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Petrol Purists Aren’t OK With the New Age of Electric Supercars Bloomberg 3/4/2021 Hannah Elliott
(Bloomberg Businessweek) The Koenigsegg Gemera, which made its worldwide public debut last March, has a carbon fiber body every bit as visually stunning as its predecessor, the Koenigsegg Agera a vehicle that until January held the title of fastest production car ever. It also has an advanced version of the Agera’s dihedral doors that, when opened, give the impression of wings taking flight. Massive air vents and aerodynamic flourishes, meanwhile, make it look just as menacing.
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But there’s a radical difference between the two supercars that isn’t apparent until you pop the hood: Instead of the midmounted twin-turbocharged V-8 engine that is the roaring 960-horsepower heart of the Agera, the €1.5 million ($1.8 million) Gemera has a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-three engine plus three electric motors. The combination of combustion and
Oscar Peterson Honoured in New Heritage Minute
The Canadian is one of the most recorded and celebrated jazz musicians of all time
Published Feb 18, 2021
Years after being immortalized in downtown Ottawa, Canadian jazz legend Oscar Peterson has been honoured in a new Heritage Minute.
The 96th instalment in Historica Canada s long-running series of shorts briefly touches on Peterson s working class upbringing in Montreal, his introduction to music and how he would become one of the most recorded and celebrated jazz musicians of all time. Oscar Peterson s music is timeless, and so is his story, Historica Canada CEO and president Anthony Wilson-Smith said in a statement. From a childhood of poverty and battles against racial discrimination, he rose to become one of our most celebrated Canadians.