Addison Lee, one of the largest private taxi companies in London has announced plans to go fully electric by 2023. The company is investing £160 million to switch its entire fleet from combustion to EV and it’ll start the roll out with 450 Volkswagen ID 4 SUVs. This is only a small amount so far, the company has around 4,000 taxis on the roads – but it has committed to […]
Citroën announced last month that the all electric Ami would be coming to the UK in 2022, thanks to quite a bit of demand from potential customers. Already, around 12,000 people have signed up with Citroën to declare an interest and now the order books have opened, interested customers can put down £250, which is full refundable to pre-order the Ami. The Ami will then be available by around spring […]
Apple has this week marked the original Apple Watch as vintage, both the 38mm and 42mm versions are now in the official list of vintage and obsolete products. The original Apple Watch was announced in September 2014, alongside the iPhone 6 but didn’t launch until the following April, in 2015. The first generation was around the longest of any model, being replaced by the Series 2 in September 2016, since […]
Dacia has today announced a new commercial version of its popular Duster SUV, with a starting price of £12,795 in the UK. Like other commercialised versions of passenger cars, the Duster sacrifices the rear passenger seats for a flat loading area, like a van. The rear space has a capacity of 1,623 litres and can carry half a tonne. The Duster Commercial is based on the new version of the […]
Fiat has recently updated the 500X crossover, with a new convertible version – called the Dolcevita which will be coming to the UK next year. Most of the roof is a roll back fabric, similar to the standard 500 city car and the roof will open in around 15 seconds at speeds of up to 62mph. As Fiat always does, the 500X Dolcevita is available in a large amount of […]
Since Apple launched its video streaming service in 2019, Apple TV+ hasn’t had any official subscriber numbers but some reports have now suggested that the service could have less than 20 million subscribers. According to CNBC, Apple has informed the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees that the service has less than 20 million subscribers, in the US and Canada and that may allow Apple to pay its production crews […]
Apple has today released a minor update for some versions of macOS, including Big Sur and Catalina. The update doesn’t require a reboot and is simply called ‘Device Support Update’ and it includes support for the latest iOS and iPadOS devices. Apple has said that it makes sure iOS and iPadOS devices can properly update and restore when doing so on a Mac. The update can be found from the the […]
A few days ago, British sports car manufacturer Caterham has announced its lightest production car to date with the new Seven 170. The new model weighs just 440kg and a low price too, of £22,990. Caterham is using the Seven 170 as the entry level model in the line up, with it being the most modest too for performance. It has a 660cc turbocharged engine from Suzuki, with 84bhp. 0-60mph […]
The EU may start to require that phone manufacturers use only USB-C for wired charging, including cameras, tablets, headphones and more. The EU Commission has proposed that this change will reduce the sheer amount of e-waste we have an also reduce the consumer inconvenience, due to the different charging standards. “With today’s proposal, USB-C will become the standard port for all smartphones, tablets, cameras, headphones, portable speakers and handheld videogame […]
Apple has this week, released iOS 12.5.5 for older iPhones, iPod touches and iPads and it includes some fixes for security. This release looks to address some vulnerabilities in WebKi, XNU and CoreGraphics. It is recommend to update to this releases ASAP, as Apple has said that there are some reports of these exploits being used in the wild. Devices that are eligble for iOS 12.5.5 are the iPhone 5s, […]
