• New Year Special – Koenigsegg Agera on Indian roads!

    Automotive News
    Koenigsegg Agera India

    Our new friends at THE ESTD, distributors of exotic brands such as Koenigsegg, Ariel and Gumpert in India, have shipped us a selection of images of the mid-engined Agera supercar finding its way carefully through some rough patches of Indian road. The word Agera in Swedish means “to act.”

    The Agera, made using lightweight materials such as carbon fiber, is priced at a cool 12.5 crore rupees (ex-showroom Delhi) and is easily the best alternative to the Bugatti Veyron available in ..read more Read More...

  • Chevy Volt is paid for and fueled by solar power

    Automotive News
    Chevrolet Volt

    Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Chevrolet

    This story should be enough to – at the very least – give Chevrolet Volt detractors pause: a solar-powered home that pays its owner delicious double dividends.

    An Orlando, FL man used the cash from selling solar-panel-generated electricity back to the grid as a down payment for his Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-in vehicle and he’s using the power from the panels to fuel the sedan, the Orlando Sentinel reported.

    Bob Stonerock used the $5,600 he made during ..read more Read More...

  • Storyboard: The other gatekeepers

    Game News
    Was Sascha Baron Cohen a major NPC in Vampire? I think that sounds right.

    Filed under: Culture, Opinion, Roleplaying, Storyboard, Miscellaneous

    If there’s one thing that I’ve proven incapable of doing with tabletop gaming, it’s remembering the names of NPCs.

    Not the ones related to this week’s adventure, mind you; those I remember just fine. But throw out a big signature NPC and I suddenly find myself completely blank. It’s bad enough that the only character I can think of off the top of my head is Caine from Vampire: the Masquerade, who mostly occupies a ..read more Read More...

  • Verizon’s $2 convenience fee inconveniences the FCC

    Tech News

    Just like hard working humans, giant companies like to get paid consistently and on time for services rendered. But Verizon’s method for motivating customers to pay up — in the form of a $2 convenience fee — isn’t sitting so well with consumers, or the FCC. A Federal Communications Commission official confirmed that the fee hasn’t gone unnoticed, saying “on behalf of American consumers, we’re concerned about Verizon’s actions and are looking into the matter.” The $2 “payment convenience fee” ..read more Read More...

  • Mitsubishi starts working on Outlander plug-in hybrid

    Automotive News
    Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid

    The Mitsubishi Outlander may not be a very successful SUV in India but globally sells in decent numbers. As a result, Mitsubishi has decided that it will soon convert the guzzler into a hybrid SUV by 2013. The Outlander will be one of 8 hybrid/EV products that will be launched by Mitsubishi by the end of 2016.

    A concept version of the Outlander Plug-in hybrid was showcased at the Tokyo Motor Show. Also known as Concept PX-MiEV, the car featured a ..read more Read More...