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The 2020 Honda Grom is an inexpensive, compact, fuel-efficient commuter with shrunken sport bike flair. You probably wouldn’t want this as your only motorcycle, but as an around-town bop it’s hard to beat.
Tesla’s Big Money Problem Is Killing The Planet
The dark side to Bitcoin.
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Tesla’s success has been something out of a fairy tale. Not only has the American electric vehicle and clean energy company completely revolutionised the modern auto industry but it’s done much to popularise renewables and technology among a whole generation of consumers. Tesla’s made science cool again – whilst also making a lot of money for its founder, maverick tech visionary Elon Musk.
Indeed, Tesla just reported its seventh consecutive quarter of profits, despite a number of high-profile crashes caused by their autonomous driving software giving them grief in the press. The last twelve months have seen Tesla stock absolutely skyrocket, climbing from a 5-year average of around 50 USD up to 2019 to a whopping 880 USD at the start of 2021.
Leave it to Porsche to even think about offering a long-roof model of its electric sport sedan. For decades Porsche has been taking risks by offering form factors that other companies must believe to be be too difficult to engineer, produce, or market. How many wagons are left on the market? Five? Add one more to that list, and it’s a damn fine addition.
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Full Disclosure: Porsche invited me to sunny Los Angeles to test drive its newest Taycan variant, the one with a long roof. I paid for my travel, driving my own car rather than flying, and I paid for my own hotel stay. Porsche provided me with a car and a fully charged up battery pack for about 7 hours to do whatever I wanted to do.)
There may not be a more important motorcycle in Harley-Davidson’s current lineup than the Pan America. If you want to play in the high-end adventure motorcycle space against hot tickets like BMW, Ducati and KTM, you’ve really got to bring the heat. Harley stepped up to the plate to build its first adventure touring bike and has fired a shot right across the bow of the big Euros. This is a firefight you’ll want to watch intently.
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Full Disclosure: Harley-Davidson invited me to warm Mojave, California, to ride its new Pan America motorcycle. I paid for my travel, driving my own car rather than flying. Harley provided a day of off-road riding school with RawHyde, plus some great food and two nights of sleeping quarters in a shipping container in the desert. That doesn’t sound half as cool as it was, I promise.)