PostsCommentsPayoutssmmehta (29)in #power • 6 years agoApple tells the EPA why cutting the Clean Power Plan is a bad moveApple is pushing back against the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to repeal the Clean Power Plan. The company filed a public comment with the EPA today arguing that…smmehta (29)in #man • 6 years agoWhat will happen to Marina Abramović when she electrifies herself with 1 million volts?Artist Marina Abramović is known for boundary-pushing, unpredictable performance pieces, some of which sound like schemes the characters from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia…smmehta (29)in #observatory • 7 years agoJames Webb Space Telescope came one step closer to launch in 2019 with successful testsThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is slated to launch in 2019. It is still one year away from its launch and yet, it is undergoing rigorous testing on its mirror, sunshield…smmehta (29)in #age • 7 years agoPhysicist Stephen Hawking dies at the age of 76 in CambridgeStephen W. Hawking, British theoretical physicist fighting a neuromotor disease died on Wednesday morning at the age of 76. His family announced the death of Stephen Hawking at…smmehta (29)in #flyby • 7 years agoNew Horizons Mission’ next target gets its name: Ultima Thule and will flyby on Jan 1, 2019More than 115,000 people submitted their entries to name the next body that NASA’s New Horizons mission is expected to flyby next year. According to the statistics, some 115,000…smmehta (29)in #miles • 7 years agoHyundai’s Kona Electric SUV will travel up to 292 miles on a single chargeHyundai’s second all-electric vehicle, the Kona Electric, will get a full debut at next week’s Geneva Motor Show, but today the South Korean automaker revealed most of the specs…smmehta (29)in #porsche • 7 years agoA phone drove a Porsche, and I rode alongHuawei has spent a lot of time talking up the supposed AI capabilities of its latest in-house processor design, the Kirin 970. Found inside the company’s newest Mate 10 and Mate…smmehta (29)in #sound • 7 years agoCarmakers granted a delay in adding mandatory noise to EVsCarmakers have successfully lobbied the US government to push back the enforcement of a rule that requires hybrid and electric vehicles to emit a noise when traveling under 19…smmehta (29)in #miles • 7 years agoJaguar’s I-Pace is a speedy dual-motor Model X competitorAfter two years of teasing the concept version of its first all-electric car, British automaker Jaguar has finally revealed the production model of the I-Pace SUV. It’s a…smmehta (29)in #toyota • 7 years agoToyota starts a new $2.8 billion company to develop self-driving softwareToyota is expanding its pursuit of self-driving cars by starting a new company called Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development, or TRI-AD. The Japanese automaker is…smmehta (29)in #geneva • 7 years agoGeneva Motor Show will be Europe’s chance to show off its Tesla killersThis year’s Geneva Auto Show is shaping up to be a blockbuster event, with a whole slate of supercars, ultra-fast racers, and bold concepts for us to feast on. Moreover, this is…smmehta (29)in #miles • 7 years agoVW’s all-electric I.D. Vizzion coming ‘by 2022’ with 400 miles of rangeThe latest addition to Volkswagen’s I.D. lineup of futuristic concept cars won’t just be some far-flung futuristic design piece meant to poke at what a fully-autonomous car…smmehta (29)in #volvo • 7 years agoThis is the Polestar 1, Volvo’s new turbocharged electric coupeIn an effort to take the luxury electric car fight to Tesla, Volvo spun off its Polestar performance sub-brand into its own marque last year, with the first of three cars…smmehta (29)in #way • 7 years agoAston Martin’s new hypercar is an 1,100 horsepower asphalt rocketAston Martin recently returned to Formula One (with Red Bull Racing) after more than half a century away, a moment it celebrated by making the Valkyrie: an outrageous hypercar…smmehta (29)in #land • 7 years agoThe Range Rover SV Coupe sacrifices some doors for more styleRange Rover has become such a popular division of Land Rover that it seems to overpower the parent company. With the new Range Rover SV Coupe, Land Rover gives the impression…smmehta (29)in #theres • 7 years agoPorsche’s new all-electric SUV concept is too pretty to go off-roadLast year, Porsche unveiled the production version of the Mission E — an all-electric four-door that looked like a worthy rival to Tesla’s Model S. The Mission E isn’t going on…smmehta (29)in #suv • 7 years agoJaguar’s electric SUV is cheaper than a Tesla Model X or SWe’ve learned a lot about Jaguar’s first all-electric SUV, the I-Pace, during the company’s slow-drip rollout of information before its full reveal at this week’s Geneva Motor…smmehta (29)in #series • 7 years agoFormula E’s wild new racecar makes electric racing look coolThe biggest racing series in the world that exclusively uses electric racecars is about to undergo a massive redesign, even though it’s hardly more than three years old. When the…smmehta (29)in #trying • 7 years agoHonda’s Urban EV Concept is even more adorable in the fleshHonda’s pugnacious Urban EV Concept made its second auto show appearance ever here at Geneva this week, and it’s just as adorable and retro as it seemed when it debuted in…smmehta (29)in #wildest • 7 years agoGeneva Motor Show 2018: concept cars, electric vehicles and wild ideasEvery year, the Geneva Motor Show proves to be one of the flashiest, most outrageous car shows that happen around the world — and 2018 is no exception. Luxury names like Porsche…