Designer Ray-Ban Metas, An EV to Mock Tesla, and Portable Pizzas—Here’s Your Gear News of the Week | EUROtoday

It’s not rocket science. An enormous a part of the rationale why Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarers are the perfect face laptop is as a result of lots of people already do need to put on Ray-Ban Wayfarers. It’s rather a lot simpler to steer folks to put on a wise accent when that accent appears sharp as hell. Meta has dedicated to the bit with its newest launch, the Ray-Ban Meta x Coperni collaboration, which simply debuted at Paris Fashion Week, no much less.

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Coperni is a French vogue model that’s recognized for semi-techy stunts like spraying a gown onto mannequin Bella Hadid, so collaborating with Meta isn’t completely off-brand. The Coperni glasses are limited-edition (naturally). In addition to all the standard Ray-Ban Meta options—stay video recording, AI capabilities, fairly nice sound high quality—the Coperni glasses have restricted version numbering, a Coperni charging case, and grey mirror lenses. Important to recollect, although: Buying a $549 pair of vogue AI glasses is not going to make you seem like a modern-day oligarch. You’re going to want a chin implant, a automotive with 37 recall notices, or a bunker in Hawaii to try this.—Adrienne So

Watch Out Elon, Former Tesla and Lucid Bods Are Making Their Own Roadster EVs

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New EV manufacturers are arising on a regular basis, however what makes Longbow Motors particular will not be solely the beautiful designs of the primary two incoming fashions however that this start-up is based by former execs from Tesla, BYD, and Lucid. That’s fairly the pedigree.

The two EVs are the Speedster (above), with no roof or windscreen, which shall be adopted by a fixed-roof, two-seat coupe known as the Roadster. The rear-wheel drive Speedster shall be restricted to 150 vehicles, and weigh in at simply 895 kg, giving it a 275-mile vary, a claimed 0-62 mph time of three.5 seconds, and $92,600 price ticket. The Roadster shall be cheaper at $70,850, however 100 kg heavier, but nonetheless good for 0-62 mph in 3.6 seconds, and 280 miles.

Longbow claims it’ll have a prototype by summer time, and remaining vehicles to these courageous sufficient to pre-order as early as subsequent yr. And in case you had been questioning if it’s simply coincidence one of many EVs is known as “Roadster,” it isn’t. Co-founder Daniel Davy, who labored at Tesla through the improvement of its unique Roadster, advised Top Gear that the moniker was a jibe on the regularly delayed Tesla Roadster MkII.

“A lot of customers have put deposits down for a Roadster that they can’t get,” Davy advised Top Gear. “If people want to get back their $250,000 deposit for a 2020 car and put it into a better car they’re going to get sooner, they’re welcome to do it. Our Roadster’s going to be on the ground first.” —Jeremy White

Get a Handle on JBL’s Pimped Most Popular Speakers

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JBL dropped two new audio system in time for the nice and cozy climate forward. This week, the corporate debuted rejigged variations of the JBL Flip 7 and the JBL Charge 6—two of its hottest fashions. Both have enhanced sound (“bigger and bolder,” in accordance with JBL), its Sound Boost tech that analyzes music in real-time and optimizes the driving force accordingly, in addition to high-res lossless audio by way of USB-C. You also can pair it with different Auracast-enabled JBL audio system (though it will not work with older fashions that use Social gatheringBoost).