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The all-electric Polo is confirmed as VW revives classic names for EVs

“We’re taking our well-known names into the future – the ID.Polo is just the beginning,” says Volkswagen boss

The Independent UK

Smart Is Bringing Back Its Tiny City Car As An EV

The Smart #2 will be about the same size as the old Fortwo and is coming to China and Europe in 2026.

InsideEVs

Smart is bringing back the Fortwo

Launching next year, the Smart #2 will be a “reinvention” of the original tiny city car

The Independent UK

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Here's Your First Official Look at the Smart ForTwo Successor

Update: Smart has released the first teaser images featuring the #2, its all-new successor to the ForTwo city car. The dinky hatchback is undergoing track testing in China ahead of next year's launch.

Motor1

Why Smart Devices Are No Longer Welcome in Some Senior Facilities

Smart devices were once hailed as game-changers for senior living—tools that could keep residents safe, connected, and more independent. Voice assistants like Alexa, smartwatches with...

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The Auto Manufacturer That Used Child Labor and Tried to Cover It Up

In the heart of Alabama, a shocking labor scandal unfolded that exposed how one of the world’s largest automakers operated. Apparently, Hyundai Motor Company allowed children as young as 12 to work in dangerous factory conditions. Along with its suppliers, Hyundai became embroiled in a child labor controversy that revealed…

Clever Dude

‘The moon came into view and I searched for the perfect place to stand’: Eric Kogan’s best phone photo

The Brooklyn-based photographer on a chance encounter

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The New Galaxy A7 Isn't a Smartphone. It's a Sedan With Insane Range

We rarely cover cars sold exclusively in China, but we’re willing to make an exception on occasion if there’s a compelling reason. Geely’s latest product meets the criteria with its unusual name, impressive driving range, and the simple fact that it’s not another SUV. Roughly the same size as a…

Motor1

Smart #5 review: Tech-laden family SUV is big, clever and comfortable

The dinky city car is dead for Smart – the Smart #5 is an enormous, high-tech, comfortable, high-quality, fast-charging, family SUV

The Independent UK

Lynk & Co Z20: A Better Volvo EX30 That's Ready To Take On Europe

It's fun to drive foreign-market cars. But I'd be lying if I weren't just a little bit tired of driving yet another cool car made in China that so far, has a slim-to-zero chance of ever ending up in my driveway. The Lynk Co Z20 is one such car. But…

InsideEVs

I tried the Dreo PolyFan and found it’s packed with smart features like the big brands but costs a lot less - here’s why I love this standing pedestal fan

Dreo's PolyFan fan ticks all the boxes for customisation, design and performance, and puts the wind right up the high-end premium brands

Ideal Home

Smart #5 gets fast charging and 366 mile range to tackle Tesla Model Y

Beefy all-electric SUV is the biggest Smart to date with some of the most advanced tech

The Independent UK

Smart’s #5 EV Challenges Tesla With 400 KW Charging

This is the new Smart #5. No, it’s not the fifth model in the Chinese automaker’s portfolio, which makes things rather confusing. But it is the largest, so there’s that.

InsideEVs

“Kurt launched into that track and totally went off. In the middle of the song, he smashed his guitar to bits”: The making of the album that virtually invented a new genre, sold 30 million copies, and changed rock forever

One of the best-selling albums of all time, Nirvana's Nevermind re-shaped popular culture and guitar-based music almost overnight. This is how it was made

Guitar World

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The Rebooted Smart Car Brand Keeps Getting More Interesting

Everyone knows the Smart car. The sort of roller-skate-shaped microcar was a godsend to city-dwellers all over the world, and in many ways still is. But these days, Smart is half-owned by its original parent company, Mercedes-Benz, while the other half is owned by China's Geely Group. And as Geely…

AAP

Laws to rev up electric car race at starting line

Australia's automotive industry will look different in 2025 after a change in laws inspires a long list of electric and plug-in hybrid challengers.

InsideEVs

Nio Budget Brand Firefly Unveils First EV And It Looks Familiar

Nio has just revealed the first electric vehicle that it wants to sell under its Firefly budget brand, a hatchback that will retail for just over $20,000 in China. When it reaches Europe sometime in the first half of 2025, it will likely cost a lot more than that due…

Salon

Russian crypto op launders UK drug money

According to British authorities, drug gangs in the UK laundered money through a Russian crypto operation

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The National (Scotland)

Money launderer linked to multibillion-dollar network had £1m in Scottish notes

A man who was part of a multibillion-dollar money laundering network run by two Russian millionaires and used by UK drug dealers to hide criminal…

The Independent UK

Russian criminals and UK drug gangs caught in multi-billion pound money laundering scheme

Russian elites and UK drug gangs exchanged currency in a quid pro quo, illicit enterprise

The Guardian - UK

Global investigation exposes alleged billion-dollar Russian money-laundering network

UK and foreign law enforcement agencies say networks laundered cash and cryptocurrencies for organised crime gangs across the west

Evening Standard

'Cash for Crypto' gangs operating out of Russia smashed in global law enforcement crackdown

Ekaterina Zhdanova, dubbed the ‘Cash for Crypto Queen’, among targets of ‘most significant money laundering operation the NCA has ever undertaken’

The Independent UK

Multibillion-dollar money laundering system used by criminals and spies exposed

The secretive Russian network allowed UK drug dealers and foreign hackers to hide the source of their money earned through crime

TechRadar

The biggest reason to not buy a new car? Overbearing safety systems that make me never want to drive again

Overbearing safety systems are making me wish for fully autonomous vehicles to hurry up and go on sale.

TechRadar

Your air fryer might be spying on you, new report warns – and smart TVs are even hungrier for our data

Some air fryers are overstepping the mark when it comes to privacy and surveillance, according to a new consumer report.

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