Author: staff@jalopnik.com (Aakash Badree)

With the all-electric Dodge Charger Daytona arriving first, the reimagined Charger nameplate initially asked enthusiasts to assume muscle without gasoline. Now, because the Sixpack models begin reaching owners powered by Stellantis’ twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter Hurricane inline-6, the conversation shifts. For a lot of enthusiasts, this gas-powered version appears like the Charger they were waiting for. Within the spirit of this recent Charger and its power train, it’s value remembering that Mopar has a slightly interesting past with six-cylinder power — just not in the USA. Over five many years ago, long before the Hurricane assumed Dodge’s muscle-car torch, Chrysler Australia had already…

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Silvia Dubois/Shutterstock A quaint neighborhood north of Copenhagen, Denmark has adopted a radical tweak to its nighttime streetscape — red streetlights in select areas somewhat than the standard white streetlights. Within the municipality of Gladsaxe, officials have been replacing traditional streetlights with red-spectrum LEDs. This variation is rooted in real science and reflects a deeper shift in how cities may eventually consider environmentalism of their infrastructure. Historically, most street lighting schemes equated brightness with safety — using white light to maximise visibility for drivers and pedestrians. Those self same light wavelengths are increasingly recognized as harmful to nocturnal wildlife, particularly…

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