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The Bugatti Veyron broke with everything thanks to a brutal engine. One that was born with some scribbles painted at 320 km/h

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Year 2005. Spain sings unleashed “El Nano” De Melendi. No doubt luked by Fernando Alonso, The Renault Mégane was the best selling car That year. It entered into force Euro 4 That, we did not know yet, but it would be the border that now marks what diesel cars can receive the DGT’s sticker. But while Renault lives a golden era chaining two pilot titles in Formula 1, in Europe they are to other things. Those things represents them well Volkswagen, who will present 20 years ago a unique car that marked a before and after in the history of the car: the Bugatti Veyron. A car that was born before, drawn on a 320 km/h paper. Because the origin of Bugatti Veyron must be looked for in a Japanese Shinkansen. Almost a decade before. Paper and Boli at 320 km/h Year 1997. Ferdinand Piëchgrandson of Ferdinand Porsche, directs the Volkswagen Group. His career supports him. He has played a fundamental role in the victories of Porsche in Le Mans, in the six -cylinder boxer engine for the Porsche 911 and in the Quattro de Audi traction. Piëch travels in the wagon of a shinkansen, The Japanese bullet train that reaches 320 km/h. At that time, Japanese high -speed railway lines seem to arrive from the future. Next to him is Karl-Heinz Neumann, head of motor development of the Volkswagen Group, which shows a completely crazy idea to which he has been trying to shape in his head. To explain the ideas on paper, an engine with 18 cylinders. What would happen if you take three VR6 motors from Volkswagen and put it online? Piëch is clear, would transform an engine that is already one of the jewels of the market and the group into a masterpiece. A engine of more than 600 hp. Enough to get its great ambition to put on the street a car that exceeds 400 km/h. The problem is that it would be a development and a product so expensive that there is no way to fit it in one of the group’s brands. That is why the company is behind a new brand to turn its flag. Its impossible engine must arrive from the hand of a brand that represents the most extreme luxury. Rolls-Royce It is the chosen one. But at the auction for acquiring the company, BMW advances to its buyatiots. In an exploitation license game, Volkswagen reaches an agreement with Vickers but it is a wrong decision because this group has the right of exploitation but the company is owned by Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC, the Motor Manufacturer for Aircraft. It is with them with whom BMW reaches an agreement. Aware that they cannot do anything, Volkswagen ends up selling the rights of the spirit of ecstasy, The mythical figure that Rolls-Royce cars look on the front. They count on Motorpasion that fate seems to have changed because on a visit to Mallorca, Piëch’s son asks his father to buy him a reply of a Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic. The mandamás is clear, it is time to buy Bugatti, a brand that had fallen in bankruptcy after a first attempt to return his former French aura. With the purchase in 1998, Giorgetto Giugiaro is incorporated, who had directed the design of the Bugatti EB112 in command of Italdesign. In a few months, Bugatti already presents prototypes with the famous W18 devised by Piëch. But it is in September of the year 2000 when the first sketch of the Veyron is finally seen. We talked about the Bugatti EB 16.4 Veyron that left aside the W18 to unite two V8 and thus give life to the very well known W16. The engine, unlike the version with 18 cylinders that was atmospheric, uses four turbocompressors. A few months later, Bugatti confirms a decision that seemed out of science fiction: he would manufacture the car in a limited roll. The figures were unthinkable for the time. The W16 8.0 engine generated 1,001 hp of power, reached 401 km/h peak speed and delivered a 1.250 nm motor torque. To understand the challenge facing Volkswagen in his idea of ​​breaking the barrier of the 400 km/h, the McLaren F1 It had stayed at 386 km/h of peak speed but that record was in force since 1994. We would have to wait until 2005 to see on the street the first Bugatti Veyron that broke, as anticipated, the US speed record Sale in S7 Twin Turbo that record 399 km/h only one year earlier. In the end, A few km/h went above. Ferdinand Piëch managed to fulfill the dream of breaking two barriers. Bugatti Veyron was the first car in Overcome 1,000 hp and the 400 km/h standing speed. It was the beast that the group needed, a car at the height of a brand like Bugatti, hyperluvian, unique and extremely fast. Photos | Bugatti In Xataka | Bugatti Veyron was a jewel that cost 1.7 million dollars: Volkswagen lost 6.7 million with each one that sold

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“Between 2033 and 2035”. That was the approximate date that Volkswagen gave to stop selling vehicles with internal combustion engine in Europe. Obviously, he also talked about plug -in hybrids. It was the year 2021 And the industry seemed to walk to “all electric” in our continent In the middle of a fever that pushed brands to show themselves as the fastest company to jump into the electric car. Shortly after, in 2022, The company was more concise and began to make it clear that the electric car prioritized against combustion but sales They have not finished accompanying. Although the commitment to the electric car has been giant within the company, to the point of compromise your accounts in the short termit has not been until this year and taking advantage of a hard Tesla crisis when they have achieved sell more electric vehicles than those of Elon Musk. The results, therefore, do not seem to be expected. And, consequently, they have already begun to slide that perhaps they were wrong with their focus. This is what the words of Martin Sander, a member of the Volkswagen Sales and Marketing Council to Auto Express during the last Shanghai Motor Show. The Chinese secret of the extended range “I think that for a long time we will see combustion engines in our vehicles but for a different purpose. We believe that in Europe there will be space for an autonomy extensor on the road to the battery electric car,” Sander told the English environment. In his statements, the Volkswagen executive stressed that the company was fixing what happens around it: “Here in China we will have autonomy extensors with possibly 250-300 km of electric autonomy. The combustion engine on board is basically a generator to load the battery.” This peculiar plug -in hybrid is what in Europe we know as an extended range electric, a very little used formula but that more and more companies begin to see in it a short -term solution in the transition to the electric car. Is the one that implements Mazda at MX-30 But it is also a formula that has triumphed in China and that begins to export to Europe. In this case, the car uses a battery of a considerable size that allows you to travel the 250 or 300 kilometers in electric mode mentioned by Sander. The combustion engine only nourishes a gas tank designed exclusively to support the electric motor in case of emergency since those electrical kilometers should be enough for the vast majority of trips. When the combustion engine comes into operation, it acts as a series hybrid. That is, the engine generates electricity to the battery by burning the fuel and it is the battery that nourishes electric motors that, in turn, push the wheels. What is achieved is that the touch of the car is very similar to that of an electric despite being moved by gasoline, as is the case in the Nissan Qashqai. These types of solutions are common in China. Small electric cars succeed in the Asian country because cities are huge and longer trips are not usually done by car. However, those who do need this support for a gasoline engine have extended range electricity that are cars that are categorized as electric (both options are called “New energy vehicles”), with the tax advantages that this implies. The solution can be especially interesting for Volkswagen in Europe. Since 2025, the homologation of plug -in hybrids has changed, reflecting the Triple of emissions that so far Despite being the same car. This complicates things when fulfilling Maximum emissions imposed by 2027. Before, a plug -in hybrid was the shortest and most attractive path to reduce emissions, today it is no longer such a useful path. However, if the electrical autonomy of plug -in hybrids sold in Europe (which in most cases does not reach 100 km of approved electrical autonomy) duplicate or triple this figure, CO2 emissions in homologation will fall dramatically, bringing emissions objectives. This extended range electric option is something that is also playing Mazda to offer sports cars not including a huge battery that ruins its historical commitment to lightness and light cars. Photo | Volkswagen In Xataka | “It is not sustainable”: Mazda does not believe in the future of electric cars with large autonomies

Renault and Geely have an engine to convince the undecided of the electric car. The secret is that it is combustion

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We are on the way to a future in which the electric car He has ballots to become the winning option. There are countries that They are already betting Very strong for the electric ones, so much that they are even unseating combustion. But, for many others, the conventional car It is still the best option. And it is for autonomy, for the ease of reposting and because there are places with underdeveloped load networks. This is something that Chinese manufacturers themselves, who bet so much on the electric ones, have assumed. In fact, Cherywhich is the company that owns omoda and Jaecoo, is finalizing the Landing of its combustion cars in Spain. But, of course, companies do not forget that electrified future and want to create a bridge between combustion and 100% electric for the user to jump safely. And what is that bridge? A combustion engine to “hybridize” the electric ones for which Renault and Geely are betting hard. The combustion engine to convince the ‘haters’ of the electric Here we must talk about Horse PowerTrain. This is a company whose 45% belongs to the French Renault, another 45% to Geely and 10% to Aramco. It is a call Joint Venture To boost New systems automotive, especially electrified due to Geely’s experience. And the truth is that his approach is … curious. And it is because they have been looking for an engine capable of giving life to the calls “extended electric cars “. Also known as E-Rev (Extended Range Electric Vehicle), these cars have one or more electric motors that feed on a battery. So far, they are a conventional electric, okay, but special thing is that they have an additional engine: combustion. Each manufacturer has its system, but it is basically a car that behaves like an electric, but When the battery reaches a certain level, the combustion engine is turned on And it is not the one that moves the wheels, but the one that generates electricity, feeds the battery and allows electric motors to have energy to continue driving the wheels. The difference with a conventional hybrid is that this combustion engine is never the one that drives the car, and the great advantage is that this fuel engine is like a huge battery that allows autonomies that, until the arrival of the solid state batteriesthey seem complicated for 100%electric. Reviewed the theory, let’s hort. A few weeks ago we told you that the company will try one of these engines, The promising Spanish engine e-rexbut we also see that they will not put all the eggs in the same basket. In the Shanghai Motor Show that is celebrated this week (in which my partner Javier Lacort is), And how we read in Bloombergthe general director of Horse has commented that they have prepared an engine that can “integrate without problems into the construction platforms of electric vehicles with battery.” Matias Giannini, in addition, has commented that “the concept will allow car manufacturers to offer diversity in propulsion systems, with minimal alteration in its production process and in the use of resources.” Thus, if a brand has 100% electric, but wants a hybrid, I would not have to develop a new platform To include a large conventional engine, but to alter minimally the one that has already available for your electric only to introduce that small additional combustion engine. And they don’t have one, but two: Gemini – A 1.0 -liter generator, 2 cylinders and a very compact power that works with mixtures of methanol and gasoline. Another 1.0 liters, 3 cylinders and a power of 86 kW compatible with flexible fuels and an integrated electric generator. This, by the way, is manufactured at the Curibita facilities in Brazil and Valladolid in Spain. In the first statement, Giannini commented that these engines will be on the street at some point in 2028, and it is only a matter of time to see what arrives before: if the solid state batteriesthe consolidation of the E-REV (BMW, Nixssan or Mazda They already have some models) or if by 2028 everything will continue as until now. Or, simply, the future of the electric may not be as binary as we think, but this intermediate hybridization. Images | Horse Powertrain In Xataka | Family and friends keep asking me if “it is worth buying a Chinese car.” This is my answer

The Chinese car aspires to gain ground in Europe consolidating in the low range. Renault’s response: a diesel engine

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Chinese cars have arrived in Europe with the clear intention of putting a good bite in the electric car market. At this time, Byd is Looking for a third floor To build its future models, the SAIC group has a A good asset with mg and independent companies such as Xpeng either Child They also try to make a hole. But, really, if a market has managed to penetrate the Chinese car is in the cheap car. In Spain we have good examples. Although Byd’s performance has not been bad, the real impulse to its sales has come with A plug -in hybrid that clearly competes in price. While, Omoda enrolled thousands of cars In a few months thanks to a Omoda 5 that he liked for its aesthetics and a competitive price. Mg already knows what it is to do with the First position in sales in our country. It has logic that the real entrance door For these companies it is to compete for price. In Europe, most manufacturers They have turned their backs to the cheapest vehicles and even Dacia has justified claiming that the obligations of The European Union requires them to raise the price of their cars and prevents them from being equally competitive as before. To this we must add that Chinese vehicles with combustion engines They are not affected by tariffsas it happens with the electric ones, which allows them (even more) to play to improve the price of European companies to gain market share, make a customer base and, later, to climb little by little. And to stand up, Renault has opted for a different strategy: to offer a type of clear setback but that allows to compete in price and that, in addition, it has less and less rivals in the market. Yes, in some markets a Renault Mégane has put on sale with diesel engine. A diesel engine as an alternative Among the European companies that have pressed the most in recent months to alive combustion engines, Renault has taken the singing voice. In fact, the company has taken forward Horsea joint company with the Chinese giant Geely to continue developing engines moved by fossil fuels. Those of the rhombus, in addition to betting on the electric with force, have also made it clear that they trust in the future where hybrid and electric living together In harmony with pure combustion engines, the case may be. With this in mind, they have launched the Electric Renault 5 And soon we will see on the streets the new Electric Renault 4. In recent times, the range has been renewed in depth with the Renault southern and the Rafale or an update that has left us to Scenic As a completely electric car. This renewal has had its consequences. Classic models like Mégane have said goodbye because, again, They only have an electric version. Sure? Where Renault needs to offer cars with more tight prices continues to maintain the Mégane Gran Coupéan option of three volumes of the compact classic. And, in addition, he does it with a diesel motorization of which We had to say goodbye in Spain. In countries such as Poland or Czech Republic, where electricity are testimonial and diesel continues to represent an important part of sales, the French are clear that this mechanic is still essential. In fact, it has been in Poland where the company has rescued this car to put it on the street with the format already mentioned next to a 1.5 dci engine of 115 hp, they explain in Auto Swiat. In that market, the diesel offer is being reduced and it is a good occasion to fight with a car that has already been made the investment, it is cheap to put it in the market and, in addition, it has a technology that Chinese manufacturers do not have. Collect in Acea That in Poland although diesel sales have been reduced, in January of this year they continue to represent 8.3% market share but electric and plug -in hybrids barely reach 6%. In the Czech Republic it makes even more sense because the diesel market share is a spectacular 19.4%. And vehicles without electrification of any kind total 67.8% of total sales. However, we must bear in mind that EU emission regulations They continue and although They have been delayed from 2025 to 2027this last year remains red in the calendar because the average emissions that show sales in these three next exercises must be below 93.6 gr/km of CO2. This means that with a car like this, whose engine is 118 gr/km of CO2, they would need to sell 1.5 electric to compensate. Or an electric and a plug -in hybrid. One more reason to understand why Renault only bets on this type of mechanics where it needs to put its cheapest cars on the market and where electrification advances at a very slow pace. Photo | Renault In Xataka | The Renault 5 has entered as a sales missile in France but something very simple has stopped it: a bug that prevents moving the car

How to use chatgpt as a predetermined search engine in Chrome

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Let’s explain How to use chatgpt as a predetermined search engine In Chrome, something that will also serve you for Edge and any other chromium -based browser that can install its extensions. With this, instead of using Google or some of Your alternativeswhat you look for in the address bar will ask Chatgpt. Setting this is quite simple, just install an extension and make a change in the configuration. But we are going to guide you step by step through the process so that no one is lost along the way. Chatgpt as a chrome search engine The first thing you have to do is download in chrome the extension Chatgpt Search. For this, Enter this linkwhich is the one that leads you to the extension of the Chrome Web Store. Once inside the extension file, click on Add to Chrome. You can also install this in browsers compatible with Chrome extensions. When you press on the install button, a confirmation message will appear. In this message you will tell you the permits that you have to give to the extension. Click on the button Add extension To confirm and install this complement to your browser. The extension will modify the automatically predetermined search engine When installs. Even so, you can check it by entering the Chrome configuration, and clicking on the section Seeker. Here, Chatgpt Search should appear controlling the option. On this screen you can deactivate the option to use AI as a search engine whenever you want. Now, simply Write what you want to search in the address barand you’ll see that under what you write tells you that you will do it with chatgpt. When you press Introyou will look for what you have written in the search function of artificial intelligence. The first time you use chatgpt as a search engine A Chrome message will appear asking if you want to undo the change of the search engine, since it was done automatically. In this window, click on Keep To confirm to chatgpt. In Xataka Basics | How to improve chatgpt responses: 9 steps to guarantee higher quality and better sources

If the Electric Ford Capri seems strange to you, it is because you do not remember that one day it took a motorcycle engine. Yes, a V4 engine

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2.- Molancholic sadness originated by the memory of a loss Nostalgia has come to stay in the car market. It makes a lot of sense, if we think coldly. We are facing a historical moment in the automobile industry. The regulatory changes and a new technology that seems to be average price increased of a car to Remove some capabilities He has made many feel expelled from this “new mobility.” Nostalgia applied to the automobile market is nothing more than the redundancy of A constant of our societyencouraged to constantly remind us that all the past was better. And it does not have to be exactly like that but manufacturers have decided to enter the game. If the most common buyer of a new car exceeds 45 years and what lived between 15 and 25 years We consider it as the best time of our life … You just have to subtract. That is why Renault has risen to Renault 5which ceased to be manufactured 40 years ago and was an essential part of the childhood of those buyers who are already well entered in the forties. The same buyers who have the purchasing power to get those cars. He will follow him Renault 4 and the Twingo. It is about attracting the electric car market to an audience that needs stimuli and incentives that appeal to their feelings. Ford opted for a slightly more risky strategy: use mythical names. He did it with the Ford Mustang, who was left an electric brother. And he has done it with the Ford Capri. A car that was an icon of the 70s and a large part of the 80s. Subtracts, again, and checks who is directed An electric car called Ford Capri. Renault has opted for popular models but Ford has chosen the way to resurrect names that have a space of honor in the collective imaginary of car lovers. And, with this, they have gotten the most staunch defenders to be thrown on them but have also managed to get to those who would cost more money with higher investments in marketing. An example of that selective memory and understanding that the past was better for the simple fact that we remember it is the case of Ford Capri. Yes, it has risen as an electric car but in its day it also came to set up an unexpected, weird and that of course we do not associate with the Muscle Cars American. A motorcycle engine in a mythical car That generalized image we have of “American car” of the Ford Capri is not such and partly distorted by memory. The car was born as a European version of Ford Mustang. That forced to make a smaller car, with also smaller engines and, above all, except gastons. That led Ford to opt for a curious solution with the launch at the end of the 60s: mount a V4 engine. Ford’s intention was to make Capri A car that young Europeans could buythat was not expensive and that offered a cheap and sports alternative to the classic German Coupés. The proper functioning of Mustang In the United States they convinced them that they could get a similar result in Europe. With that premise, it was about recycling all possible components to prevent development from being price. With that premise, Ford brought out a V4 engine. A very little used concept in the car market because it forces to develop a propeller with Two ass, two exhaust collectors and two valve trains. That is much more complicated than a four -cylinder engine online. In return, you get a propeller with a very characteristic sound and very contained dimensions. Width it can be a problem if the car is very narrow but it is a much more compact option than its older brothers. In addition, the power delivery was softer than with a four -cylinder online, although it does not reach the refinement of a V6 or a V8. That compact size is perfect for a high performance motorcycle. Its power can go above 100 hp easily and entered in this field, the configuration is ideal for high performance motorcycles. In a car, where the weight is much greater, this advantage is very eclipsed. Ford’s V4 engine we already knew it in Europe. The company put it at the service of Ford Taunus and was Saab’s supplier. Also Lancia with the fulvia He had tried unsuccessfully to make the V4 engine an alternative to the four online cylinders. Despite their best behavior, the high development and production costs finished killing a propeller that we would see again in the Porsche 919 Hybrid of Le Mans. But that is another story. Photo | Ford In Xataka | Ford devised a car moved by nuclear energy in 1962. Other of his crazy ideas are more present than ever

In full era of extreme heat waves and saturation, Spain has found an engine to boost its tourism: winter

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If a while ago they had asked us (to you, to me or any) where we had to pass the vacations, we would have responded that Bali, Italy either Barcelonadepending on the tastes and budget of each one. What is almost certain is that wherever we imagine we would imagine in short sleeve, wearing shirts, with cap and sunglasses. Normal, right? Except for the Snow loversvacations has always been synonymous with summer and high temperatures. In a Spain that deal chronically with Heat waves, droughts and saturation Of his great island destinations and the Mediterranean coast that is no longer so. On vacation with a scarf. With the sector in record levels and increasingly foreigners in hotels, in Spain the flow of tourists grows throughout the year. In the cold months. And of course in the warm, the most associated with the offer of “Sun and Beach” that so well worked for years to the hospitality industry. The INE data and independent studies They show however that more and more travelers are, when planning their vacations, they look for dates in winter. What do the figures say? That in Spain tourism not only grows during the summer months. He also does it in winter. And at a good pace. Between October and December 2024 The INE counted 24.5 million travelers in their hotel occupancy survey, 35% more than during the same months of 2014 and 72% higher than the same balance of 2004. Between January and March the flow of travelers was 20.6 million, which also leaves increases of 43 and 74%, respectively. Growing more in percentage terms is “easier” when you start from low data, so it is normal for tourist increase percentages to be more bulky during the cold months than summer. Even so, the differences between them are interesting. In 2024 the INE registered 38.1 million tourists between July and September, 25% more than a decade before and 56% above 2004. In both cases they are increased increases than those of winter. The cold weight of the cold. The observatory shows that despite the Increased tourists That Spain has registered over the last years, winter has not lost weight in the sector. On the contrary, they have been reinforced as a holiday period. If in 1999 the coldest months (December-February) brought together 21.7% of the total number of travelers counted by the INE throughout the year, in 2024 that portion of the cake was somewhat larger, of 22.2%. It is not a great increase, but significant. In the specific case of foreign tourists, arriving from other countries, the increase was even greater: the contribution from winter to the annual balance passed in that case from 18% of 1999 to touch 20% in 2024. The data is extracted from the Hotel occupation survey of the INE, with which other types of accommodation exclude. When do you travel? A few days ago the economist Ángel Talavera shared in x Another study, with cross data from Oxford Economics and Aemet, in which it is appreciated how tourism grows at a good pace in winter and autumn, even more than during the “peak” summer weeks. Reading is the same: in a stage of general tourism growth, new travelers who move in Spain do not focus only on the warmest months. They also look at the scarf months. In favor of the flow of tourists in winter he has played The bet of some Spanish cities for Christmas, especially cities such as Madrid, Badalona or Vigo, which have made it one of its main tourist claims. This year the Galician city even launched a promotional campaign with posters in New YorkLondon, Rome or Paris in which he presumed from his Christmas decoration. Not everything is positive factors. Winter tourism has had to deal with The crisis of skiing stations, conditioned (and in many cases forced to reinvent themselves) Before snow shortage and “lightning” seasons. Click on the image to go to Tweet. Great ally to great threat. The data collected by the INE and Oxford Economics are interesting because they are framed in a broader phenomenon and that over recent years have analyzed other organisms, such as European Travel Commission (Etc) or Caixabanck Researchsand that can also be followed with the help of The international press: The heat that for decades served as an ally to the Spanish tourism sector and made Spain a destination coveted by citizens of countries more north now threatens to become an enemy. The reason is simple. Between heat waves and chronified droughts, added to the saturation of Great destinations of the Mediterranean or the Canary Islandsforeign travelers have begun to look with more temperate alternatives. Rethinking the holidays. The data From etc. they are revealing: 33.7% of Europeans avoid places where they are exposed to extreme meteorological phenomena, such as heat waves, and 17.3% directly discards the regions in which mercury can rise too much during Your trips. Moreover, 8.5% of respondents recognize that they have begun to change the months in which they travel. And etc is not the only one to detect that trend. The United Kingdom Tourist Operators Association (ABTA) suggests That the months of “middle season”, such as October, May or June (either icy or achicharrantes) have become the most popular among the British who plan a vacation abroad. One and no more. The relationship between the thermometer and tourism was analyzed a while ago CaixaBank Researchs in A broad study in which he slid another interesting idea: foreign visitors who have to live a heat wave during their vacations are less likely to repeat destiny. To be more precise and in the case of Spain, its willingness to return falls from 14 to 12.1%. And that is the average. The percentage varies between nationalities. Americans, for example, do not seem willing to sweat during their vacations. Among those who have touched a heat wave in Spain the inclination to repeat fate falls 42.5%. Even the foreign press has criticized Sometimes … Read more

What is Perplexity, how it works and what the Pro version of this artificial intelligence search engine is like

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Let’s explain to you what is Perplexitythe popular conversational artificial intelligence search engine. It is a tool that seeks to revolutionize the way you find content on the Internet, although currently chatbots such as ChatGPT, Copilot either Gemini They are also capable of using AI for these searches, although they do not specialize in it. We are going to start the article by briefly explaining what exactly Perplexity is and its internal workings, as well as the difference compared to conventional search engines. Then, we will tell you in a simple way what the external functioning of the search engine is like, and the functions they have. We will finish by talking to you about its paid version. What is Perplexity Perplexity is a conversational search engine that works through artificial intelligence. seeks to offer an easier to use alternative to Googleand in which you will not have to go in and out of links to find the answers you are looking for. The main difference with conversational search engines is the way you interact with it. While with Google or Bing you have to type keywords to find the content, with Perplexity you have to ask a question with natural languageand the AI ​​will understand what you are trying to find, and offer you the answer. It is able to do this because inside the search engine we have an artificial intelligence system that, like ChatGPT or others, has been trained to analyze your text and understand natural language with whom you are asking something. With this, when you ask it a question it extracts the meaning of the words and how they work together, and allows more precise searches. On Google, when you want to write more specific things and ask very long questions, the results may be very bad because it tries to find content with all the words. Perplexity understands the concept of what you want to findand with that performs more precise searches. Furthermore, this search engine is respectful of its sources. Unlike ChatGPT, Copilot or Gemini, the web pages from which the information was obtained do not seem hidden. Instead, it shows them at the top, and you can click to go directly to specific pages or click on the box where they all are to display them as a list. In this way, Perplexity also allows you verify information more easily. Artificial intelligence systems sometimes make mistakes or hallucinations in their response, and having sources of information nearby will make it easier to verify that what they say is true. How Perplexity works Perplexity’s home page is similar to other artificial intelligence search engines and chats. Upon entering perplexity.aiyou will have a search field where you can write what you want to find. Below you will also have some suggestions for questions in case you don’t know how to start using it. Below the search field you have several options. With the Focus option you can choose where to search of what you want to find. For example, in addition to searching the web, you can search in academic documents, or social networks, you can search videosand even receive better answers to writing or mathematical problems. You will also have options to upload a PDF file and perform internal searches, or to activate Pro mode, which is the paid version of Perplexity. For these two functions you will first have to create an account, although not necessary for simple searcheswhich you can do without a user account. When you ask a question, Perplexity will compose an answer based on the information it has found on the Internet. But on top of this answer you have a Sources section with the pages Where did you get the information from? On the right, you can also display images or videos, to see those that are related to the search you have performed. In the section of Sources you have four paintings. The first three are links that take you directly to the pages from which the most information has been obtained, and the fourth allows you open a list with all sources that you have used and the articles from which the information with which you have generated the response came. This way, you can enter the one you want just as you do with Google. For some questions you will be answered with graphics or images, especially for quick ones that you can ask, such as what the weather is like today or tomorrow in a certain city. Perplexity vs Perplexity Pro Perplexity has a paid version called Perplexity Pro. In exchange for a monthly payment of 20 euros, you will have advanced functions, such as choose the AI ​​model you want to usebeing able to choose, in addition to their own, other much more famous ones. This is the table with the differences: Perplexity perplexity pro queries Fast and unlimited Fast and unlimited Pro consultations 3 a day 300+ a day AI models Standard Perplexity Standard Perplexity GPT-4o Claude-3 Sonar Large (Llama 3.3) and more… Profile You can create one to customize responses, but it’s optional. You need to create one before subscribing to the pro. Upload and analyze files Only with account Limited Unlimited View responses No Yes, using Playground AI, DALL-E, SDXL and more API Credits No 5$/month As you can see, the main difference is that you can make daily Pro queries with which to obtain better results, and you can compose the answers with other artificial intelligence models like GPT-4o and others. Thus, you do not depend on the advances of the Perplexity model, and you can use other more advanced ones. There are also advantages when it comes to uploading files and analyzing them, which is an unlimited function, and composing images to visualize the responses, something that in the Pro version you can do… and using different image-generating AI models. In Xataka Basics | News of the ChatGPT search engine in December 2024: everything announced by … Read more

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