Collaborate Disseminate
One-off cars developed as collaborations between fashion designers and automakers are usually eye-roll affairs that present little beyond loud, questionable graphics, custom embroidery and maybe some big, obnoxious wheels. Which is why Mini’s new colla… Continue reading Sustainably stripped Mini Cooper SE shows the beauty of restraint
While the disquieting appearance of some of the robots coming out of DARPA and other labs might give us some reservations about how much intelligence we want to give to …read more Continue reading Get Yourself A Pupper (For Education)
Startup London Electric Cars is making use of old Nissan Leaf powertrains to give a new lease of life to a British icon, offering to bring classic Minis into our upcoming all-electric transport future.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags… Continue reading London startup adds classic Mini to range of electric conversions
PC-104 is a standard computer form factor that most people outside of industrial settings probably haven’t seen before. It’s essentially an Intel 486 processor with lots of support for standards …read more Continue reading DOS Gaming PC Gets Necessary Updates
Stepping its all-electric line forward from the iX SUV, BMW presents a first look at the next potential Tesla sedan rival. The i4 sedan brings plenty of all-electric horsepower and an admirable range, but unfortunately tucks it all behind BMW’s now-sig… Continue reading Electric i4 sedan gnaws its way into BMW’s future with gaping maw
The x86 processor family is for the time being, the most ubiquitous type of processor in the PC world, and has been since the 1980s when the IBM PC came on the scene. Emulating these older devices is easy enough if you want to play an old LucasArts game or …read more
Continue reading Retrocomputing With Modern Hardware, No Emulation Required
At its core, Mini has always been a brand that challenges conventional automotive dimensions. The badge’s all-new Vision Urbanaut takes the challenge into the future, reorganizing interior space for a fully autonomous world. Mini houses a versatile, sh… Continue reading Deliciously retro-future Mini Urbanaut van explores inner space
With electric vehicles such as the Tesla or the Leaf being all the rage and joined by fresh competitors seemingly every week, it seems the world is going crazy for the electric motor over their internal combustion engines. There’s another sector to electric traction that rarely hits the headlines though, …read more
Continue reading An EV Conversion Engineered As A Drop-in Replacement
With the latest craze of electric vehicles, it might be tempting to take an old project car and convert it from gas to electric. On the surface, it sounds simple, but the reality is there are a number of pitfalls. It would be nice if you could find a drop …read more
The history of automotive production is littered with the fallen badges of car companies that shone brightly but fell by the wayside in the face of competition from the industry’s giants. Whether you pine for an AMC, a Studebaker, or a Saab, it’s a Ford or a Honda you’ll be …read more
Continue reading What Happens to Tesla When the Sleeping Auto Giants Awake?