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    Daniel Ricciardo races the Ford’s mental electric SuperVan 4.2 at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix

    This weekend, Melbourne is playing host to the Formula 1 Rolex Australian Grand Prix 2024. To kick off the event in style, Aussie-own Red Bull Racing driver, Daniel Ricciardo cut some laps around the Albert Park Circuit. This drive was particularly of note as Danny Ric piloted the ridiculous 2,000hp SuperVan 4.2 from Ford Performance, an all-electric demonstrator. Ricciardo's internationally famous big smile was on...

    How to Jerry Rig your credibility

    JerryRigEverything is a successful YouTube channel that has accumulated 8.5 million subscribers since starting back in July 2012. Creator Zack Nelson often posts entertaining, well-researched videos every few days, but a few days ago began posting a series of out-of-character posts on X. The posts firmly targeted one company, Tesla, being particularly critical of their Full Self-Driving software package. He isn't the first and...

    Can you use a GoPro as a dashcam? What I learnt from 10 months testing

    During the last 10 months I've been using a GoPro Hero 10 as a dashcam in the electric cars that I test and to help me learn how to make short time lapse videos. Over thousands of kilometres of driving I've noted down the pros and cons of using a GoPro as a dashcam as well as how well the official Suction Cup mount works.   A...

    The next set of FSD Beta 12.x releases should bring ‘unprecedented progress’ says Elluswamy, Tesla’s Director of Autopilot software

    In the past 24-48 hours Tesla has been rolling out their latest FSD Beta Software, version 12.3. From the posts and videos shared by FSD Beta testers, the new release has widely been regarded as a significant improvement over previous builds. The software is still in development and still isn't perfect, but is behaving in the most human-link way we've seen so far. Elon...

    FAKE NEWS: A BYD did NOT explode in a Sydney Westfield today as reported by 9 News

    This afternoon, 9 News posted incorrect information about an electric vehicle. The 'breaking news' post from 9 News stated that emergency services were called to an incident at Liverpool Westfield in Sydney's west. They went on to say that it is understood an explosion had occurred while the car was charging, causing it to reverse through the entrance of a Myer store and into...

    techAU interviews RAA: new South Australia EV charger network feat Kempower, Chargefox, JET Charge

    Find out why RAA Charge is the best "Core" State EV charging network... techAU's Neerav Bhatt had a chat with Andrew Howard, RAA’s EV Charging Program Director to learn all the details about their rapidly growing South Australian RAA Charge network of public electric car chargers across rural and urban areas of the state. Neerav will soon be driving across South Australia trying out the...

    New Uniden DashView 60+ & 60R dashcams feature Sony Starvis sensor, H.265 recording

    Uniden has announced the new DashView 60+ and DashView60R additions to its range of dash cams. With built-in Sony Starvis sensors both models should have good low light sensitivity and Wide Dynamic Range for a clearer picture in both bright and low light when capturing incidents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnONcRbIcKw Both use an in-built high quality, long life supercapacitor which provides enough backup power to ensure any recording in progress...

    Save as much as $13,546 off the price of a Polestar 2 until April 30

    Polestar Australia have announced some massive discounts to their Polestar 2. Being an all-electric automaker, Polestar has voiced its support for the Federal Government's proposed fuel efficiency standards. This week we saw the company follow Tesla in condemning misinformation around the proposed legislation when some like the automotive lobby group, Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) were suggesting this would result in a significant...

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