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They price it in comparison to the competition here in Australia. As more Chinese EV brands enter the market here, I am hoping for prices…

MG was dead before it was resurrected. The Volvo brand is more valuable and the Volvo design is distinct. The one brand that I cannot make…

This may not be the prettiest car on the planet, but neither is the Tesla Model Y. Importantly, it is cheaper.

One of those devices that Apple sells as price anchor. A non-upgradable 256GB SSD will render this laptop unusable for anything but the…

I don’t watch TV, but I can spot a Sieg Heil salute when I see one. So yes, he is a bad person.

I wonder if they shouldn’t start negotiating with Eutelsat/OneWeb instead. At least, they have satellites in orbit and are operational.

They have optimised the antenna again. Now comes in a lovely swastika design.

I have decided to avoid American products as best as I can for the next four years.

Nintendo is an awful company. Like how they litigated against open source emulators of the Switch. They even went after the people who…

It will probably be sold out for the first few weeks, mostly due to scalpers buying up supply. But I doubt that we will see a protracted…

They have not published the SoC specs. But rumour has it that it will be using an Ampere-generation (ie. outdated) GPU using an 8nm (ie.…

Agree. I own one of these. Yes, they are extremely expensive and objectively overpriced. At the same time, using it over other hair dryers…

That one I haven’t seen. Only that they fattened Aloy up in the second game. Which is true.

Sadly, no deals for business class fares. Prices for seats at the pointy end of the plane have only ever trended upwards since the…

COVID should have taught travellers an important lesson: travel resellers can go bust and invalidate your pre-paid tickets when that…

Hogwarts Legacy is great fan service for Harry Potter readers. But do yourself a favour and buy the game for a more capable console than…

I hugely regret buying this. The hardware is solid, but they have not many good games. Mostly shovelware.

This is nonsense. If you go for the RWD version, then you’ll get an LFP battery that lasts you forever.

If the updated model 3 is any indication then they will make it worse in some aspects (missing indicator stalks).

The RWD version is ideally suited for Australia. It can sustain many more charging cycles and is ideally suited for warmer climates.

Agree. I still played the story to its conclusion. And it was not terrible. Generally delving into the history of magic is a worthwhile…

Great fan service for the Harry Potter generation. Hogwarts and surrounding areas are fantastically realised in great detail. It is a lot…

But then you need a second car when you otherwise might do with one. Do yourself a favour and buy an EV with a decent range, fast charging…

Hats off to whoever posted this for mentioning all the shortcomings of the leaf. Basically, this is still a first-generation EV with a…

Still too expensive. A car company valued like a software stock. Makes no sense to me. And that’s not even factoring in their small range…

Exactly. I wonder how much it has saved them to do away with the indicator stalks. This and the fact that they eliminated the gauge cluster…

Because there are so many. Toyota cars are typically great quality. At least the bodywork panels tend to align.

Teslas as basically MAGA hats on wheels these days. I applaud them for kicking off the EV mass adoption. Sadly, their megalomaniac CEO lost…

As a comparable ICE car, a Toyota Camry costs from $39,000 (QLD). Comes with a proper dashboard and indicator stalks. Spectacular range and…

I welcome any trick that will prevent us from paying the “Australia tax”. But I suspect they’ll eventually crack down on this if…