Koenigsegg’s most radical hypercar ever, which the company unveiled just a few weeks ago, has already set a record. During this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, the Sadair’s Spear became the fastest road-legal production car to conquer the famous hillclimb. It completed the course in just 47.14 seconds, beating the previous record holder, the Czinger 21C, by 1.68 seconds. The …
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Researchers in Japan say they have set a new world record for the fastest internet speed, transmitting over 125,000 gigabytes of data per second over 1,120 miles (1,802 kilometers). That’s about 4 million times the average internet speed in the U.S. and would allow you to download the entire Internet Archive in less than four minutes, according to some rough …
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Narong Khueankaew/Getty Images Tire speed ratings basically tell you how fast you can go before your tires turn into shrapnel. Your everyday grocery-getters can get away with, say, inexpensive S-rated tires that will hold together up to 112 mph, a speed manufacturers determine by spinning said tire in a machine that simulates road …
Read More »The Need for Speed franchise could be making its last laps — at least for the time being. Matthew Everingham, a photographer who frequently contributed to car culture website Speedhunters, said in social media posts that Electronic Arts has “shelved Need for Speed” and is “quietly parking” the series. Speedhunters, which was funded by EA and was last updated in …
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EA-backed car culture site, Speedhunters, says it’s winding down operations after the publisher allegedly decided to “shelve” its Need for Speed series. That’s according to photojournalist and longtime contributor Matthew Everingham, who posted on Instagram that the site was “on ice”, some 17 years after it was founded. “Speedhunters is on ice. EA shelved Need For Speed, and that means …
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