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Speculation in the Metaverse

Cars That Think

Thirteen years after the mining of Bitcoin’s Genesis Block , the foundational concepts supporting such digital assets have diffused into adjacent areas of technology. Surveying all the nothingness now for sale in the metaverse, speculators imagine trillions of dollars in value will accrue if they buy in early enough.

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Beijing show: Mazda6 replacement confirmed, it’s named EZ-6 and it’s going electric!

EV Central

Mazda to develop eight new EVs by 2030 – and it’s all thanks to Toyota READ MORE: Forget the MG4, BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora, buy a $40k Mazda MX-30 EV instead | Opinion READ MORE: Mazda rediscovers it stylistic mojo with its stunning Iconic SP concept. The Mazda6 is currently offered for sale in Australia only with ICE powertrains.

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Volkswagen ID.Roc name registered in Australia. Small electric SUV could be top-seller

EV Central

1 budget-buy in 2027 READ MORE: Hotter hatch! 2all small SUV concept , which is scheduled for debut later in thew decade. Once established in the market it’s been tipped that the ID.Roc could overtake the Golf for sales and become the Volkswagen Group’s best-selling vehicle. READ MORE: Still want that boring SUV?

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Technology upgrades like Full Self Driving remain available to buy, but are not delivered via an over-the-air update. has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. Autopilot remains somewhat controversial.

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The Do-or-Die Moments That Determined the Fate of the Internet

Cars That Think

Birth of OSI In the meantime, work was underway on a broader approach to the challenge of creating standards for computer communication — one that could serve to link up different computer networks, a concept that began at this time to be called “internetworking.” ENE confirmed both the hopes of OSI’s supporters and the fears of its critics.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Breaking News Feed Chryslers first EV will be the Dodge Circuit Vectrix in trouble, may be for sale REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius Cadillac Converj reportedly approved for production *UPDATED New York 2009: Mitsubishi confirms i-MiEV will come to U.S. New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels!

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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