Author: Alex Lowe

Ford Focus won’t make it past 2025

Ford has said that the current generation Focus hatchback won’t be on sale past 2025. This comes as more and more manufacturers are re-evaluating their current ICE lineup. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), car sales with batteries in them are up. BEV sales from April 2023 to April 2024 are up by 10.7% and the year to date, compared to 2023 is up by 10.6%. […]

Honda e:Ny1 to be renamed with next refresh

The Honda e:Ny1 is a super disappointing car all in all. We reviewed it earlier this year over on the interface Cars YouTube channel, but in short, weird name, lofty price tag and lacklustre efficiency and range. Not to mention the woeful charging speeds too. However, Honda did at least drop the price recently to make the e:Ny1 a bit more attractive. New name At the recent Beijing motor show, […]

Ubiquiti debuts new UniFi Pro Max 16 models

Ubiquiti has today debuted some new smaller switches in its expanding line of Pro Max models. The new UniFi Pro Max 16 switches are a bit narrower than a standard rack so Ubiquiti does include some rack ears in the box and interestingly, the power supply is external. To combat the weirdness in the rack, Ubiquiti does also make a unique shelf which houses the PSU and its cables. That […]

How to add Tesco Clubcard to Apple Wallet

In March 2023, we reported that Tesco had removed support for the Tesco Clubcard inside of Apple Wallet, which had caused some mass confusion and annoyance amongst users online. What had happened was, Tesco had actually removed the old Clubcard app from the App Store and replaced it with the new Tesco Grocery app, which subsequently removed support for adding the Clubcard to Apple Wallet. Shortly afterwards in May 2023, […]

Charging Status | EV Podcast – April 2024

SquadShot Show Notes In this episode, Alex and Jim discuss the Commercial Vehicle Show Alex attended last week, the Mercedes eCitan van, the plethora of cars Jim has been driving as well as some news about Tesla charging getting cheaper, the BYD Seagull coming to the UK and much more! We love to hear from our listeners! Get in touch about what you thought about this new episode. Reach out […]

UI Chat – April 2024 – “Maximum Max”

SquadShot Show Notes This month is to the Max! – In this episode, Alex and Evan talk about the London UniFi World Conference (UWC) Alex attended, the new UDM Pro Max, UXG Max and then the new software Ubiquiti released including UniFi 8.1.127, UISP 2.4.93 and UISP Router 5.0.1, which finally added a new GUI. We love to hear from our listeners! Get in touch about what you thought about […]

Ubiquiti debuts new UDM Pro Max, with up to 5Gbps routing performance

This week, Ubiquiti has revealed the latest generation of the UniFI Dream Machine, with the UDM Pro Max. This device takes the original UDM Pro and turbocharges it. The design is pretty similar, with a 1U rack mount form factor, 1.3-inch touchscreen, eight port switch and other interfaces. However, the UDM Pro Max is all about redundancy, in quite a lot of ways. To start, we now have two 3.5-inch […]

UK Broadband Investment for 380,000 Rural Premises Hits £1.3 Billion

The UK Government has been boosting access to fast and reliable broadband coverage in rural areas since the start of 2024. As of April 2024, a record £714 million was invested in the broadband rollout, and total investment funding for next-generation connection has reached £1.3 billion as part of the UK Government’s flagship £5 billion Project Gigabit programme. Around 380,000 rural households and businesses in Yorkshire, The Isles of Scilly […]

Tesla is recalling all of the Cybertrucks due to a stuck accelerator pedal

Tesla has issued a recall for the Cybertruck in the US due to an incident on all 3,878 vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has submitted a notice outlining the issue. According to the report, the accelerator pedal cover could get dislodged and then stuck underneath some of the interior trim, causing the pedal to be jammed on. The main cause of the issue looks to be due […]

Tesla reduces price for Supercharging Membership

Despite most of the public charging network getting more and more expensive, Tesla is one of the charging point operators (CPOs) that is helping to keep costs down, even for non-Tesla drivers. A few years back, Tesla started a program which would allow other electric vehicles that weren’t Tesla cars to use the ultra-reliable Tesla Supercharger network, something that has expanded throughout Europe, some of the UK and also in […]