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Chinese van maker Farizon has expanded its UK line-up with the electric V7E, having arrived here in early 2025 with the larger SV. The V7E will go up again the new Ford Transit City as a stripped-back, narrow, urban-friendly van priced from £29,000 (excluding VAT). Sales will begin this month. The front-wheel-drive V7E is offered with either a 50kWh or 67kWh battery, delivering up to 204 miles of WLTP combined range. It can take a payload of up to 1338kg. Positioned as a more value-focused proposition than the SV, the V7E looks set to play an important role for Farizon in the retail market as it…
In many ways, we’ve seen what’s inside the new BMW 2 Series Coupe before. BMW’s ‘layered’ dash architecture has been carried over from the 1 Series and therefore makes the car feel every inch a downscaled 3 Series. The 2017 facelift also saw the interior given a mid-life refresh with a new instrument cluster, new air vents, touches of chrome and better driver’s ergonomic with the headline act an updated version of the iDrive infotainment system complete with a refreshed design, sat nav and a touchscreen display.Downsizing owners of the latter will, therefore, find themselves right at home, if a little…
Hyundai spent large and leveraged the contacts of its former BMW M division executive to the full to produce extensive chassis, suspension, powertrain and steering overhauls for this i30, so it’s no major shock to discover that there must have been little budget left for a performance makeover inside.The i30 N’s cabin, like that of the regular Hyundai i30, is constructed out of too many monotone plastics to be particularly inviting or exciting.The car’s baseline standard on perceived quality is reasonable but there are places where wobbly mouldings and shiny finishes should be improved upon. More conspicuous, though, is the…
For over a decade, enterprise technology strategy has focused on scale, efficiency and cost optimisation. That model is now under strain.Across the Middle East, CIOs are confronting a new reality as geopolitical uncertainty, regulatory tightening, and deep digital dependencies expose structural risks in technology design and operation. The question is no longer how efficiently systems run, but whether they can continue to run amid disruption.Recent cloud outages and stricter regulations around data and artificial intelligence (AI) across the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have brought this into sharp focus. For organisations managing critical infrastructure, resilience is…
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Once on the boil it feels faster than that, though, with a swell of turbocharged torque from around 2000rpm which provokes a degree of torque steer, especially in the wet or on uneven roads. It can be destabilising, but some will find this characteristic charming and reminiscent of the 1980s’ hot hatch greats. Short-shifting the excellent manual ‘box is to be savoured, too. The occasionally unruly front axle and aggressive geometry exposed another chink in the i30 N’s armour: its electrically assisted steering, which doesn’t have the feedback of something like the Civic Type R would. Push to the limit…
From impressive real-world range to built-in karaoke – here is everything we learned Since the brand arrived in the UK in 2023 with the Atto 3, BYD has enjoyed exponential growth. It sold more cars here in the first quarter of 2025 than in the whole of last year. In September it sold 11,271 cars in the UK, which was more than Renault and essentially matching Peugeot and Skoda – and made this the company’s largest market outside China. BYD has named many of its cars after marine life, including the Seal saloon and the Seal 6 estate, plus the…
image: envato/DragonImages The European Commission is likely to classify ChatGPT as a ‘Very Large Online Search Engine’ under the Digital Services Act (DSA), subjecting the developer, OpenAI, to more stringent compliance requirements. According to the German daily Handelsblatt, which cites unnamed sources within the EC, the classification of ChatGPT will take place in the next few days. The DSA mandates applying the designation of Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE) or Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) to digital services that reach over 45 million active monthly users in the EU, with providers obliged to update user figures every six months.…
Image: Apple Apple’s biggest reveal this year is not a device. It’s the man taking Tim Cook’s seat. The tech giant announced on April 20 that Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO and will become executive chairman on Sept. 1, 2026. John Ternus, the company’s senior vice president of Hardware Engineering, is set to take over the top job. The announcement marks one of the most significant leadership transitions in Apple’s modern history. “It has been the greatest privilege of my life to be the CEO of Apple and to have been trusted to lead such an extraordinary company,”…
On this Monday afternoon, I’d love to ask: what has made you smile lately, or hold your hand against your heart? Here are six lovely things I’ve seen online or IRL, and please share yours in the comments… You can hold baby lambs in Dingle, Ireland! This brilliant hiding spot during Hide and Seek this weekend… …and also this one, hahaha. Noticing textures in your kitchen. There are beautiful things everywhere if you pause to see them. These snapshots of my children when they were little. Oh my gosh, I’ve loved them so much at every age. The idea of…