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Electric powertrain developer and manufacturer of one of the most insane hypercars in the world, Rimac, have teased a successor to the already bonkers Concept One. The Concept One is the electric hypercar that Rimac currently produce, albeit in very limited numbers, and has already proven to be the best in its class by destroying almost everything else - including the likes of the Porsche 918 in a straight line drag race. The new hypercar will be more powerful and according to official Rimac communication, 'a true game changer'. Rimac also provides the powertrain for the likes of Koenigsegg and Aston Martin for their respective electric hypercars.

The molecules in this alloy do not adopt the new shape, but rather retains the wheel shape and the mesh moves right back to its original form. NASA hasn't mentioned any cost but we assume it's a monstrous amount and one that we'll probably never know.

Jeep India have issued a major recall of the popular Jeep Compass over safety issues. The recall is due to the passenger front airbag in the Jeep Compass being affected by what Jeep has termed 'loose fasteners' that can affect the correct working of the airbag in case of a collision. In a statement put out earlier today, Jeep has said that the recall is expected to affect just a small number (about 1%) of the popular SUV globally. In India, Jeep has so far delivered over 1200 Compass SUVs and all of these will be recalled and checked by the dealer.

Scientists have designed a device that can use solar energy to inexpensively and efficiently create and store energy, which could be used to power electronic devices, and to create hydrogen fuel for eco-friendly cars. The device could make hydrogen cars affordable because it produces hydrogen using nickel, iron and cobalt - elements that are much more abundant and less expensive than the platinum.

Scientists from Apple Inc have finally disclosed the research on self-driving cars, using fewer sensors. This is is possibly the first time that boffins at Apple have revealed its research on a public domain.

It's finally here, Tesla's biggest electric offering yet, the all-electric semi truck has been unveiled and quite aptly called 'Tesla Semi. The newest hauler is a mid-size transport vehicle and gets all the bells and whistles you would expect from a semi-truck, while packing in the autonomous driving technology too.

The Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC) have continued their collaboration with UK Autodrive and started testing a Tata Hexa on the streets of Coventry. UK Autodrive is a consortia launched a few years ago bringing together automotive companies and the British Government in order to develop and test autonomous and self driving cars (and technology) in the United Kingdom. The autonomous testing on public roads, which includes the Tata Hexa is the first of its kind in the UK and also includes cars like a new Ford Mondeo and the Range Rover Sport.Apart from being a part of the UK Autodrive project, Tata Motors and Land Rover have also started doing independent tests on UK roads albeit with trained drivers in the car at all times in case something goes wrong.

A prototype Lamborghini Aventador with styling influenced from the Lamborghini Huracan Performante has been spied recently. Although Lamborghini launched the Aventador S recently with the likes of upgraded brakes, rear wheel steering and even more power, this new V12 powered beast seems to have gone in the direction of extreme aero as compared to more power. The hardcore Aventador will also possibly be the last iteration of the supercar with a new V12 Lambo expected to make a debut in the next couple of years. Although the last iteration of all Lamborghini V12s have always been called the SV, this time around, the Italian automaker might use a new nomenclature as they have already used the SV moniker earlier as the last version of the pre-facelift version.