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Many of the hot hatches of today are a far cry from their altogether simpler and less complex ancestors, in some cases costing upwards of £50,000 and having technical specs that wouldn't look out of place in touring car racing. Forget about any notion of emotional appeal for a second, and it's against this current era of the hot hatch where suddenly one powered by electricity doesn't seem quite so daft. Bigger, heavier, more complex and more expensive – hot hatches were going there anyway. The Abarth 500e is the first of the electric hot hatch breed, a true pioneer in trying to find out whether one of the most loved and revered types of car can cut it in its transition to the electric world. As its name suggests and Abarth's way of making cars dictates, it is closely related to the Fiat 500. Very closely in fact – the two sharing almost all key running gear including the battery and motor. The motor, a single front-mounted unit, has had more power and torque liberated from it (it's now rated at 152bhp and 173lb ft, increases of 35bhp and 11lb ft from the Fiat) thanks to some optimisation of internal losses and simply making it work harder. The battery is the same 42kWh floor-mounted lithium ion unit with some current tweaks, while the single fixed gear ratio has gone from 9.6 to 10.2, for a better balance between acceleration and top speed. The range drops from 199 miles to 164 miles due to these revisions (and more to the styling that goes all-in on sportiness rather than aero-optimisation), though the 85kW maximum charging speed is retained. These changes, says Stellantis's chief BEV propulsion engineer Maurizio Salvia, are still enough to make the Abarth 500e "quicker everywhere" that matters than the familiar and well-loved Abarth 695, which stays on sale as a petrol hot hatch offering for Abarth, similar to what Fiat has itself done with petrol and electric 500s. It's quoted as being a second quicker from 12mph to 25mph and again from 25mph to 37mph, that same second faster on a lap around Stellantis's Balocco test track and finally quicker by an unspecified amount in a "traffic light sprint". The 0-62mph time is half a second slower, mind, ultimately unsurprising given the extra 28bhp, 26lb ft and, most crucially, just over 400kg weight surplus over its 1.4-litre turbo-powered range-mate. There is no radical chassis makeover in the 500e's evolution from Fiat to Abarth, the days of Abarth bits arriving at your dealer in a wooden crate to be fitted sadly over. Instead, the standard MacPherson strut front and torsion beam rear suspension has been given new tuning and the new shock absorbers new rates, while as much dynamic benefit between petrol and electric Abarths will be felt with the 24mm-longer wheelbase, 60mm-wider tracks and an improved front/back weight distribution from 63/37 to 57/43. Bespoke Bridgestone Sport Compound tyres have been developed for the car, too. The biggest change dynamically, if you can call it that, has been the addition of the Abarth Sound Generator, a big external speaker, multi-channel amplifier and subwoofer mounted under the boot floor where the spare wheel well would be. It sounds like something from the Max Power era and makes the sound of something like that too, its booming exhaust-imitating note being a reproduction of the classic Abarth Record Monza. Hit the starter button, and the sound from this generator is felt not only in your eardrums but through your backside, too. It's loud, so loud in fact that Abarth says it's on the limits of homologation. It took 6000 hours to develop and 'petrolhead' Abarth fans were consulted during its development. The brand is "unapologetic" about its inclusion, Abarth's European boss Gaetano Thorel saying it's needed as well to "stir all the emotions". Whatever you think of it, credit to Abarth for not shying away from the fact that electric performance cars sound poor, and that noise is so central to their involvement. It's the Balocco test track where we drive the 500e first, hot on the heels of some sighter laps in the 695. Waiting to leave the pits, once you're relieved to know that the driving position in the new EV is no longer as comically high as in the petrol car, you can admire the lovely dark Alcantara trim that adorns much of a cabin that's ultimately entirely familiar from the electric Fiat 500 otherwise. The other addition is some contrast stitching to match the strikingly named Acid Green and Poison Blue new paint colours offered. The new Abarth is not as alive on the track as the 695, nor a car you ever feel as in tune with. Yet unlike most electric cars it doesn't feel out of depth on circuit and it is still able to raise a smile with no drop-off in performance as the temperature of the running gear rises. The steering is lighter and more relaxed than in the petrol car, yet retains the precision. The front end feels sharper and it turns in more keenly, offering greater resistance to understeer that ultimately still wins out. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/abarth/500e
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BBC Studios/Kensho Goto A Siberian flying squirrel is captured making use of a disused bird nest to keep warm in the winter Arctic foxes are turning to cannibalism as they struggle to find food in a warmer world. That's one of the never-before-captured behaviours in Sir David Attenborough's latest series - Mammals. It focuses on how these animals are adapting to a world rapidly changed by the most dominant mammal - us. We also see otters navigate the busy roads of Singapore and lemurs clinging to toothbrush trees in an attempt to keep cool in rising temperatures. 'Mammals' is a challenging series to watch but also shows the incredible ingenuity of the world's most successful animals. https://bbc.com/news/science-environment-68658875
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Everton have been dragged closer to a first relegation in 73 years after being deducted two points for breaching Premier League profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) up to 2023. It is the financially troubled club’s second PSR-related points deduction of the season and leaves Sean Dyche’s team two points above the relegation zone with seven matches remaining. An independent commission imposed the sanction with immediate effect after Everton admitted breaching PSR by £16.6m for the three-year period ending June 2023. The club were docked a record 10 points in November for a £19.5m overspend in the four-year period up to 2022 – two year’s figures were taken on aggregate due to the Covid pandemic – although that was reduced to six points on appeal. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/08/everton-hit-with-two-point-deduction-over-second-breach-of-financial-rules?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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". 'Dangerous' dealer with luxury lifestyle jailed 4 days ago Alice Cunningham,BBC News, Suffolk Share Suffolk Constabulary Officers were able to connect drug activity with Denton's movements A "dangerous" drug dealer who was unable to prove how he could afford his luxury lifestyle has been jailed. Dominic Denton, 42, of Glamorgan Road, Ipswich was handed a jail term of eight-and-a-half years at Ipswich Crown Court for numerous offences, including supplying drugs and money laundering. Officers were able to bring together evidence from multiple sources to obtain guilty pleas from Denton following "a long and complex" investigation, Suffolk Police said. Det Ch Insp Matt Bodmer said the force would "continue to work tirelessly to locate those involved in this dreadful industry that destroys families and preys on the most vulnerabl .https://bbc.com/news/articles/cz9z601d18eo
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. Israel's military said on Sunday that it was reducing its numbers of soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one brigade in the area. The military stressed a "significant force" would remain in Gaza. "This is another stage in the war effort", Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Lt Col Peter Lerner told the BBC. The pull-out is being interpreted as tactical, rather than a sign the war may be moving closer to its end. Also on Sunday, Israel and Hamas said they had both sent delegations to Cairo to join fresh ceasefire negotiations. .https://bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68755724
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RSPCA Hundreds of animals were injured because of litter between 2020 and 2023, new figures from the RSPCA show. The charity said there were 594 call outs in Devon and 300 in Cornwall for animals "affected by litter". Devon's figure is the second highest in England and Wales, while Cornwall's is 10th highest, according to the charity. It has led to the RSPCA to urge people to support an anti-littering campaign being run by Keep Britain Tidy. The charity said it was urging people to "create a better world for every animal" by getting involved with the Great British Spring Clean running from 15 to 31 March. https://bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-68544131
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Nico (left) and Inaki WIlliams are the first siblings to play for Athletic Bilbao since 1986 Sign up for notifications to the latest Insight features via the BBC Sport app and read the latest in the series here. Inaki Williams always knew his brother Nico was special, even if his younger sibling used to get so nervous he would ask Inaki, already a star in Bilbao, not to watch his youth games at the Athletic Club academy. Inaki is a pioneer. He helped raise Nico while their parents worked tirelessly to make ends meet, but also paved the way for his brother and other sons of immigrants to represent a club whose policy of only fielding players born or raised in the Basque Country inevitably meant the squad has historically reflected the predominantly white society around it. Inaki, 29, was not the first player of African heritage to represent the club - that was Jonas Ramalho, son of an Angolan father and Basque mother, in 2011 - but he is the first black player to establish himself at San Mames, having made more than 300 La Liga appearances, including an unprecedented 251 in a row. Nico, eight years his junior, is, in Inaki's words, now "making waves in football" too, and any nerves the youngster feels these days are channelled into realising childhood dreams of performing on the biggest stage alongside his big brother, mentor and guardian. "As an older brother, it makes me really proud to see how he has grown, to see how he is improving as a footballer. He has no ceiling," Inaki tells BBC Sport. "I'm here to help him, to teach him and give him everything he needs." It is a journey that began long ago, and a long way from Bilbao. Their mother, Maria, was pregnant with Inaki when she left Ghana with father Felix in search of a better life. The couple crossed part of the Sahara barefoot. Inaki only learned the full extent of their story when he was 20. He had known his father had problems with the soles of his feet, but not that scorching sand was the reason why. Felix and Maria made it to the Spanish territory of Melilla in north Africa, jumping a border fence, but were detained by the civil guard. A lawyer advised them to lie, to say they were from war-torn Liberia instead and seek political asylum. He arranged help in Bilbao from Catholic priest Inaki Mardones, who met the couple at Abando railway station when Maria was seven months pregnant, found them an apartment and took them to hospital for Inaki's birth. Mardones baptised the future star, even gave him his first football shirt, and became his godfather. He is whom Inaki takes his name from
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BBC Girl swimmingBBC An adjacent marquee is used for changing rooms Children are learning to swim in a temporary swimming pool at their primary school, after a local leisure centre regularly cancelled sessions. The pop-up pool is in a marquee on the playground at St John Fisher Catholic School in Blackbird Leys, Oxfordshire. Head teacher Paul Higgins said Leys Pools & Leisure Centre cancelled more than two-thirds of lessons last year. Fusion Lifestyle, which runs the centre, cited a national shortage of swim teachers for the cancellations. Councillor Chewe Munkonge, who is the cabinet member for Leisure and Parks on Oxford City Council which owns the centre, said: "We are sorry that Mr Higgins has found it challenging to get his children lessons and would encourage him to reach out to us." https://bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68566802
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Late on Thursday night, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) convened a meeting for a group of international journalists at the defence ministry building in Tel Aviv. The IDF then set out for us the results of their initial inquiry into the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza. Retired Maj Gen Yoav Har-Even described how the IDF's drone operators mistook an aid worker carrying a bag for a gunman, and then targeted one of the World Central Kitchen vehicles with a missile. The IDF then described how two people escaped that vehicle and got into a second car, which was hit by another missile from a drone. The military confirmed that there were survivors from the second explosion, who managed to get into the third vehicle - which was then also hit by a missile. By the end, all the aid workers were dead. https://bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68742572
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Nick Movie: Bird Box Barcelona Time: 2023 Netflix / Amazon / HBO?: Netflix Duration of the movie: 1 h 50 min Trailer:
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Apple's WWDC 2023 event is scheduled to take place on June 5 where the company will see fit to announce its upcoming iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and a boatload of other updates. It was previously reported that the company would remove support for iOS 17 on the iPhone X. However, the rumor was later nullified, highlighting that all devices supporting iOS 16 will also support the forthcoming major update. According to the latest rumor, some iPad models will lose support for iPadOS 17 later this year. Scroll down to read more details on iPadOS 17 compatibility. Check out the list of iPad models that will support iPadOS 17 iOS 17 was initially rumored to be a minor update considering the number of front-facing features it will bring to the table. It was later revealed by analyst Mark Gurman that iOS 17 will boast a redesigned Control Center interface along with other changes. Initial rumors of iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 suggested that some older iPhone and iPad models will no longer support this year's updates. Now, iPhoneSoft has shared the list of iPad models that will drop support for Apple's upcoming iPadOS 17 platform. Apple's WWDC 2023 event is scheduled to take place on June 5 where the company will see fit to announce its upcoming iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and a boatload of other updates. It was previously reported that the company would remove support for iOS 17 on the iPhone X. However, the rumor was later nullified, highlighting that all devices supporting iOS 16 will also support the forthcoming major update. According to the latest rumor, some iPad models will lose support for iPadOS 17 later this year. Scroll down to read more details on iPadOS 17 compatibility. Check out the list of iPad models that will support iPadOS 17 iOS 17 was initially rumored to be a minor update considering the number of front-facing features it will bring to the table. It was later revealed by analyst Mark Gurman that iOS 17 will boast a redesigned Control Center interface along with other changes. Initial rumors of iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 suggested that some older iPhone and iPad models will no longer support this year's updates. Now, iPhoneSoft has shared the list of iPad models that will drop support for Apple's upcoming iPadOS 17 platform. If you are looking to buy a used iPad, you should know which models will feature support for iPadOS 17. Check out the list below. 2017 iPad Pro and newer models iPad 6 and newer models iPad mini 5 and newer models iPad Air 3 and newer models Since iOS 17 is getting major features, we can also expect the same for iPadOS 17. Apple could redesign the Control Center on the iPad as well. However, take note that some of the prominent features are not bound to be released for older devices. For instance, Apple's Stage Manager feature is only available on iPad models with an M2 chip or M2 chip. Other models feature the traditional App Switcher for multitasking purposes. Since it is too early to conclude, Apple could announce iPadOS 17 support for the aforementioned iPad models. Henceforth, be sure to take the news with a pinch of salt since the final word rests with Apple. Link
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MSI recently introduced its brand new GeForce RTX 3060 Ti SUPER 3X graphics card but NVIDIA has reportedly asked MSI to halt sales and recall the product. NVIDIA Might Not Be Happy With MSI Using The "SUPER" Branding, Asks AIB To Recall All Custom GeForce RTX 3060 Ti SUPER 3X Graphics Cards The MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti SUPER 3X which was later named SUPER3X is a weird graphics card in the sense that it comes as a brand new RTX 3060 Ti SKU years after the 3060 Ti launched and the first with SUPRIM X cooling. MSI's naming choice for the new 3060 Ti may not have been the best decision by the company as it clashes with NVIDIA's own "SUPER" series branding, making it seem like the 3060 Ti from MSI is a brand new SKU, which it isn't. HKEPC (via Videocardz) reports that NVIDIA has notified and asked MSI to recall the graphics card regardless of whether it is called SUPER 3X or SUPER3X. As mentioned above, MSI tried altering the name of the card to avoid confusion but it isn't enough for NVIDIA. The graphics cards have already been supplied to distributors and retailers which will make it hard for MSI to recall every single unit back. It is likely that some of these graphics cards have been sold to customers and retailers will not go to the extent to ask customers to give them back the cards which they paid for. This would mean that the few who got this card will end up having one of the rarer RTX 3060 Ti graphics cards in their hands. The product pages for the MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ti SUPER3X have also been deleted and removed. The card is definitely going to appear with a new branding and the best decision for MSI is to use the SUPRIM X or SUPRIM label. It is also confusing why MSI went with a different name in the first place as all cards that use the new SUPRIM cooler are branded as SUPRIM cards. This would have avoided all the confusion and no recall would've been required. Link
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Secret Mode and Sumo Digital have announced that Zool Redimensioned, the remastering of the classic 2D Amiga platform, will arrive on PS5 and PS4 on May 16. The game has already been released for PC in the summer of 2021 and is now coming to PlayStation consoles with the same features. Your tab in the PS Store is now available to add to the wish list. The remaster includes more than 28 platforming challenges available in two main modes (remastered or original, more difficult), as well as seven boss fights, a total of 25 achievements, three cooperative modes, level selection screen, checkpoints , accessibility adjustments, new secrets, challenges and additional content. You can see the trailer for the PlayStation version below: Zool is back, an old school platformer "Zool's old-school platforming action returns with modern enhancements that bring the game into the 21st century. Beat your own speed records, uncover hidden secrets throughout every level, and turn the difficulty up to 1992 levels in 'Ultimate' mode. Ninja'. Relive the legend of the ninja with whom it all began!", we read in its official description of its Steam page, where it is also available at a price of €7.99 in Spain (it is not yet known at what price will go on sale on the PS Store). Zool's recovery project was revealed in August 2021, when those responsible announced that Sumo Digital Academy (a division that brings together young talent wanting to enter the video game industry) would be in charge of bringing back the Amiga classic. Of course, based on the later version for Mega Drive that is also included in the new game for those who want to enjoy the original. https://vandal.elespanol.com/noticia/1350761513/zool-redimensioned-la-remasterizacion-de-este-clasico-de-amiga-llegara-a-ps5-y-ps4-en-mayo/
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The highly-anticipated Splinter Cell Remake from Ubisoft Toronto will feature a rewritten and updated story, a job description has mentioned.Back in December of last year, Ubisoft finally announced a game that fans have been eagerly waiting for – a remake of Splinter Cell, rebuilt on Ubisoft’s own Snowdrop Engine to offer next-gen visuals and modernized stealth gameplay. To many, it came as a relief that the team also confirmed that the remake will stick to Splinter Cell’s origins as a linear stealth action title.“Although we're still in the very earliest stages of development, what we're trying to do is make sure the spirit of the early games remains intact, in all of the ways that gave early Splinter Cell its identity”, the game’s producer, Matt West, said last year. “So, as we're building it from the ground up, we're going to update it visually, as well as some of the design elements to match player comfort and expectations, and we are going to keep it linear like the original games, not make it open world.”So yeah, Ubisoft wants to retain the franchise’s identity, but from the looks of it, the game could end up being very different than the original. At least, story-wise. At least, that’s what could be discerned from a job ad for a scriptwriter for the title, which mentions that the team is rewriting and updating the game’s story."Using the first Splinter Cell game as our foundation we are rewriting and updating the story for a modern-day audience. We want to keep the spirit and themes of the original game while exploring our characters and the world to make them more authentic and believable. As a Scriptwriter at Ubisoft Toronto, you will join the Narrative team and help create a cohesive and compelling narrative experience for a new audience of Splinter Cell fans."It remains to be seen how the changes will pan for it. We will keep you updated as soon as more info comes in.Splinter Cell Remake, which is being helmed by Far Cry 6’s Lead Game Designer, has yet to receive a release date. The first Splinter Cell was released on the original Xbox back in 2002 and later ported to other platforms as well. The most recent installment in the series, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, was released in 2013 for PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and PC. https://wccftech.com/splinter-cell-remake-rewritten-updated-story/
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America no longer has two parties devoted to a democratic system of self-government. We have a Democratic party, which – notwithstanding a few glaring counter-examples, such as what the Democratic National Committee did to Bernie Sanders in 2016 – is still largely committed to democracy. And we have a Republican party, which is careening at high velocity toward authoritarianism. OK, fascism. What occurred in Nashville last week is a frightening reminder of the fragility of American democracy when Republicans obtain supermajorities and no longer need to work with Democratic lawmakers. The two Tennessee Democrats who Republicans expelled from the Tennessee house have been restored to their seats until special elections are held, but the damage to democracy cannot be easily undone. The two were not accused of criminal wrongdoing or even immoral conduct. Their putative offense was to protest against Tennessee’s failure to enact stronger gun controls after a shooting at a Christian school in Nashville left three nine-year-old students and three adults dead. They were technically in violation of house rules, but the state legislature has never imposed so severe a penalty for rules violations. In fact, over the past few years, several Tennessee legislators have kept their posts even after being charged with serious sexual misconduct. And the two who were expelled last week are Black people, while a third legislator who demonstrated in the same manner but was not expelled is white. We are witnessing the logical culmination of win-at-any-cost Trump Republican politics – scorched-earth tactics used by Republicans to entrench their power, with no justification other than that they can. Democracy is about means. Under it, citizens don’t have to agree on ends (abortion, healthcare, guns or whatever else we disagree about) as long as we agree on democratic means for handling our disagreements. But for Trump Republicans, the ends justify whatever means they choose – including expelling lawmakers, rigging elections through gerrymandering, refusing to raise the debt ceiling and denying the outcome of a legitimate presidential election. Wisconsin may soon offer an even more chilling example. While liberals celebrated the election last Tuesday of Janet Protasiewicz to the Wisconsin supreme court because she will tip the court against the state’s extreme gerrymandering (the most extreme in the nation) and its fierce laws against abortion (among the most stringent in America), something else occurred in Wisconsin on election day that may well negate Protasiewicz’s victory. Voters in Wisconsin’s eighth senatorial district decided (by a small margin) to send Republican Dan Knodl to the state senate. This gives the Wisconsin Republican party a supermajority – and with it, the power to remove key state officials, including judges, through impeachment. Several weeks ago, Knodl said he would “certainly consider” impeaching Protasiewicz. Although he was then talking about her role as a county judge, his interest in impeaching her presumably has increased now that she’s able to tip the state’s highest court. As in Tennessee, this could be done without any necessity for a public justification. Under Republican authoritarianism, power is its own justification. Recall that in 2018, after Wisconsin voters elected a Democratic governor and attorney general, the Republican legislature and the lame duck Republican governor responded by significantly cutting back the power of both offices. Meanwhile, a newly installed Republican supermajority in Florida has given Ron DeSantis unbridled control – with total authority over the board governing Disney, the theme park giant he has fought over his anti-LGBTQ “don’t say gay” law; permission to fly migrants from anywhere in the US to destinations of his own choosing, for political purposes, and then send the bill to Florida’s taxpayers; and unprecedented prosecutorial power in the form of his newly created, hand-picked office of election “integrity”, pursuing supposed cases of voter fraud. Without two parties committed to democratic means to resolve differences in ends, the party committed to democracy is at a tactical disadvantage. If it is to survive, eventually it, too, will sacrifice democratic means to its own ends. In these circumstances, partisanship turns to enmity and political divisions morph into hatred. In warfare there are no principles, only wins and losses. America experienced this 160 years ago, when the civil war tore us apart. Donald Trump is not singularly responsible for this dangerous trend, but he has legitimized and encouraged the ends-justify-the-means viciousness now pushing the GOP toward becoming the American fascist party. [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/15/the-modern-republican-party-fascism-robert-reich]
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Lotus will launch the Type 134 as a small SUV that will become the entry point to the firm's revamped line-up and follow the launch of the Type 133 saloon next year. Lotus commercial boss Mike Johnstone said the company expects the Type 134 to account for half of its annual sales by 2028, which would put the model at about 75,000 units per year. The Geely-owned firm has yet to reveal firm details of the machine, but Johnstone hinted that it will use a different platform, which is likely to be a variant of the EPA architecture intended for smaller models. It will be less than five metres long, most likely giving it similar dimensions to the Polestar 4 and making it a rival to the upcoming Porsche Macan EV. The Type 134 will share technology with the Lotus Eletre and Type 133, although its more affordable positioning and more compact size could mean that it features smaller battery options. As with the Eletre, there is expected to be a strong focus on aerodynamics to optimise range and performance, which is likely to result in a rakish, coupé-esque roofline. While the Type 134 will be tasked with delivering the bulk of Lotus’s planned sales growth, Johnstone insisted that making sure it maintains the firm’s core philosophy of performance and driving dynamics will be at the core of development. “A lot of effort has gone into ensuring the future cars that we introduce to the market handle in a way that you would expect a Lotus to handle,” said Johnstone. “Take Eletre: the attributes team have been involved in its development, people who understand what a Lotus should feel like and drive. It isn’t just an electrified SUV with a Lotus badge on it: it’s been engineered from the beginning to look, feel and drive like a Lotus.” https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/lotus-type-134-porsche-macan-rivalling-small-electric-suv
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Up to a third of Africa’s great apes are threatened by a boom in mining projects for minerals required for the renewable energy transition, new research shows. An estimated 180,000 gorillas, bonobos and chimpanzees are at risk due to an increase in demand for critical minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel and cobalt, a study has found. Many of those minerals are required for clean energy technologies such as wind turbines and electric cars. Researchers say the boom in demand is driving destruction of tropical rainforests which are critical habitats for Africa’s great apes. “Africa is experiencing an unprecedented mining boom threatening wildlife po[CENSORED]tions and whole ecosystems,” researchers wrote in the paper, published in Science Advances. Africa is home to an estimated 30% of the world’s mineral resources, and substantial production increases in renewable energy are expected to drive up demand. Mining harms apes through habitat loss, pollution and disease. It can also make habitats more accessible to hunters and farmers, as roads are carved into forest. More than two-thirds of primate species are already threatened with extinction. “A shift away from fossil fuels is good for the climate but must be done in a way that does not jeopardise biodiversity,” said lead researcher Dr Jessica Junker from the non-profit conservation organisation Re:wild. “In its current iteration it may even be going against the very environmental goals we’re aiming for … It is crucial for everyone to adopt a mindset of reduced consumption.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/03/boom-in-mining-for-renewable-energy-minerals-threatens-africas-great-apes-aoe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other