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I STEPPED INTO I WATCHED Rob Leedham
A STYROFOAM THE DEATH Deputy Editor
STARGATE OF HYBRIDS Tom Wiggins
TO TEST AT LE MANS Production Editor
SMARTPHONES Every year since 1923, a Richard Purvis
It might look like some kind of sci-fi matter load of racing cars have thundered down Acting News Editor
transporter, but this anechoic chamber the streets surrounding the picturesque Chris Rowlands
is actually just one of a hundred ways town of Le Mans, France. Or whistle, as Reviews Editor
the bods at Huawei’s Beijing R&D campus the case may be – over the last few years Tom Morgan
make sure the company’s phones are up it’s been all about reducing emissions and Features Editor
to scratch. Walk inside, shut the door, and improving efficiency with hybrid power. Mark Wilson
things are so quiet you can hear your own Except this year that backfired, with all Staff Writer
heart beating – it’s beyond eerie. I’ll stick five of the front-running hybrids suffering Ryan Jones
to drop tests and swimming pool dunkings, major mechanical issues. Maybe we’d best Editor, Stuff.tv
thank you very much. stick with the V8s for a while? Marc McLaren
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a chunk of cash and making a difference in waiting around like a peasant, I decided Meg Saunders, Verity Burns,
the fight against climate change, all in a to get a hit of Game of Thrones action a Mikey White, Matt Beedle,
matter of minutes. Yet that’s exactly what month before the season 7 premiere by RGB Digital, Pete Gardner,
happened when I moved over to renewable taking a trip to King’s Landing – or, to use Pete Rogers, Alex Fanning
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