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7 Awesome Google Drive Features You May Not Know About
Many people take Google Drive for granted. You store files there and go get them when you need them. But there’s more to Google Drive than meets the eye. Here are some of those useful features you may have missed.
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New Microsoft AI chip no threat to Nvidia, but growing LLM needs drive custom silicon
Microsoft’s drive for accessibility has ushered in a nifty trick for PC gamers in Windows 11
Vaping: Free e-cigarettes to be handed out in anti-smoking drive
NHS horror as patients forced to get the BUS or drive instead of wait for an ambulance
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor needs a huge amount of hard drive space
When Alice wrote about Star Wars Jedi: Survivor earlier this week, she explored an “almost prohibitively large map.” It turns out those embiggened maps have a knock-on effect: Survivor will require 155GB of hard drive space.
I took the Mazda CX-60 Exclusive for a drive – it’s smooth, goes like stink and proves diesel is not dead
MUSIC to the ears for lots of Sun readers: Diesel is NOT dead.
It’ll continue to fuel Mazda-shaped SUVs for many years yet.
While everyone else is sacking off diesel power faster than Premier League managers, Mazda continues to invest in it – and improve it.
So much so, the latest 3.3-litre diesel engine in this CX-60:
- Is cleaner than many petrols
- Emits NOx at just one-third of the compliance level for the forthcoming Euro 7 regulations
- Nudges 600 miles to a tank
Anyone who tows anything, or travels big miles every week to earn a crust, needs a fuel-efficient diesel. Simple as.
Electric cars don’t go much farther than your own postcode. Petrol SUVs are ultra-thirsty.
Whereas we averaged 48mpg in the CX-60 diesel and we weren’t even trying to be good.
Also, it goes like stink.
Mazda is all about “right-sizing”. Which means it believes higher capacity engines are better for fuel efficiency and performance than smaller engines, because they are less stressed.
I agree.
This 3.3-litre six-cylinder with 48v mild hybrid tech is all the proof you need.
Smooth, strong, quiet, buckets of low-down torque, paired beautifully with an eight-speed auto. You won’t get embarrassed at the lights. Overtaking isn’t a problem.
Yet fuel consumption is better than the smaller 2.2-litre diesel in the CX-5. You could do London to Inverness in one go.
Our test car was 254hp with full-time 4WD, grip galore, and a special Towing mode. It’ll pull 2.5 tonnes. Mazda will also sell you a 200hp rear-drive version that’ll do up to 56mpg and costs a bit less.
Tip. Whichever engine you choose, go for the smaller 18in wheels over the flashier 20in wheels as they ride a little better.
Also, stick with the base Exclusive-Line trim, which has head-up display, 12in central screen, heated steering wheel and front seats.
All you need.
You don’t need maple wood and white Nappa leather in the poshest Takumi trim at £50k, as lovely as it is.
Got a big family? The seven-seat CX-80, coming soon, will use the same fantastic diesel engines.
KEY FACTS: MAZDA CX-60 AWD EXCLUSIVE-LINE
- Price: £45,630
- Engine: 3.3-litre 6cyl diesel hybrid
- Power: 254hp, 550Nm
- 0-62mph: 7.4 secs
- Top speed: 136mph
- Economy: 53mpg
- CO2: 137g/km
- Out: Now
Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV first drive review: ’90s look, cutting-edge tech
Mercedes EQE SUV first drive: Big luxury in a smaller SUV
Mercedes has a very clear plan. Its EQ lineup will continue to grow as it works towards parity with its gas vehicles, and the automaker will eventually transform its consumer cars to those running on electrons. The latest part of that scheme is the EQE SUV, the larger, taller version of the EQE sedan. Both are eco-friendly cousins to the E-Class and both bring what we like (and don’t like) about the EQS to a broader audience.
Starting at $77,900, the EQE SUV won’t wow you if you’ve been behind the wheel of literally any other Mercedes EV. Instead, the mid-seized luxury EV is a piece of a larger puzzle. That’s not to say that the vehicle doesn’t deliver on the Mercedes-Benz promise of a luxury vehicle. It does this without the buyer having to break the $100,000 mark for an electric SUV.
It has a comfortable cabin, smooth ride, tight but agreeable steering and of course the MBUX infotainment system with in-car voice control that actually works. All three trim levels have ranges above 250 miles and rear-wheel steering is an option that’s definitely worth the money. That said, we’re still not fans of the brakes and to us, the Hyperscreen still feels like a lot of hype although we were able to watch a movie while riding shotgun through Portugal on the passenger screen. For more insight into our first drive of the 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV, check out the video below.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/mercedes-eqe-suv-first-drive-big-luxury-in-a-smaller-suv-220134605.html?src=rss