The automaker has taken the covers off its Cayenne Electric and Cayenne Turbo Electric, the most powerful production Porsches ever. But it won't confirm a key AI feature of its first fully electric SUV. In the first nine months of 2025, Porsche's operating profit plummeted by 99 percent compared to the same stint the year before. Profit has tanked for the auto brand with a track record of making billions. The reasons for Porsche's misfortune are no secret.

Oozing with flair, and now a little more practical--it's hard not to love Maeving's latest ride. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. I test-ride electric kick scooters as a part of my job. They're fantastic to ride and zip around town, but they are not nor particularly comfortable.

"It's more exhausting," says Afer, a deputy commander of the "Da Vinci Wolves", describing how one of the best-known battalions in Ukraine has to defend against constant Russian attacks. Where once the invaders might have tried small group assaults with armoured vehicles, now the tactic is to try and sneak through on foot one by one, evading frontline Ukrainian drones, and find somewhere to hide. Under what little cover remains, survivors then try to gather a group of 10 or so and attack Ukrainian positions. It is costly – "in the last 24 hours we killed 11," Afer says – but the assaults that previously might have happened once or twice a day are now relentless. To the Da Vinci commander it seems that the Russians are terrified of their own officers, which is why they follow near suicidal orders.

Our galaxy's centre may contain an exceptional cosmic spinning top – a black hole that seems to be spinning almost as fast as possible. Michael Janssen at Radboud University in the Netherlands and his colleagues were studying the black hole at the Milky Way's centre, Sagittarius A*, using the data gathered by a network of observatories collectively known as the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). To deal with the complexity of the data, they turned to artificial intelligence. First, they used well-known mathematical models to simulate about a million black holes – which was itself a computational feat that required millions of hours of supercomputer time. Then they used these simulations to train a type of AI called a neural network, enabling it to determine a black hole's traits based on observational data. Finally, they fed the AI the data about Sagittarius A* that EHT had collected throughout 2017.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. At 95 degrees, the heat rising off the track at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, makes it impossible to see the 40-mph left turn at the end of the 170-mph straight before you need to brake for the turn. This makes every lap a leap of faith of sorts as you brake at the appointed spot and pray to Brembo, the patron saint of deceleration, that you'll slow in time to make the turn you know is coming but cannot see clearly through shimmering heat waves. The Brembo-supplied carbon ceramic brakes feature six-piston monobloc front calipers gripping 15.7-inch rotors and four-piston monobloc rear calipers squeezing 15.4-inch rotors. Pounding around COTA for lap after lap, the brakes continue to deliver, with no fade or hair-raising long pedal as exhibited by the Aston Martin Vantage during last year's track test.

Imagine stepping on to a train in London and arriving in New York just 54 minutes later. Although that might sound like something straight from the pages of science fiction, this is exactly what a proposed Transatlantic Tunnel claims it could achieve. This Elon Musk-backed concept could allow travellers to complete the 3,400-mile (5,470 km) journey in less time than many people's inner-city commute. But that convenience comes at a serious cost, with the estimated price tag reaching 19trillion ( 15trillion) - over five times more than the UK's total gross domestic product. Musk recently ignited renewed interest in the idea by claiming that his tunnel-digging company, The Boring Company, could complete it for '1000-times less money'.

Taipei, Taiwan – Imagine boarding a train that glides above the ground at supersonic speeds. Speeding through an airless tube using powerful electro-magnets, passengers could travel from San Francisco to Los Angeles, London to Paris, or Basra to Baghdad in less than an hour. The train would be potentially greener than existing modes of transportation, too, using electricity that could be drawn from renewable energy sources. While it may sound like the stuff of science fiction, scientists and engineers in multiple countries are working on making the concept of the so-called hyperloop a reality. Hyperloop proponents, who include tech billionaire Elon Musk, have announced a series of recent breakthroughs in progressing the technology, whose development has been plagued by commercial setbacks and doubts about its feasibility.

This incredible video captures the moment a Chinese humanoid robot sets a new world speed record. Clocking in at just 7mph, it won't be competing in the Olympics any time soon, but this is still blisteringly fast for a bipedal bot. In the video, Chinese robotics firm Unitree shows off the impressive capabilities of their latest robot, the H1 Evolution V3.0. From a powerful jump to some snazzy dance moves, the H1 demonstrates its mobility and balance. Incredible footage shows as Unitree's H1 Evolution V3.0 robot sets a new speed record for a full-size humanoid robot Top speed: 3.3 metres per second (proven) or 5 m/s (potential) Dressed in a T-shirt and rather odd trousers the robot begins to run across an open court. With a technique that is somewhere between a waddle and a run, the bot quickly hits its top speed.

Chinese automobile manufacturer HiPhi, otherwise called Human Horizons, just unveiled the HiPhi A, an all-electric hypercar that's drenched in power. The company claims it can reach a top speed of 186 MPH and can accelerate to 60 MPH in around two seconds. The maximum power output is 1,305 PS, thanks to the company's in-house-developed high-performance powertrain with a front single-motor drive and rear dual-motor drives. The "A" in HiPhi A stands for Apollo and refers to the company's technology partnership with the EV maker of the same name. As such, the HiPhi A is more than just raw power and all-electric bona-fides. It boasts adaptive dampers, rear-wheel steering and a proprietary torque vectoring system that the company says improves both handling and braking.

The country's biggest fleet of low-speed, self-driving electric shuttles hit the road on Tuesday in a major step forward for the electric vehicle sector. The unveiling here adds momentum to an industry that is poised to get a significant boost from the Biden administration and Democrats in Congress. "We will write the next chapter in the world's transportation history -- in a time when we need a new chapter desperately," said Tyler Svitak, executive director of the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, a sponsor of the shuttle system. The six-passenger miniature trolley-type vehicles from French company EasyMile are a sharp contrast to the large, diesel-burning buses known on many crowded college campuses. Each shuttle, called the Mines Rover, uses advanced sensors, cameras and LiDAR, which those involved say limit the risk of human error to about 94 percent of vehicle-related fatalities. A Mines student trained to oversee operations will ride on each vehicle.