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BASF's 'sit down. move' contest: Chemistry for the senses

BASF design contest ‘sit down. move.' Contest type seat design Launched 26 September 2012 Deadline for entries 30 January 2013 Contest coordinators Eva Höfli & Jordan Kurikov Headquarters Ludwigshafen, Germany Contact sitdownmove@basf.com Website www.designfabrik.basf.com/sitdownmove In September 2012, BASF's Global Competence Seating Team and its ‘designfabrik' studio launched a seating design contest called ‘sit down. move'.

Tesla ‘drops’ entry-level Model S. But was it ever going to be available?

The 40kWh version of the Tesla Model S is being dropped by Tesla in the US, but we do wonder if Tesla ever had any intention of delivering it in the first place. Tesla’s big claim ahead of the arrival of the, very impressive, Model S – and a seemingly vital part of the US taxpayer funding Tesla to develop the Model S – was that they would deliver a car that cost under $50k, something the car industry thought impossible. But when the Model S was launched, Tesla did indeed have an entry-level model available with a 4okWh battery that was listed at $58,750 (taking it almost down to the $50k mark after the US taxpayer chipped in the EV bribe) so Elon Musk could, quite reasonably, claim Tesla had delivered.

BMW M5 2011 (F10) at Nurburgring +video

The 2011 BMW M5 caught on video near the Nurburgring Wonderful power plant though the V10 is, in these economy and emissions conscience times it is a pragmatic move by BMW to use the 4.4 litre V8 already seen in the X5M and X6M in the next generation M5. It seems almost certain if you watch this video – especially at around 3:15 where you can hear the turbos quite clearly – that forced induction is the route BMW are taking. But it seems likely that the M5 will get a few more horses than others in the BMW range using the same powerplant.