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Motorsport

Driver Passes Traffic Jam on Shoulder, Receives Instant Karma

A video circulating on Reddit shows a Volkswagen Bora driver attempting to bypass a traffic jam on a Romanian highway by driving on the emergency lane, only to be stopped by a police officer. This incident serves as a reminder of the importance of emergency lanes and the consequences of disregarding traffic regulations.

The emergency lane is designated for use by emergency vehicles such as ambulances, fire trucks, and law enforcement vehicles. Its purpose is to provide a clear path for these vehicles to navigate through traffic and reach their destinations quickly in times of crisis. Access to the emergency lane can be the difference between life and death for those in need of immediate medical attention or rescue services.

VW Bora cuts traffic in Romania

Unfortunately, many motorist misuse emergency lanes to bypass traffic jams, and similar incidents have been witnessed worldwide.

In the attached video, a silver Volkswagen Bora can be seen overtaking a long line of stalled vehicles by using the emergency lane. The driver attempts to return to the main road after spotting a police officer, but it’s too late. As the driver tries to make a clean escape, the police officer intervenes, signaling the driver to stop the vehicle.

The irony is evident as the driver’s attempt to avoid traffic leads to their downfall. This incident serves as a reminder that traffic rules exist to maintain order and ensure the safety of everyone on the road. It also highlights the repercussions of taking shortcuts out of impatience.

Cars, News

Tesla’s Dojo Supercomputer Begins Production To Train Autopilot Worthy Of Its Name

Tesla is stepping up its game with the production of its new supercomputer known as Dojo, designed specifically to train the Autopilot system. Currently, Tesla relies on a supercomputer equipped with Nvidia A100 GPUs, composed of 5,760 GPU units spread across 820 nodes. This powerful setup can deliver 1.8 Exa-FLOPS (floating point operations per second). However, the Dojo supercomputer is expected to surpass these specifications easily.

Unlike the current setup, Dojo doesn’t depend on outsourced cores. Instead, it utilizes a self-designed D1 chip, manufactured by TSMC using a 7nm fabrication process. This chip contains more than 300 computing cores, and multiple D1 chips are clustered to form tiles. Each System Tray is made up of six tiles, and one cabinet consists of a pair of System Trays. To create one ExaPOD, ten cabinets are combined.

During Tesla’s AI Day event last year, a detailed presentation on Dojo was provided, shedding light on its architecture. The primary goal of Dojo is to expedite the auto-labeling process, which plays a vital role in training the Autopilot model. By enhancing the speed of this process, Dojo enables the Autopilot system to better recognize real-world objects and understand various scenarios, ultimately leading to more accurate decision-making.

However, even during the early stages of testing, Dojo’s power was so overwhelming that it reportedly overloaded the local power grid. This demonstrates the high potential and impressive capabilities of Tesla’s new supercomputer.

Motorsport

Audi Trainees Convert Classic NSU Prinz into an All-Electric Sports Car

This year, Audi’s Neckarsulm factory in Germany commemorates its 150th anniversary. To mark this occasion, the luxury automaker, based in Ingolstadt, decided to do something extraordinary—an electric car project that does not feature the well-known four rings logo on its hood.

Prior to becoming the modern luxury carmaker we know today, Audi was known as Auto Union. The Neckarsulm plant, which currently produces the A6 and A8 sedans, belonged to NSU. NSU was a company that manufactured bicycles, motorcycles, and cars. At one point, NSU was the largest motorcycle manufacturer globally and introduced the world’s first-ever passenger car powered by a Wankel engine. In short, NSU held significant importance in its time.

However, NSU remained a relatively small company compared to other German car brands. In 1969, Volkswagen acquired NSU and merged it with Auto Union, reviving the Audi brand and discontinuing NSU-branded cars, which continued to be sold only until 1973.

One of the final models produced was the NSU Prinz 4, a compact two-door sedan featuring a rear-mounted 598 cc air-cooled two-cylinder engine that generated approximately 30 horsepower when it was originally introduced.

For the 150th anniversary of the factory, Audi chose to revive and modernize the NSU Prinz 4L model from 1971. Interestingly, Audi entrusted this task to a team of 12 trainees, who were able to accomplish an incredible feat: electrifying this aging classic car.

During the transformation, only a portion of the original car was retained. The old two-cylinder engine was replaced with a 240 hp electric motor sourced from a 2020 Audi e-tron. Additionally, the front hood’s fuel tank was removed and replaced with a high-voltage battery pack from the plug-in hybrid Audi Q7 TFSI e quattro.


News

MVCagiva Crazy Weekend 150 Is Not An Italian Honda Adventure Scooter

Adventure-styled scooters are gaining popularity in China, with various brands offering rugged-looking models for everyday transportation. One such brand is MVCagiva, a new player in the Chinese market. While the styling of their Crazy Weekend 150 scooter may seem appealing on its own, it undeniably bears a striking resemblance to Honda’s X-ADV, ADV150, and ADV160 models. In fact, a reverse image search of the Crazy Weekend 150 prompts Google to suggest the Honda scooters as possible matches.

Adding to the confusion, the Crazy Weekend 150 is powered by an engine provided by Qianjiang Motors, a subsidiary of Geely that partnered with MV Agusta in 2020 and also has a deal with Harley-Davidson. This connection raises questions about the overlap of design and engineering between the MVCagiva scooter and other established brands.


MVCagiva Crazy Weekend 150 - Dash

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Despite these similarities, the MVCagiva Crazy Weekend 150 stands on its own as a 150cc single-cylinder, liquid-cooled scooter. It boasts various features, such as LED lighting, dual-channel ABS, a full-color TFT dash, keyless start, an adjustable windscreen, and a forward-facing camera. The base model starts at 14,998 yuan (around $2,068), while an accessorized version with additional storage options and protective pieces costs 15,998 yuan (around $2,206).

The Crazy Weekend 150 is also known by the model identifier KJW150T, with the name Cagiva sometimes pronounced as “Kajiwa” in English. There are rumors of a future model called the KJW 700 that will utilize a larger Qianjiang-sourced powerplant.