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Tailless Warplane Concept May Provide Clues To China’s Future Fighter Ambitions

April 7, 2023

An intriguing photo has appeared on social media showing what looks to be a fighter-sized tailless aircraft concept out of China. Provided the photo is legitimate, and that it does represent some kind of future fighter concept or related demonstrator, it would add to the weight of evidence that suggests that China has indeed focused on a tailless configuration for its sixth-generation fighter jet, or that a design of this kind is at least under intensive study. In fact, a remarkably similar-looking vehicle appeared at the airfield of one of China’s biggest fighter manufacturers back in October 2021 — The War Zone was the first to report on to this still-mysterious airframe.

Reportedly first posted to Weibo, the Chinese microblogging website, next to no details are currently available about what the photo actually shows, let alone where or when it was taken. In the photo, a group of suit-wearing apparent

‘iPhone Ultra’ Concept Envisions Apple’s Rumored Future Top-Tier Smartphone

April 2, 2023

Apple has reportedly considered releasing a new top-of-the-line iPhone alongside future Pro and Pro Max models, tentatively referred to as “iPhone Ultra,” and one designer has taken it upon himself to envision what such a device could potentially look like.

German industrial designer Jonas Daehnert came up with this impressive-looking concept (pictured) by marrying design elements of the Apple Watch Ultra with a smaller imagined iPhone Pro model, which he describes as “12mm+ thick – the Ultra concept.”

Like Apple’s more rugged Apple Watch, Daehnert’s titanium iPhone chassis features rounded edges with a flat upper rim that sits flush with the display. Elsewhere, there are protruding Side and Volume Up/Down buttons reminiscent of the watch’s crown guard. The extra thickness of the chassis presumes a larger internal battery.

Other aspects of the Ultra design language that have been adopted for Daehnert’s concept include a ruggedized Ring/Silent switch, a programmable Action

Audi Activesphere Concept: The Future Is VR Sport Coupe SUV Pickupy Things

March 29, 2023

A pair of Audi Activesphere concepts facing each other

If you combined almost every type of vehicle Americans can buy in 2023 into a single thing on four wheels, you’d get the future of Audi.

The German luxury automaker has been teasing its future plans with a series of concept cars with the suffix sphere. None are spherical.

Not a Real Car. Or Truck. Or SUV.

Automakers routinely build concept cars — one-off models meant to show possible future design directions but never intended for sale. We rarely bother to report on them because they’re not something you can buy.

But this is the fourth Audi-sphere car and the second one we’ve covered. The first earned an article because it’s like the Batmobile. Audi called it the Skysphere, not the Batsphere. But Batman calls himself Bruce, and you’re not fooled.

This latest concept is called the Activesphere, and we’re covering it because… it’s neat. And we’d like to see

Nissan unveils Max-Out EV convertible concept at ‘Futures’ event

March 26, 2023

As part of the launch of its Nissan Futures event kicking off in Japan this week, Nissan Motor Company unveiled a physical EV convertible prototype called the Max-Out – based on a virtual rendering teased in 2021. The Japanese automaker says the electric convertible concept represents its ambitions for sustainability in the future, but we can’t help but wonder why the creators of the LEAF didn’t start developing EVs like this ten years ago?

Nissan Motor Corporation ($NSANY) has been in business since the 1930s in Japan and is recognized as one of the early promoters of electric vehicles with its Nissan LEAF, which debuted all the way back in 2010.

It would take 12 years for the Japanese automaker to grace the US with another BEV, when the Ariya began deliveries last fall. While Nissan gears up to take a custom Ariya 17,000 miles from the North to the

CHIPOTLE INTRODUCES NEW CALIFORNIA INSPIRED FRESH EATERY CONCEPT, FARMESA

March 24, 2023

Farmesa features a robust, customizable menu of fresh ingredients served in bowls
In partnership with Kitchen United Mix, Farmesa is opening at Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade in Southern California
Farmesa will help Chipotle test and learn on future restaurant concepts

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) today announced it is opening a new restaurant called Farmesa at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California. Farmesa is a fresh, bold concept featuring delicious proteins, greens, grains and vegetables that are inspired by Chipotle’s Food with Integrity standards. The concept will soft open with an abbreviated menu and limited hours before officially rolling out next month.

CHIPOTLE INTRODUCES NEW CALIFORNIA INSPIRED FRESH EATERY CONCEPT, FARMESA

“One of our strategic objectives is to create or invest in emerging culinary spaces and restaurant concepts that fit within Chipotle’s food with integrity mission and make fresh food daily,” said Brian Niccol, Chairman and