• Biden finalizes crackdown on gas cars, forcing more than half of new car sales to be electric by 2030

    The Biden administration has finalized a slate of highly-anticipated environmental regulations curbing gas-powered vehicle tailpipe emissions as part of its broader efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat global warming. In a joint announcement Wednesday, the White House and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled the most aggressive multi-pollutant emission standards ever finalized. While the regulations target gas-powered vehicles, they are explicitly designed to push...

  • Are electric cars too heavy for British roads, bridges and car parks?

    In part eight of our series exploring myths surrounding EVs, we examine whether they will break our infrastructureDo electric cars really produce fewer carbon emissions?Are EVs too costly to tempt drivers?Is it right to have range anxiety?Cars have a weight problem. Consider the Mini, designed to save precious fuel during rationing; it has ballooned in size. It is not alone. Cars have got bigger and bigger, with the rise of the SUV only accelerating the trend.Electric cars might look the same...

  • Social Media In Stitches Over Viral Photo Of The Items For Sale At Jim Harbaugh's Garage Sale In Michigan Before Moving To LA

    Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh has social media in stitches after a photo of his garage sale in Michigan went viral. Reddit user Max__Power_a2 posted an image of Jim Harbaugh and his wife, Sarah, hosting a garage sale at their Michigan home. Not only that, but the Harbaughs were reportedly giving items away …

  • The electric car fiasco

    Donald Trump’s anodyne if overexcited comment that the U.S. auto industry would face a “bloodbath” if he’s not elected and doesn’t impose 50% or 100% tariffs on cars produced predictable results. “Don’t outsmart yourself,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) posted, and the Biden-Harris campaign promptly charged Trump with promising a “bloodbath” if he loses, without saying […]

    • CP24

    This is why an electric vehicle will cost you more in Ontario than other provinces

    Drivers in Ontario looking to switch gears to an electric vehicle may consider hitting the brakes on the idea following the release of a new report on the cost of ownership. The University of British Columbia study found that it’s actually cheaper to own an EV than an internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV) in some parts of the country, and Ontario is far from the top of the list. Factors considered in the study included tax rebates and tax rates for EVs, charging costs, typical distance...

    • ZDNet

    Can you use your Meta Quest in a moving car? Maybe

    When I was a kid, your reality was reality. It wasn't augmented and it wasn't virtual. So, when my editor asked me to explain to a 12-year-old how to use a Meta Quest headset in cars, I was struck by the difference between what being a kid was like when I was growing up and what it must be like now. Before I go into tips and observations, let's take a minute to remind ourselves just how much our world has changed. Review: Meta Quest 3: The VR headset most people should buy in 2024When I was 12,...

  • Indians’ electric love to power EV sales to a record

    Mumbai: Electric vehicles (EVs) are set to scale a new milestone, breaching the 100,000 sales mark this financial year (FY24), fuelling the government’s ambitious aim of electrifying up to 30% of all passenger vehicle sales by 2030.The sales surge would be propelled by falling battery prices and resultant product price cuts by some automakers, robust government support for eco-friendly vehicles, higher prices of fossil fuels and growing environmental awareness among consumers. Launch of new...

  • Telkom South Africa tower sale moves forward

    Telkom South Africa reportedly progressed its proposed sale of tower business Swiftnet, as Bloomberg reported infrastructure-focused investment company Actis is in line to make an acquisition worth more than $330 miilion.

  • Biden Administration Issues Rule That Would Phase Out Gas Cars

    The Biden administration has issued its final rule governing tailpipe emissions that will force automakers to phase out gas cars by requiring up to 60% of new cars sold by 2032 to be EVs or hybrids. The emissions standards are so draconian that only a fleet dominated by EVs will meet the government's standards.

    • CNN

    Hertz CEO out following electric car ‘horror show’

    Trouble and turmoil continue at rental car company Hertz. The company, which announced in January it was selling 20,000 of the electric vehicles in its fleet, or about a third of the EVs it owned, is now replacing the CEO who helped build up that fleet, giving it the company’s fifth boss in just four years. The company announced that Stephen Scherr, who came to the company two years ago after nearly 30 years at Goldman Sachs, is stepping down at the end of this month. He’ll be replaced by Gil...

  • Man shot during argument over car sale in Kershaw County

    Man shot during argument over car sale in Kershaw County

  • Bath move up to second in Premiership after late flurry sees off Sale

    Every point is going to count over the closing furlongs of the Premiership