Koenigsegg’s One:1 hypercar is a staggering vehicle keeping the lunacy and mythical nature of super cars alive. Without resorting to hybrid systems, like today’s supposedly top-tier hypercars, the One:1 has a remarkable, turbocharged 5.0-liter V8 that produces 1,341 horsepower, which is the equivalent of one entire Megawatt of energy. You can imagine then, that this amazing vehicle should annihilate a race track … and you’d be right.
Filmed at the Suzuka Circuit, Koenigsegg took the One:1 for some hot laps around the famous raceway. The result was that the megacar set an unofficial lap time of 2:17.57, which beats the standing official record time for a production car, 2:18.36, set by the Nissan GT-R.
Factory driver Robert Serwanski is the man behind the wheel of the One:1, taking the hypercar around Suzuka on its runs during a half-hour time slot. This wasn’t a competitive event nor was it a legit attempt at smashing a record; it just sort of happened.
“… We were not at the limit today. The confidence to be at the limit requires a lot more knowledge of the intricacies of the track and that only comes with hours and hours of time on the tarmac,” Serwanski said. The driver hadn’t spent much time on the track before and felt that, with more practice, and after having the car’s set-up more optimized for the course, the car could’ve gone even faster.
Pretty nice to know that a car with a theoretical top speed of 280 mph can casually break a lap record just by turning up and kicking around for a half hour. We’re willing to bet that if Koenigsegg really wanted to, it could do a world tour of the world’s tracks, leaving a trail of broken records in its wake. Luckily for the supercar makers of the world, it’s just fine being the supercar unicorn.
BYD has launched the third-generation Qin Plus DM-i in China, and the first thing that caught my eye is its price. According to CarNewsChina, the plug-in hybrid sedan starts at 79,900 yuan, which is about $11,980. That’s an incredibly low price for a brand-new car, especially by US standards.
What’s even more impressive is the range. The Qin Plus DM-i can drive up to 137 miles on electricity alone, which should cover most people’s daily commutes without using a drop of gas. Once the battery runs out, the 1.5-liter engine takes over. Thanks to its 17-gallon tank and roughly 91 mpg with a drained battery, the combined range reaches up to 1,423 miles.
Apple won the PC market’s worst quarter, but that’s not the entire story. It won the race by stumbling less than everyone else.
PC makers shipped just 57 million computers worldwide in Q3, which might look good, but it’s a 21% year-over-year plunge (via Counterpoint Research). And despite Apple’s Mac shipments falling by 11%, to 5.6 million, its market share rose from 8.7% to 9.8%. How did that happen?
Update (October 22 23:54 PT): In response to our query, GM clarified that offline recording support is already available on eligible vehicles. Like Tesla's Sentry Mode, it requires owners to connect a USB drive to save incident recordings, which can be viewed on the vehicle's infotainment screen. The upcoming Connected Cameras feature will build on this by giving owners remote access to these recordings via the revamped OnStar app, allowing them to check footage without walking out to their car.
General Motors has announced plans to add a new Connected Cameras feature to its OnStar service starting next year, giving drivers a way to monitor parked vehicles remotely and capture footage of certain incidents.