's creator, it's a cheeky twist on the usual Twilight Zone-esque vibes
made by Breaking Bad's creator, it's a cheeky twist on the usual Twilight Zone-esque vibes
November 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
i'm not much into sci-fi, but Pluribus is really good
made by Breaking Bad's creator, it's a cheeky twist on the usual Twilight Zone-esque vibes
made by Breaking Bad's creator, it's a cheeky twist on the usual Twilight Zone-esque vibes
it's taken ~24 hours for a cheap clone of the Apple / Issey Miyake $230 knitted iPhone bag to appear on Taobao
promises to ship within 15 days. 75.5 RMB = US$10
i know it's just using an Apple image, but that's inevitable as they haven't started to manufacture the clone yet. so tempted to buy!
promises to ship within 15 days. 75.5 RMB = US$10
i know it's just using an Apple image, but that's inevitable as they haven't started to manufacture the clone yet. so tempted to buy!
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
it's taken ~24 hours for a cheap clone of the Apple / Issey Miyake $230 knitted iPhone bag to appear on Taobao
promises to ship within 15 days. 75.5 RMB = US$10
i know it's just using an Apple image, but that's inevitable as they haven't started to manufacture the clone yet. so tempted to buy!
promises to ship within 15 days. 75.5 RMB = US$10
i know it's just using an Apple image, but that's inevitable as they haven't started to manufacture the clone yet. so tempted to buy!
Tesla just had its worst month for several years in China. October local sales were just 26,006 - akin to late-pandemic levels in 2022
YTD 2025: -8.4%
indeed, with just 26k, Tesla China had a slower month than many local EV startups, such as Nio (40,397) and Xpeng (42,013).
#EVs #EVsky
YTD 2025: -8.4%
indeed, with just 26k, Tesla China had a slower month than many local EV startups, such as Nio (40,397) and Xpeng (42,013).
#EVs #EVsky
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Maserati is in a death spiral in China, with dealerships and local media showing ~50% discounts on the Maserati Grecale SUV, bringing the price down to just US$49k (dealer ad, below left, indicates 358,800 RMB)
Maserati China sales 2017: 14,000+
Maserati China sales 2024: 1,228
2025 will be worse
Maserati China sales 2017: 14,000+
Maserati China sales 2024: 1,228
2025 will be worse
November 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Maserati is in a death spiral in China, with dealerships and local media showing ~50% discounts on the Maserati Grecale SUV, bringing the price down to just US$49k (dealer ad, below left, indicates 358,800 RMB)
Maserati China sales 2017: 14,000+
Maserati China sales 2024: 1,228
2025 will be worse
Maserati China sales 2017: 14,000+
Maserati China sales 2024: 1,228
2025 will be worse
the adorable Renault Twingo from the 1990s is back as an EV
it's 3.79m long and will be sub-£20,000
youtu.be/owlQpKL14E4?...
#EVs #EVsky
it's 3.79m long and will be sub-£20,000
youtu.be/owlQpKL14E4?...
#EVs #EVsky
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
the adorable Renault Twingo from the 1990s is back as an EV
it's 3.79m long and will be sub-£20,000
youtu.be/owlQpKL14E4?...
#EVs #EVsky
it's 3.79m long and will be sub-£20,000
youtu.be/owlQpKL14E4?...
#EVs #EVsky
Chinese automaker Xpeng just showed of its humanoid robot. ignoring the apparent pointlessness of humanoid robots, i'm kinda alarmed by a company full of dudes giving into a corset-esque waistline and robo-tiddies
creepy
creepy
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Chinese automaker Xpeng just showed of its humanoid robot. ignoring the apparent pointlessness of humanoid robots, i'm kinda alarmed by a company full of dudes giving into a corset-esque waistline and robo-tiddies
creepy
creepy
Tesla is close to being wiped out in Germany, selling a meagre 750 cars in the past month. it used to sell thousands and thousands per month. in fact, at its peak, it sold 9,500+ per month in the country!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
#EVs #EVsky
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
#EVs #EVsky
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Tesla is close to being wiped out in Germany, selling a meagre 750 cars in the past month. it used to sell thousands and thousands per month. in fact, at its peak, it sold 9,500+ per month in the country!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
#EVs #EVsky
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
#EVs #EVsky
the morons over at Mazda will try anything except make a decent EV
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 AM
the morons over at Mazda will try anything except make a decent EV
spotted this cool electric lorry this afternoon, made by Chinese truck-maker JAC 🔌⚡🔋 definitely time for polluting diesel trucks to be retired
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
spotted this cool electric lorry this afternoon, made by Chinese truck-maker JAC 🔌⚡🔋 definitely time for polluting diesel trucks to be retired
the app icon looks poor and greyish on both Light Clear and Dark Clear, iOS 26
October 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
the app icon looks poor and greyish on both Light Clear and Dark Clear, iOS 26
this has the same ridiculous 800V minimum for chargers as the CLA EV, it seems
October 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
this has the same ridiculous 800V minimum for chargers as the CLA EV, it seems
Mercedes is replacing its disastrously overpriced EQC, which was a total flop, with the *even more expensive* GLC EV
insane
US$82k or €71k is way too much for a C-Class, which ought to start at just over half that amount
electrek.co/2025/10/23/m...
insane
US$82k or €71k is way too much for a C-Class, which ought to start at just over half that amount
electrek.co/2025/10/23/m...
October 24, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Mercedes is replacing its disastrously overpriced EQC, which was a total flop, with the *even more expensive* GLC EV
insane
US$82k or €71k is way too much for a C-Class, which ought to start at just over half that amount
electrek.co/2025/10/23/m...
insane
US$82k or €71k is way too much for a C-Class, which ought to start at just over half that amount
electrek.co/2025/10/23/m...