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China is eating the European car in front of our eyes. And Spain is serving as advanced

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China is flooding Europe with their cars. Electric, hybrid or combustion (one of the Weapons that Chinese companies have To skip them Tariffs imposed by the European Union), China’s arrival cars are making its way to elbow in the main European markets. But there are three in which the penetration is spectacular, so much that of the total of Chinese vehicles enrolled in Europe this year, three countries receive 70% of those registrations. They are the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy, and China knows that it must continue to tighten. Evolution. The Schmidt Automotive Research analysts has published a graph in which we can see the evolution of the car registration Chinese in those three markets. For 2024, six out of ten Chinese cars enrolled in Europe did it in those three countries. United Kingdom and Italy have been hesitant at some times, but in Spain quarter after quarter have grown. During the first period of 2025, however, enrollments grew in the three countries, touching the percentage of 70% of all Chinese cars in Europe. Regarding the total market share, according to Dataforcehave gone from 2.5% in April 2014 to 4.1% in April of this year. British connection. The British case is curious for several reasons. The first because Chinese companies must Adapt your cars with the right steering wheelsomething unique throughout the European territory. The second is the most important: as the United Kingdom is not part of the European Union, it does not share the tariffs imposed on the Chinese car that have implemented the rest of the countries of the Union. This allows a more comfortable entry for manufacturers, but from Schmidt they also point out that the British market is, traditionally, less loyal to brands and, therefore, consumers are more open to new brands. This was already seen when they adopted virgin marks in the territory, such as Daewoo or Chevrolet, in the early 2000s. Spearheads. The proper names are the already known. Byd is betting strongly on expand its vehicle porpholio in our land and wants to become One of the largest fish on the market. MG was one of the best -selling brands and Xpeng He has just landed in the United Kingdom and He already did it in 2024 in Spain. The company plans to be present in 60 countries by the end of 2025 and wants to have a powerful network of dealers to strengthen its positioning. The Chery group with Momoda and Jaecoo are opening concessionaires, but there are More examples of Chinese companies They are establishing or looking for home to sell their vehicles. But, beware, also to manufacture them. Strategy. Because that expansion goes beyond bringing vehicles directly from China: it goes to manufacture them on European soil. For several reasons. One is Understand the European uservery different from Chinese in tastes and preferences. Another is better to dodge tariffs. Spain is an example of how Chinese companies are looking to settle. Cherywhat was made After a long soap opera With the Nissan factory in Barcelona, already manufactures the Ebro S800 on Spanish soil. And they are not just cars factories. Spain is playing for free In the case of tariffs because something as important is played as Iberian pig exports to the Asian giant, and the fruits of that approach to China is the arrival of Investments such as Catl in Aragon to electrify Stellantis vehicles. Perspective. That in only three countries there are almost 70% of the registrations of all cars that Chinese companies bring to Europe is an extremely relevant fact because it implies that they are the most interested markets and where they can receive the bulk of the strategy for the next months. It is no longer just that China has huge ships prepared to continue flooding with their cars those territories, but can lead to more strategic alliances and a search for a search for Premium positioning as lever for expansion among other user groups. Image | Xiaomi EV Factory In Xataka | Byd broke the barrier of 100,000 million dollars of income in 2024. It is an unknown milestone for Tesla

The owner of a Tesla Model and set out to come to Everest with his electric car. And he had a great idea called gasoline

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There is an obvious reason that continues to wear the sale of electric cars in Spain: the alleged lack of loaders. In Xataka We have already tried that it is not so much a lack of loaders as a evident invisibility of them and one lack of trust in your reliabilitywhich causes doubts that they have thought or might think of making the leap. On our trip From Berlin to Madrid aboard a Tesla Model 3 We verify that Europe is very nourished by chargers of all kinds, from rapids that allow recharging while you eat to the slow ones to use while you make night, passing through the ultra -graphs that on the service roads put the car in tune in a few minutes. But, as much as we want, we talk about Europe and not all places have the same facilities. You just have to look at the United States where recharge network It is much more scarce and unreliable than in our continent, which is delaying the adoption of technology. So, can we travel anywhere in the world with an electric car? Could we match the trip that this influencer is making for Carry your Fiat Marea to Japan from Spain? Could we, for example, go to Everest by electric car? Common sense tells us no. But it’s just that, common sense. A tesla, a generator and the roof of the world Common sense, beyond the manida phrase that it is the least common of the senses, is also fluctuating. What for some may seem an impossible mission, for others, simply, it is as easy as taking appropriate measures and adapting to each situation. That is why the owner of a Tesla Moder and did not see any problem in taking his car and putting Rumbo to Everest. If on the road I could find the electricity assortment, it was the least, it would manufacture it. As? Obviously, with an electric generator moved by gasoline. The story is told in Carnewschina where it is explained that the owner of the electric car created its own version of “extended autonomy.” To do this, he installed an 8 kW gasoline generator at the rear of the car. With him underway, he could fill the Tesla Model battery and a power similar to that of a domestic plug, specifically 3 kW. In the middle they point out that at that rate The Tesla recovered 19 kilometers Of autonomy every hour and that, full of the tank, the cargo of the car could be sustained for nine and a half hours. That is, at full capacity the generator could deliver about 180 kilometers of autonomy to the car during, for example, a plugged night. Only in this way has Lhatse County, Tibet region very close to Everest that is already 5,300 meters high. The adventure and its result can be seen in this video where the car owner tells his experience and shows how the system works. Although it is understood why this can be called Tesla Model and a “extended range” car or “extended autonomy”, we must bear in mind that it does not work as a vehicle that implements this technology to use. Simply use the electricity generator as a mobile plug that has to be fed by a fossil fuel. An extended rank electric car is one that is mostly used as an electric and takes advantage of gasoline in a very punctual way. This works, for example, a Mazda MX-30. In this case, it is the car itself that functions as an electricity generating station. The gasoline engine generates electricity that is sent to the battery and nourishes the electric motors that are the ones that move the car. When operating in a concrete regime of revolutions per minute, the gasoline engine always works in its most efficient range and, such as electric motors that move the wheels, although the combustion engine is in operation the touch of the car is still very similar to that of an electric. These types of cars are widely used in China because extended rank electric are considered New energy vehicles (NEV) and are classified at the same level as electric cars even though, in the background, it is plug -in hybrids and can emit CO2 and any other contaminating particle typical of a gasoline engine. In Spain, these cars also have zero dgt emissions sticker as electric since their autonomy is greater than 45 kilometers. But, in addition, they can receive the same aids as MOVES III PLAN that an electric car as long as they exceed 90 km of completely electric autonomy. Photo | @xiamo In Xataka | We have traveled 2,500 kilometers with an electric car and we have learned something: diesel is still the king

Everything blew in favor of Xiaomi with its first electric car. Until his clients began to see the qualities of SU7

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A hood that does not work and some bumpers that deform with heat. More than a year after launching Your first electric carmonths after knowing all the details of Your most provisional version And, confirmed, a few days after it is revealed Your next electric SUVXiaomi is faced with his first major media crisis in his journey in the car market. Until now, the Chinese company had achieved surprise To everyone. The production of its first electric car I barely gave to meet all the demand. So much so that the producing plant where their cars come out has become A tourist attraction. When we were still rubbing our eyes, the Xiaomi Su7 Ultraan electric car of stratospheric benefits that exceeded those of the Porsche Taycan more powerful and that was sold at a price much lower than the German model. But the honeymoon is over. A few days ago Lei Jun, CEO of the company, said it was facing one of the toughest moments at the business level and personnel that he remembered. In recent weeks, news that have were just a grain of sand have been accumulating. Today they have a small mountain to save. A hood and some pieces that deform When Lei Jun referred to the fact that one of his worst weeks had passed at the head of Xiaomi, he referred, among other things, to the death of three people aboard his car. It is not entirely clear but it seems that the car caught fire after crashing when it carried the activated driving assistance system. Although a fatal accident is a crisis that all companies have to pass They put a car on the street or a Autonomous Driving Systemin China an investigation immediately began to know what had happened. Shortly after, the company itself began to capo the Xiaomi Su7 Ultra. Maybe for Avoid risksan update reduced by more than 600 hp the maximum power of Deportivo Electrico and it was warned that to unlock it, a test should be passed in a circuit. The complaints were so sound that the company reculled and unlocks the car again. Days later Xiaomi faced a new fire. Now he had more than 400 demands on the table because some of the first owners of the Xiaomi Su7 Ultra complained that the Specific hood of more than $ 5,000in reality, it was worthless. Despite promising that it served to get the heat from the front zone, its structure was useless before this task and requested the refund of the value of the car. From Xiaomi they have rejected this option and proposed to deliver to the buyers the original hood and those who kept it They would receive 20,000 credits In the brand store. However, many of them have refused to do so, claiming that the products have 60 days of withdrawal and that they want them to return the car’s money. In Carnewschina They explain that the question of deceptive advertising demand is being a thorny issue in China. Beijing regulators have already failed in favor of the company, noting that they have not incur It should be double because they were deceived. It is known that the company has stopped the deliveries of the sports electric car and that those who had a reserve made have been asked to contact the company. If not, the order would be suspended. Likewise, they have moved to those who reserve the car that the waiting times are no longer the same with what they had so far. Capós that deform and an alleged defamatory campaign In the middle of all this strip and loosen between consumers and company, in the last days images have been viralized that talk about the supposed poor quality with which Xiaomi cars are auctioned. With different images, some owners are pointing out that one of The car’s hood pieces are poorly tight and that, even, it can bulge as a result of heat. Accompanied by images that you can see in Carnewschinasome Xiaomi cars owners point out that this piece is misaligned with the lighthouse and that it can deform. The reasons to which it points are diverse, from a piece of worst quality than the rest of the car to a bad assembly or deformations due to extreme heat. At the moment, the company has confirmed that it will repair all the necessary interventions and has stressed that the Xiaomi Su7 Ultra is not affected because, according to the company, they use better quality pieces. In fact, the company has transferred to the owners the recommendation to stop the car in extreme climate situations and not take refuge under a tree in case of strong storms. In addition, they have a claim for these phenomena from the application itself. However, from Xiaomi they believe that the flood of news that has arrived in a few weeks is not accidental. The technological giant points out that he is suffering an attack towards his image to reduce the impact of the launch of the Xiaomi Yu7, an electric SUV that they will present on May 22. As reportedthere are 10,000 accounts in social networks that work with bots to defame the company through rumors or false information. Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi, shared in his social networks the statement of the company’s legal team: “Internet is not a space without law. Xiaomi will decide legal measures to protect our legitimate rights against slander and malicious attacks.” Photo | Lei Jun on Twitter In Xataka | All cars depreciate immediately as soon as they leave the concessionaire. All but one: the Xiaomi Su7

Selling a second -hand electric car is a very bad idea. Unless your car is an xiaomi su7

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The second -hand electric car It is worth little money. Very little money really and much less than that of a combustion car. Something that makes sense if we take into account how technology progresses and the speed with which electric cars are outdated. This maelstrom in which the market lives has caused some rental companies to have lost a lot of money with the electric car. The case of Hertz and Tesla It is representative of how a brand can be a shelter value For a while and collapse in the second -hand market in a very short time if she herself decides to lower prices or competitors begin to launch important innovations. Xiaomi is living that moment Tesla. And, therefore, it is the company with the highest residual value in its vehicles. A value so high that it pales that of the rest of the manufacturers, including Europeans, and that has its reason for being in high demand and novelty. Xiaomi is living its moment Tesla The electric car market, although already giant in China, is still a relatively new market. That causes some distortions such as the one that Xiaomi is living or the one that Tesla herself has lived for years. To give some examples of the impact that some brands can have. Elon Musk’s company has gone so ahead of the competition that in Europe has come to have market quotas greater than 10% A few months ago, an extremely high figure considering that it competes with four cars and only two of them are available to the general public. That fever for getting a Tesla has left us curious photographs. So much that before a broken supplies chain, there would be who will pay a surcharity in front of a new car for getting a second -hand tesla in the semi -new market. Or that the tesla cybertruck was for months the car More than 100,000 euros best selling of the United States. But it has also shown us why these types of situations have occurred. The value of Tesla in the second -hand market fell when the supplies chain was balanced and the company itself began to Apply aggressive discounts to maintain its market share in the face of competitions. Also when The cybertruck bubble went unblog And the demand seemed satiated. They are two phenomena that explain why the Xiaomi Su7 is the Chinese electric car that loses the lower a year. In fact, according to the Chinese Chinese Automobile Association, retains 88.7% of its value after a year. It is a spectacular figure to which, among Western vehicles, only Tesla Model X (77.8%) and Model 3 (75.3%) can shade in China. With 71.2% value retention, the Tesla Model and sneaks among the 10 electric cars that retain the most value in China. Form, next to their brothers, the only Western electric cars that enter into this section. Behind Xiaomi, Li Auto occupies the second and third position with the M9 and the Mega. It is surprising that Not a single byd car between the list Of the electric cars that retain the most value a year but it makes sense if we serve the brands we find in the list. Xiaomi, Li Auto, Tesla and Smart (which sneaks as seventh) are brands considered premium in in the Asian country. But there is another component, any of those companies have a smaller production or offer than that of the Chinese giant byd. Who looks for a “affordable” tesla has two options and four in the total of its range. Li auto only has five options. Smart is growing its offer. Xiaomi has only one vehicle. To keep in mind what price difference exists with Western companies, Volkswagen, Ford and Kia lose half of their value in a single year. None of them retains more than 53% of the same past for a year. The European company that best yields Porsche (69%), followed by Mercedes (59%). Xiaomi fever has been so high that demand has surpassed supply. He has done it with the entire range, from its basic street versions to the most powerful and radical that added a volume of reserves in 10 minutes according to its entire annual production. That excessive demand prevents the car from falling on price in the second -hand market and that, in specific cases, shoots at the price. To this we must add that the Chinese market is turning with local companies. Li Auto and Xiaomi are seen as companies that offer the latest technology and that are A step ahead of the western ones to which they only see as combustion cars brands that Electrified versions put on the market. That need to feel something new or something different and more advanced in the electric car has led the country to create the label of “Smart Electric Car” Because users feel the need to differentiate between electric cars “for day to day” or that offer a connected experience but similar to the one we experience in the West and those that offer more advanced options such as a better quality semi -autonomous conduction. That unstoppable advance of the industry (more advanced cars in autonomous driving, recharges to ever views, battery changes in stations …) Slop the price of electricity in the second -hand market because they cause premature obsolescence and put obstacles to companies that cannot play at that rate. In that market, the best news is to be a young company, with a very reduced offer that has managed to create a very high expectation for a model. Photo | Xiaomi In Xataka | 400 kilometers loads in five minutes of ByD are as impressive as it is not very useful. At least they think of Mercedes

Cybertruck wanted to be the car prepared for the Apocalypse. Lamborghini Rezzvani Knight has advanced him on the right

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You’ve ever thought about “how good a tank would make me buy the bread.” If the answer is affirmative, two things: what would you have to comment with someone … and there is a car for you. Whenever you have a baggy bank account, of course. The reason? American firm Rezzvani has created the Definitive SUV For apocalypse: a Lamborghini Urus that seems Christopher Nolan’s Batmobile. They have baptized him as Rezvani Knight, and even calambrazos who dares to touch him. Rezvani. This is a story of two firms aimed at being. One for its radical designs and another for the personalization that adds to the cars that pass through their workshop. Let’s start with Rezvani. It is a American manufacturer which has focused on converting high performance cars into something extremely exclusive. What they do is choose a supercar or powerful off -road and improve both base vehicle benefits and occupants protection. In the presentation of Tesla Cybertruck Emphasis was placed on the armor of some of its parts (Do not glue them with glue), But in the case of Rezvani models, they literally create armored vehicles. He Beast Alpha X Blackbird or the HERULES 6X6 They are two examples. The Urus. On the other hand, we have the Lamborghini Urus. The Italian firm does not need presentation at this point and one of its last creations is a SUV High performance equipped with a V8 biturbo engine that develops about 650 hp. This 2025 Han launched a plug -in model with a total of 800 hp by adding a 192 hp electric motor. It has an even faster acceleration, total traction and 8 -speed automatic change. It is a car that aligns, standard, with the aesthetic vision of Rezvani thanks to combining that typical bull brand with sports lines and high performance engines. The original Explosive mixture. And, condemned to understand each other, the Rezvani Knight. This name makes a lot of sense because, basically, it is a mixture between a lamb and a tank, exactly what Nolan devised for the Batmobo that Christian Bale leads in his Batman trilogy (the personal car when he was not Batman was a Lambo batby the way). The Rezvani Knight widen its body and add 22 -inch tires, a led bar on the ceiling, front lights divided into four and more angular and extreme lines than those carried by the URUS standard. It seems that they have taken as a reference the hybrid version, since they do not give details, but they claim that it has 800 hp. And the really striking is what hides. The Dark Knight Military Package carries the following extras: Chapa armor and crystals not only for bullets: also for explosives and grenades. Reinforced suspension and military tires with antibala protection. Doors with electrified handles, blinding lights, air filtering system against chemical agents, smoke dispensers and pepper gas, anti -strap defenses and even protection against electromagnetic pulses. Thermal cameras and, as accessories for occupants, gas masks and bulletproof vests. Price … dizzy. To the question of “how much this monstrosity costs”, the answer is “yes.” First, you have to contribute the car to modify. Urus costs about 260,000 euros and you must donate yours to the cause. Second, the conversion starts from $ 149,000 with external design, military gadgets and survival and partial armor. Third, the most extreme armor is revealed to whom one reserves. Because, in addition, it is limited: the idea of ​​Rezvani is to manufacture only 100 of these monsters worldwide, so if it is already a expensive car with a face modification, that aura of exclusivity can make that in the future it costs an authentic fog. Or maybe, as happened to ASVE AREX, unique in the world and Sold for what a Dacia Duster costs. Images | Rezvani, Alexander Migl Images | A youtuber has a car that is worth four million euros. To drive it you have to pay 7,000 every 60 kilometers

900 people are driving at the same time and democratically a virtual car on Google Street view

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Every time you connect to Roadtrip Internet You will be at a different point from the United States. At the time of writing these lines, specifically, I am in Freeport, a town located in Cumberland County, Maine. Internet Roadtrip is a collective experience that uses the exhaustive map of Google Street View to organize an online experience of collective discovery. Instant in instantaneous. How Internet Roadtrip works. Very simple: you just have to connect to The game websiteand we will meet the controls of a vehicle. We and the rest of the people who are connected at that time, normally between 700 and 900 co-conductors. Every nine seconds, the web asks that it be voted in one of the possible addresses, and the one that has the most votes is the one followed. And so on to infinity. At this time the thing is not exciting, because the Maine road It seems never to end and can only be circulated in one direction, but the thing improves: cities, crossings of roads and depopulated areas are some of the key moments of the trip. Gagá Radio Until touching the horn or the station that is heard in the car (although the unwritten rule, which is discovered after chatting for a while with the rest of the travelers, is that they do not skip stations) are actions subjected to vote. The stations are real and come from authentic stations that broadcast from sites near the places through which the car passes: thus attentive to irrelevant detail is this trip through deep America, and it is that placidity and democracy of decisions that this website has turned into the relaxing internal experiment par excellence of the moment. Internet belongs to everyone. The trip does not have been going too long: it left last Tuesday from Boston, and for the moment the car has failed to leave the next state. Its developer, Neal Agarwal, recognizes in 404 average that its inspiration was another recent and counterintuitive collective experiment: ‘Twitch plays pokémon ‘an experiment that has already turned a decade And in which visitors to the game’s Twitch channel tried, based on continuous voting, advance in a game of ‘Pokémon’. The result was much more erratic and demential than this internet Roadtrip, where Google brands are followed, that is, there is no way to end upside down in the gutter. Some precedent. It is not the first time that the Internet embarks on such a trip: in 2018, the writer and photographer Matthew Musprat toured the United States using only Street View, side by side and crossing sixteen states … while physically lived in Rwanda. Before him, like They counted in Wired When detailing Muspratt’s feat, a couple of people traveled from San Francisco to New York in ninety hours, at clicking, as quickly as they could and carefully plan the trip. Muspratt’s trip had some contemplative, stopping to observe the landscapes whenever he wanted. More and more sophisticated. Pandemia promoted this type of virtual trips in its day out of necessitybut initiatives like Internet Roadtrip are made for pure pleasure. Technology also provides new ways to face it. For example, You can travel in time Until eighty years in the past with the historic images taken by Google. Or Google’s AI can be used to generate routes from photos Taken on a trip. Although the authentic dream of Agarwal is that these collaborative trips can really be made, with an autonomous car controlled remotely. For that. But maybe not too much. In Xataka | The Google Maps car captured a man with a sack in a remote town in Soria. There are now two detainees for murder

Take it to the car to speak with you and act like a real co -pilot

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Google wants to change how we communicate with the car (And also with the clock and TV). Until now, talk to Google Assistant In Android Auto or Android Automotive It was useful, yes, but also required concrete commands, well -formulated phrases. That is about to change. In ‘The Android Show: I/O’ edition, Google has confirmed that Gemini, its assistant with generative, will reach vehicles. And it will not be a simple evolution of the assistant. The goal is to make the voice experience in the car as natural as a real conversation. It will no longer need to think about how to ask for something. It will be enough to say “Hey Google, let’s talk” to start a fluid talk with Gemini, without hands and without menus. And this is where the interesting thing comes in: the new mode looks a lot like Chatgpt voice mode. That is, you can maintain a continuous conversation, correct yourself on the march and replace. A co -pilot with AI who does not need translation. In the center of this experience is Gemini Livethe conversational mode that Google. It is not just to ask for a song or a route. The idea is that you can raise things like “I need to talk to my boss about a promotion, how do I focus?” and receive useful, natural and context suggestions. In addition, many frictions are eliminated that previously complicated the interaction: now you can issue a message, edit it before sending it, start from scratch or even translate it into more than 40 languages ​​without touching the screen only once. Everything is done by voice, everything flows in natural language. And if that were not enough, the new graphic interface has been redesigned to accompany this approach, with visual elements that adapt to Gemini. These are some of the actions that Gemini will allow from the car: Find routes with Google Maps. Send and edit voice messages, with real -time corrections. Play music on YouTube Music or Spotify. Translate messages automatically to more than 40 languages. It will also be possible to interact with other Google apps, such as Gmail or Maps, to solve more complex requests. If you need to find that field where your son plays football and just remember that someone mentioned it by email, Gemini can rescue the location directly from your entrance tray and take you there. The deployment begins soon (although without a specific date). According to Google, Gemini will begin to reach cars compatible with Android Auto in the coming months, and later will also do it in vehicles that make up the Google operating system directly. There is no exact date, but the plan is underway. The important thing here is not only the arrival of a more powerful AI, but the change of paradigm. Voice assistance ceases to be a list of commands to become a natural conversation, with context, memory and free language. We will have to wait to know if what the company promises us will be fulfilled. Images | Google In Xataka | Google has been trying to create your WhatsApp. With RCS it is achieving it without it seems In Xataka | How to access the Android Auto faster with this little trick

Gemini’s conquest began in Android mobiles. Now you will flood your TV, your watch or even your car

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Google wants to win the AI ​​battle, and has a fundamental advantage over almost all its competitors: it has a perfect ecosystem to do so. Gemini deployment He started on the Android -based smartphones, but now he will go further. Thus, the firm has announced that Gemini’s characteristics will soon reach various types of product based on one of the many Android variants. It is one more proof of how the traditional Google assistant leaves its chatbot from AI. The smart watches based on Wear OS They are a good example of this. It will be possible to speak with the assistant directly on those devices to establish alarms and reminders, for example. And thanks to Gemini’s interconnection with Google applications, any user can ask data about a fact of those services – “what was the name of the restaurant that Miguel spoke to me recently in Gmail?” – To obtain the answer synthesized on the clock screen. The option will be for example available at the Pixel Watch and In the Samsung Galaxy Watch. Gemini too It will disembark in Android Auto. The commands that was already possible to take advantage of the Google assistant will go further with that ability to understand Gemini’s natural language. That, they say on Google, will prevent us from concentrating on the way of saying things and Let’s keep attentive to the road. This interaction in the form of natural conversation with Gemini in the car will also allow access to striking options. For example, ask you to look for electroberas on our route that are also near a park in case we want to take a walk. That connection with Google services will also make it possible that if we receive a message or an email on the Gemini mobile, it translates it, translates it and offers us to respond easily and with the voice. Or make a summary of the news (but perhaps without sports) or a document that we have to review before a meeting towards which we head. If we have a TV TVGemini will also reach said product segment. With the chatbot we can, for example, ask the AI ​​for action films suitable for children to obtain recommendations directly through voice conversation. But also TV can become a large mobile screen to find answers to our questions. As with the computer or mobile, we can talk and ask Gemini about any issue, and here there will be a special focus on offering results in YouTube videos. Finally Google talked about how Gemini will also arrive at Android XRthe operating system they are developing in collaboration with Samsung for connected glasses. Here the interaction is especially interesting because it will offer a striking way to obtain information, answers and content directly through the voice. In the example shown by Google, Gemini will be able to plan a vacation surrounding us with videos, maps and tips on local culture, in addition to offering us an itinerary of the trip. We are thus facing a gradual but total deployment of Gemini, which by the way also It will reach headphones of manufacturers such as Sony and Samsung, who has already announced it in the case of Your Galaxy Buds. There are no concrete dates for that display, but Google’s ambition here is clear: that we can talk to all our devices naturally when we need it. In Xataka | Mark Zuckerberg believes that in 2030 we will not get the smartphone so much out of the pocket: we will do almost everything from the glasses

A youtuber has a car that is worth four million euros. To drive it you have to pay 7,000 every 60 kilometers

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If there is a brand that has understood that maxim of whether you can put a price on exclusivity, that is Bugatti. Luxury brands play with the lists of people Millionaires who aspire to have the object in question to their credit, and part of that exclusiveness It is achieved both with the price and with the very scarce units. Of the Chins Super Sport? Just 30 units. What do you want Centodieci? Too bad, s10th 10th were manufactured. Even with their very high prices, Volkswagen every bugatti sold It cost him moneyso they had an idea: make the difficult thing not to buy the car, but to maintain it. Also Sell ​​customization packages with which customers They invest 500,000 euros on averagebut that is another topic. And within the exclusivity of Bugatti, there is a specific model that is not the most expensive of the concessionaire, but yes It costs a kidney and part of the other as you want to do kilometers. The reason? Their wheels cost a money and you have to change them every 60 kilometers. This is the very exclusive Bugatti Bolidewhich is also not made for roads. You’re going to remember every time you want to change the wheels The Bolide was presented as a concept in 2020 and began to be delivered in the middle of last year. It costs about four million euros and we return to the issue of exclusivity: there are only 40 units worldwide. It is a car that is very similar to the rest of his family, but with a peculiarity: he is not approved to circulate by road. It is a luxury hyperdeportivo, yes, but its natural atmosphere is the circuit. Changing anything in Bolide costs a moneyas in any bugatti and the rest of the supercar. The reason is that it is not as simple as lifting the hood, loosening a couple of nuts and making the change: you have to disassemble part of the car to, for example, make an oil change. And this is something that must be done frequently because the engine consumes more oil than that of a normal car. But Bolide’s issue are, as we say, the wheels, because in this case it is like a Formula 1. When you buy the car, the manufacturer includes four very fine tires that only serve to transport the car of the circuit asphalt. Once there, the main tires are mounted, Michelin specials who are like the slicks (without drawing) of those of competition cars. There is also rain version. These tires should be preheated before starting the car (again, as in the maximum engine competition) and degradation is bestial. The Bolide weighs about 1,300 kilos, but generates A suction force of more than 1,800 kilos. This makes the car stick to the ground, Like a vacuumto face the curves better, but also degrades the tires. Acceleration of 0 to 300 km/h in 7.37 seconds, 1,850 hp and total traction You eat some wheels that have to be changed every 60 kilometers. And what does that translate? The YouTuber Manny Khoshbin, a car lover, collector and who does not mind informing about the money that each of them costs him, Comment In one of its last videos that these changes at 60 kilometers cost about 7,000 euros. In the end, these extreme benefits entail the very short life of the tires in a car that is absolutely brutal. You just have to listen to how the engine roots when many lights it (just turning it on sure it costs more than filling the tank of my car). And the comfort that we have left is that … that of Lego costs less than 50 euros. Something is something. Images | Santaclaus93, CALREYN88, Bugatti In Xataka | They are founders and ultra -ups, but they have not always driven luxury supercoches: a review of the cars of the Tech millionaires

The electric car has an average age of just 3.5 years and does not stop falling. It is very good news

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Changing car is usually a reason for joy in a house. Unless you are forced by the circumstances of an unexpected breakdown or before what has been expected, acquiring a new vehicle is usually exciting for the buyer. And it is because, on average, it occurs every long. Whenever it is not electric, of course. A study. The average age of electric vehicles is 3.5 years. That is what the latest available report states S&P global in which this dynamic is studied. The figure is inferior to that of past years and remains down. In 2022, the Middle Ages was 3.7 years and in 2023 of 3.6 years. The figure contrasts with that registered for diesel and gasoline cars. Following the reverse road, the Middle Ages of the American Mobile Park has been growing over the years until it is 12.6 years. Taking into account that the electric car barely represents 3.2 million vehicles of the 286 million units in operation in the country, its impact on the Middle Ages is negligible. And in Europe? In Europe there are no data segmented by technologies. Acea, employer of manufacturers in Europe, only refers to the average age of cars in the continent and by countries. Points out that in Spain, According to the latest studiesIt is 13.9 years. A figure higher than the European average. In the continent, the average is 12.5 years. A figure that is lower because in Germany and France, the two largest car markets in Europe, the decade is barely exceeded. They are also the markets where more electric cars are bought. Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland or Sweden, countries that are located in the European average or in the upper part in the purchase of electric cars, also have lower figures in the Middle Ages of the mobile park compared to the rest of Europe. On the contrary, Spain, Italy and all the rest of Europe have the most aged mobile park. Although the almost 14 Spanish years are far from the more than 17 years of Greece, we share with those countries that the market share in the purchase of electric cars is very low, just a third of the European average. Why is the electric car important? The impact of the electric car on the Middle Ages of the mobile park is evident, especially the smaller the market. It is shown that where cars are growing are more modern. This is because the Middle Ages of the electric, as seen in the United States and is presupposed in Europe, is very low. It has all the meaning of the world. If electric car sales continue to grow, the Middle Ages has to go down. In the study of S&P global It is pointed out that in 2024 there were 50% more electric cars in American streets than in 2022. If sales are stopped, on the contrary, the age of the mobile park will increase in line. In the United States, where the sample is more than 286 million cars the impact is very low. In Europe, on the contrary, the impact is more evident because we can segment through countries. It is estimated that there is 256 million cars in circulation in Europe But Luxembourg, Germany, Sweden and Belgium are the countries where there is a higher percentage of cars with less than two years. Removing the peculiarities of Luxembourg, coincide (again) with electric sales. Two good news. That the electric car continues to expand its customer base are good news for the fleet of vehicles at European level. Confirms that every view more customers are trusting technology and that adequate incentives There are more drivers willing to jump into the electric car. It also means greater security. This is independent of the new car sold. With European obligationsa new car is always going to be safer than one with more than a decade behind it. Although they were systems that have already been seen ten years ago, now all cars (regardless of the price) have to have systems such as rear camera, emergency braking or lane output alert. And a regulate. Although with good prospects. And is that S&P globalin its report in this regard in 2023, it indicated that 6.6% of the electric cars that were in operation a decade before had been sent to recycle. The figure is higher than that of vehicles with combustion motor (5.5%). This means that the electric car becomes obsolete before, which has all the logic. We are talking about a technology that advances very quickly and, above all, has been widely improved in the autonomy offered by the vehicle. It’s easy to think about Many vehicle fleets They have gone to better life as better options have been offered. In addition, it must be taken into account that the same has been seen in the second -hand market. The depreciation of electric cars It is much faster and more accused than those of combustion. If the company interested in selling it cannot place the car, the most logical thing is to send it to destroy if you need space and replace its fleet. More and more cars. To all of the above we must add that the average age of the cars is expected to remain in the coming years since the electric car seems to have an ally between the fleets. Countries like Belgium or Germany They have discovered that the company car is an especially attractive means to boost sales of this type of car. While a individual aspires to have a car for many years in property, unless you opt for a rentiercompanies often use this formula since it allows them to renew the fleet every three or four years. If we take into account that the electric car has grown a lot among rentals And companies of all kinds, we have years ahead where its Middle Ages remains very low. 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