Simon Hackett, a participant in Australia’s Global Green Challenge, has completed a pivotal leg of the race, driving his 2008 Tesla Roadster 501km from Alice Springs to Coober Pedy with only 3 miles left on the charge. This marks a new world record for a production electric vehicle.
While we expect climate change to alter conditions on earth, we probably weren’t expecting to resemble one of our closest planetary neighbours, Mars, so soon. Residents in Sydney, Australia, woke up to what appeared to be extra-terrestrial conditions: a crimson-red fog blanketed the entire city.