Chances are you don’t know much about Xiaomi (pronounced “Show Me”), a mobile phone company based in China. Born in 2011, the company became one of the world’s biggest phone makers in just
Read MoreMy neighbour is lousy with electric vehicles: Teslas, Bolts, Volts, Polestars, Ioniqs, various BMWs, and at least one Ford F-150 Lightning and a tiny Gio. Fantastic. The problem is that when I’m out
Read MoreThe North American radio industry has been swimming against the tide recently as more and more auto manufacturers say they’re dropping AM radio from their cars, mostly electric vehicles. They cite the technological
Read More[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] Ever since the Galvin brothers introduced the first car radio — the Motorola — back in 1930, we’ve enjoyed all sorts of audio while
Read MoreWhen I last went shopping for a car, a major requirement was that the infotainment system work with Apple CarPlay. My last vehicle iPhone interface was so horrible that I vowed never to
Read MorePeople have been predicting the end of AM radio for decades. There’s no way to make it sound as good as FM. It’s subject to all sorts of electrical interference (lightning, power lines)
Read More[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] My neighbourhood is lousy with electric vehicles: all flavours of Teslas, scattered Volts and Bolts, a selection of Hyundais and KIAs, a couple of
Read MoreAlthough I love the concept of electric vehicles, they freak me out because they’re so silent. Outside of road and wind noise, they don’t make a sound. Or do they? Moritz Simon Geist,
Read MoreIf you don’t have enough to fret about, take a look at Satanist robots and vampire dolls. Got that? Then let’s try music news for January 25, 2021. Jon Schaffer, the guitarist from
Read MoreOutside of the crunch of tires, electric cars are completely silent. You can’t hear one coming, which means it’s a serious safety problem for pedestrians. Manufacturers know that they need to have these
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