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Motorola Built a Secret Electric Corvette Long Before Anyone Else Did

By Bill Smith November 12, 2026

Photo credit: Corvette Forum
A red 1987 Chevrolet Corvette convertible sits in a warehouse in northern Illinois for years, looking like any other C4 from the outside. Then someone opens the hood. Silver boxes marked high voltage fill the space where a V8 once lived. A Motorola Automotive logo sits right on top of one. Stacks of internal documents, wiring diagrams, and hand-drawn schematics come with it. This is no kit car. It is a fully engineered electric prototype built in secret by a small team at Motorola in 1993.

AeroKoi Modular 3D Printed Train Whistles Make Custom Steam Sounds From Plastic and Air

By Jackson Chung November 11, 2026

Steam locomotives once announced themselves with layered chords that carried farther than any diesel horn ever managed. AeroKoi spent months reverse-engineering that exact resonance in plastic, and the newest version shrinks the entire instrument to three inches across so a standard shop compressor can actually keep up. Earlier four-inch Santa Fe and Northern Pacific replicas demanded so much air that only a large tank could sustain more than a quick blast; this smaller modular design lowers that appetite while adding the ability to reshape the notes themselves.

BYD’s Yangwang U9 Xtreme Sets Production Car Speed Record At Nearly 313 Miles Per Hour

By Bill Smith November 11, 2026

Marc Basseng guided BYD’s Yangwang U9 Xtreme down a closed stretch of highway outside Abu Dhabi on November 1 and held the throttle long enough for the car to reach 503.17 kilometers per hour, or 312.65 miles per hour. That single pass made the limited-run electric hypercar the first production vehicle ever to clear the 500-kilometer-per-hour mark and earned it two Guinness World Records along with official recognition from the FIA.

Tesla Cybertruck RC Racer Hits Thirty Seven Miles Per Hour for $350

By Bill Smith November 11, 2026

Tesla has added the Cybertruck RC Racer to its shop for 350 dollars, giving fans a 1:10 scale remote controlled version of the angular truck. The model stretches 56.5 centimeters long, or about 22 inches, with a width of 25 centimeters and a height of 20.5 centimeters. Its polycarbonate body is built to resist impacts and comes with a quick release design that makes swapping or repairing panels straightforward after rough sessions.

Why DJI Osmo Action 4 Continues to Shine for Travelers and Content Creators in 2026

By Jackson Chung November 11, 2026

DJI’s Osmo Action 4 Essential Combo, priced at $189 (was $239), still earns a place in bags and on helmets because it handles the messy realities of real trips and real deadlines. At 145 grams it slips into a jacket pocket or daypack without turning into a burden, yet the 1/1.3-inch sensor and f/2.8 lens pull in enough light that evening street scenes, dim hotel rooms, and shaded forest trails stay usable instead of dissolving into grain. Travelers who move between bright beaches and late dinners appreciate that consistency, and the 18-meter waterproof rating means a sudden swim or heavy rain does not require hunting for a housing.