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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

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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…

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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.

AAP

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…

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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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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 National (Scotland)

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 Independent 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

The Guardian - UK

'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’

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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.

TechRadar

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SMART Modular Technologies readies the T6EN series of hardware-level Self-Encryption SSDs with a conformal coating — SSDs made for aerospace, defense, and other industrial applications

California-based integrated memory and storage maker Smart Modular Technologies is introducing its T6EN SSDs for aerospace, defense, and industrial purposes.

Barchart

SmartFinancial Hits 52-Week High. Is It a Smart Small-Cap Buy?

Tennessee-based bank holding company SmartFinancial hit its fourth 52-week high of the past year on Tuesday. Up 66% since its 52-week low of $19 in mid-April, small-cap investors might want to look at the lender’s stock despite the gains.

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Volvo’s ultra-efficient EX30 compact EV gets its first real competition, the new Smart #3

We experience the highly rated Volvo EX30 and Smart’s most recent foray into pure electric cars, the #3. Which is the best executed small SUV?

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Smart Grows Up With New Midsize Electric Crossover

At 185 inches long, the Smart #5 has a very similar footprint to a Tesla Model Y and it's entering a very crowded segment of the car market.

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Smart Mulls Electric Fortwo Replacement But Won’t Make It Alone

The Fortwo, which was only available as an EV in recent years, is being discontinued this year, but Smart is looking at ways to make a new generation happen.

InsideEVs

Porsche Confirms Plan To Take Some Combustion Cars Fully Electric

The German performance brand won't reverse course on EVs. Plus, the Geely brands get hit hard by new anti-China tariffs.

InsideEVs

Zeekr X: The $28,000 Luxury Electric Car You'd Rather Be Driving

The Zeekr’s littlest crossover may be a mechanical twin to the Volvo EX30, but they’re nothing alike.

TechRadar

This new temperature-regulating, snore-detecting mattress cover definitely wasn’t on my 2024 bingo card

Two years after launching the Pod 3 smart mattress cover, Eight Sleep are back with new Pod 4 and Pod 4 Ultra models

InsideEVs

Smart Concept #5 Previews Brand’s First Midsize Electric SUV

The #5 is huge for a Smart—the biggest vehicle to ever wear the badge—and features a battery pack with over 100 kilowatt-hours of capacity.

Motor1

The Biggest Smart Ever Is an Adorable Off-Roader

The mid-size SUV is a far cry from the dinky ForTwo.

InsideEVs

Mercedes-Benz Electric Car Sales Weakened In Q1 2024

In Q1, all-electric car sales of Mercedes-Benz and Smart (an electric-only brand) amounted to roughly 47,500 (down 8% year-over-year).

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