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Earlier this month, I finally achieved the elusive goal I had set for myself in Bungie’s Marathon. I collected six of the game’s rarest items, allowing me to attempt and then successfully clear the raid-style Compiler boss. I felt a massive weight lift off my shoulders — nearly 185 hours of playtime and I had managed to complete Marathon’s pinnacle activity. A day later, I took my first break from the game.I had been playing Marathon virtually every day since it launched in March, and I needed to put it down. Treating a Bungie game like it’s a grueling second…

Members of the public weren’t admitted, but had they ventured onto RMB Chivenor, a Royal Marines base on the Devon coast, one Sunday last April, they would have witnessed around 50 well-worn cars spanning a 1972 Ford Escort to a 2007 BMW 123d being driven hard around its runways, access roads and grassy outfields. All day, the motors – among them rarities such as a 1987 Volkswagen Golf GTI and a 1990 Toyota Corolla GTI, plus oddballs including a 1997 Proton Satria and a 2003 Ford Fusion – tore one after the other around the camp, occasionally braking violently to a…

This week, NASA shared more information about its planned moon base missions, Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad and the James Webb Space Telescope spotted a supermassive black hole that researchers say “may have formed within the first second after the big bang.” But first, we have updates on NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research plane and SpaceX’s Starship following last week’s test flight. Catch up here on this week’s science news. Key test flights approach for NASA’s quiet supersonic plane Over the last decade, NASA has been developing an aircraft that could one day reach supersonic speeds…

What The Problem Is And Which Vehicles Are Affected Stellantis The defect centers on the side airbag system’s deployment timing. In certain crash scenarios, the airbags may not fire immediately upon impact—a delay that can reduce or eliminate their protective effect during the fraction of a second that matters most in a side-impact collision. Jeep has not publicly detailed the precise root cause beyond the deployment timing failure, and no root cause beyond what the company has officially stated should be assumed. The affected vehicles are 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Grand Cherokee L models…

When Ted Ryan was first approached to become Ford’s heritage brand manager, he was intrigued but reluctant.The issue wasn’t that he doesn’t consider himself a car nut: his dad, who owns a historic Mustang and Lincoln, and best friend are, and both tried to convince Ryan that “there are great stories in cars”. But Ryan initially pushed back, telling them: “I’ve got Santa Claus and polar bears.”

Talking of obscenities, the Government last week admitted that it has considered scrapping the HS2 debacle. The project has already sucked tens of billions of pounds from our wallets, with the total bill expected to be well over £100 billion. There will be no trains until 2036 at least. Tickets will be prohibitively expensive. HS2 is Britain at its worst.  Driverless vehicles are largely unwanted – not least because they’ll make millions of taxi, van, truck and other drivers redundant, and Britain will rob itself of the income and other taxes they paid before being forced to claim state benefits.…

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla’s alarming Robotaxi numbers, Ferrari’s controversial Luce, Waymo Ojai, and more. Today’s episode is sponsored by GM Energy. If you want to experience more resilience and control over your home energy, the GM Energy Home System adds stationary battery power for always-ready backup energy for your home, and the GM Energy PowerBank takes in energy from the grid and stores it for when you need it most. Learn more at gmenergy.gm.com The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m.…

Ram, SRT, Jeep, and the rest of the North American brands got most of the attention at the Stellantis intestor day presentations last week, but that won’t leave its other brands in the cold. The automaker confirmed that Alfa Romeo would remain as one of its strong regional brands. Now we know there are new models coming as well as next-generation versions of its existing Giulia sedan and Stelvio SUV. It’s also been confirmed that both will offer both gas and electric power. Base Trim Engine 2L I4 ICE Base Trim Transmission 8-speed automatic Base Trim Drivetrain All-Wheel Drive Base…

The harsh, unforgiving deserts of the Middle East are no place for hesitation. If you want your off-road SUV to crest that tall sandy ridge ahead, you must trust its performance and keep your foot planted firmly on the throttle. Many desert residents who face that challenge every day rely on powerful, enduring engines where durability is the name of the game, and often in some of the harshest conditions on Earth. And for many of those residents, their answer came in the form of a potent Japanese six-cylinder engine that somehow dealt with the heat, the load, and all…

From Kia Forte to Dodge Durango, people buy the cars they buy for a multitude of different reasons. If a luxurious and upscale interior is high on your used-car wish list, you’re in the right place. If you’ve got around $30,000 to spend on a second-hand car or SUV, read on for a closer look at an array of options to help kick off your search. We’ve chosen the models below based on their high ratings for interior style and tech, as well as their widespread availability for around $30,000 in the used market today. 2021 Genesis G80 Selected Specifications…