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New ‘Earth at Night in Color’ show launches on Apple TV+

A new documentary series is now out on Apple TV+ which looks at the world of nocturnal animals. This is Apple’s second docuseries focused on animals and the earth, in October Tiny World narrated by Paul Rudd had a close look at the small animals in our world and this new series is narrated by Tom Hiddleston. Earth at Night in Color is a six part series and Apple dropped all the episodes […]

First all electric car charging forecourt in the UK opened today

The UK’s first all-electric car charging forecourt has opened today in Essex with capacity for up to 36 cars at a time – all powered by solar. The forecourt is just outside Braintree, Essex and comes from Gridserve, a company which specialises in solutions for electric vehicles and alternative energy. The project has been on the go since March and officially opened this morning. In terms of the energy source, […]

Weekends with A&T Tech – Best stories of the week

Another week has gone by and its time, once again to go over the best stories we covered here on A&T Tech. Honda will stop selling combustion only cars in Europe in 2022 Following on from the UK Government announcement to ban the sale of combustion only cars by 2030, Honda announced that it would on its own stop selling combustion only cars in Europe by 2022. Read more Volkswagen is […]

Family Sharing for App Store subscriptions is now available

Apple announced subscription sharing for Family Sharing when iOS 14 was announced back in June and now starting this week, it is finally available meaning families can now share subscriptions for streaming services and more so long as the developer supports it. Under the App Store, then Subscriptions there is a new ‘Share New Subscriptions’ toggle which allows you to turn it on or off. However, it is down to […]

Volkswagen could launch a smaller all electric car in a few years

Volkswagen launched the ID.3 all electric here in Europe and the UK earlier this year and its the same outside space as a Golf, with the same wheelbase as a much larger Passat giving the car more room inside. Volkswagen is looking to expand the line up with a smaller car, probably called the ID.1 and it’ll be more Polo sized. Volkswagen has been dabbling with smaller electric cars for […]

‘Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special’ is now out on Apple TV+

Today, Mariah Carey’s new Christmas Special is now out on Apple TV+ which includes a host of special guests including Tiffany Haddish, Billy Eichner, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Snoop Dogg, Jermaine Dupri, Misty Copeland, and Mykal-Michelle Harris. A new Apple Music exclusive single called “Oh Santa” is out today too, up until 11th December when it’ll be available on other music streaming services. ✨ Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas ✨ is out […]

New VW Golf R on sale now, priced at £39,270

Volkswagen announced the all new Golf R last month and this week, the prices have been announced and it is on sale too, starting at £39,270. For the full breakdown on the new Golf R, click here In short, the new Golf R has more power at 316bhp, 310lb ft torque from the 2.0-litre engine and four wheel drive like all Golf R models. 0-60 is handled in 4.7 seconds, quicker […]

New VW Golf GTI Clubsport on sale, with 296bhp

This week, Volkswagen has put the new Golf 8 GTI Clubsport on sale and its priced at £37,215, comes with 296bhp, larger brakes and much more. The new car is based on the brand new Golf 8 GTI, which was only launched a few months ago. The Clubsport version is £4,000 more than the standard GTI and it offers more power, going from 242bhp to 296bhp, as well as ore […]

Volkswagen is going to stop taking part in motorsport

Volkswagen has announced that it is not going to be taking part in any more motorsport going forward, including touring car racing, rally as well as the new ID R all electric race car. The company wants to start “pooling its strengths” to push its electric car business forward. Volkswagen only started the ID R project in the last few years and has had a success with it at Pikes […]

Honda will stop selling combustion only cars in Europe in 2022

A few weeks ago, the UK Government brought forward the cut off date for the sale of brand new combustion only based cars from 2040 to 2030, with 2035 for hybrids and Honda has responded to say that in Europe at least, it’ll stop selling cars that are only powered by an ICE engine in 2022. This means that after 2022 the new cars that the company sells will either […]