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 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.
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.
Reliable tipster Ice Universe shared on X that Samsung’s mobile division has begun developing a phone whose display can roll outward and upward, shifting its proportions from a 16:9 ratio when retracted to a 21:9 ratio when fully extended. The panel would slide out from the body along side rails rather than fold open on a hinge, and the same post indicates the screen can stop at intermediate lengths instead of always traveling the full distance. Concept images accompanying the claim show a relatively short device in its closed state that becomes noticeably taller once the upper section has moved outward.
Polestar unveiled the Formula 2030 concept this week as a concrete statement of where its design heads through the rest of the decade. The compact four-door sports car measures 4,680 millimeters long, 2,021 millimeters wide and just 1,350 millimeters tall on a 2,780 millimeter wheelbase, placing it lower than the Polestar 5 and dimensionally between the next Polestar 2 due in 2027 and the Polestar 7 planned for 2028.