T3 March 2023

DRAG STRIP Aptera has cut the Launch Edition’s drag coefficient to just 0.13 – making the Tesla Model 3’s 0.23 look positively brick-like and nipping at the bumpers of the sleekest solar race cars at 0.07 APTERA LAUNCH EDITION Tesla, take note: this is how you create an innovative e-vehicle. While the 400-mile range of Aptera’s first production vehicle is certainly impressive, the real headline is those solar cells. The Launch Edition’s roof-mounted panels drink down enough juice to give you up to 40 miles driving a day – essentially making your daily commute totally free. Got a long journey planned? You don’t need to leave it in the drive for two weeks. Hook it up to a DC fast charger and it’ll gain 400 – 600 miles of range in an hour.…

Tech journalists don’t have their own personal Woodstock. Socially awkward nerds that need their every relationship to be mediated through a Sahara’s worth of silicon tend not to be ones for grooving around in the mud. But if we did, it’s safe to say that it would be Las Vegas’s Consumer Electronics Show, the biggest global launch event for the tech that will be arriving in the coming year. Once you’ve been following CES for a few years, you start to recognise some of the recurring trends. There’s the boundary-transgressing bathroom trackers – I don’t even want my partner to witness my *ahem* ablutions but, sure, I’m perfectly happy to share them with Withings. Or there’s the cuddly toys that let us outsource all the social obligations we find too burdensome,…

1 SAMSUNG GALAXY S23 ULTRA • From £TBC, samsung.com It’s funny. We’d normally be in the mood to excoriate a company that isn’t pushing the boundaries of its hardware hard, but in the case of the new generation Ultra we’re just not that mad. Much of Samsung’s latest feels eerily similar to the S22, and that’s no bad thing: the S22 Ultra remains an excellent phone. The S23 Ultra is class-leading. To throw the baby out with the bathwater wouldn’t be a sensible thing to do. Besides, it’s hard to focus on what’s similar given the big headline change: Samsung has offered the S23 Ultra a ludicrous Adaptive Pixel 200MP sensor. This isn’t the first time Samsung has produced such a camera, nor is it the first time one has hit a phone…

TIE-DYED SWEATER Make a splash and wear the colours of the rainbow with this cashmere sweater from LA-based brand, The Elder Statesmen. A mid-weight knit to bring the sun while we wait for spring. £1,340, mrporter.com SOUVENIR SWEATER A transitional piece to see you from winter to spring, this sweater is weighty enough to keep you warm, yet light enough to avoid overheating. All while its retro abstract design pleases the eye. £100, paulsmith.com STRIPED SCARF This look is all about dopamine dressing so Loewe’s anagram-patch striped mohair blend scarf with its playful and optimistic colourway will raise the mood wherever you go. £225, matchesfashion.com CAMP COLLAR SHIRT Inspired by film, music and design, Japanese brand Wacko Maria pays homage to '80s New York artist Jean-Michel Basquiat on this voile shirt with a print of one of Basquiat’s illustrative paintings. £415,…

G-SHOCK, GWF-A1000APF-1AER Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Frogman with an eye-catching design based on a poison dart frog, this model is Bluetooth enabled, solar powered and Radio Controlled for the ultimate in connectivity. £949, g-shock.co.uk BELL & ROSS X ALAIN SILBERSTEIN, BR 03-92 KLUB 22 A pure expression of the collaboration between the two brands, featuring a pure matte black ceramic case and jet-black dial, with hands transformed into massive oversized geometric shapes. $4,400, bellross.com CHRISTOPHER WARD, C65 DUNE Built for the outdoors and styled for the boardroom, CW’s new field watch – named after Aquitaine’s Dune du Pilat, the tallest sand dune in Europe – pairs an elegant ‘light-catcher’ case with the rugged do-anything durability. £695, christopherward.com HAMILTON, JAZZMASTER FACE-2-FACE III Equipped with a round rotating 44mm case, the inventive Jazzmaster Face-2-Face III boasts two dials – one…

As the price tag suggests, the What the Dunk versions of Nike’s legendary sneakers, are not so much a fashion piece as a collector’s item. Shoe giant Nike has certainly nurtured the elevated status of its iconic Dunk sneakers by only producing limited editions of each iteration in order to increase the value – or the sense of it at least. The original Nike Dunk was first released in 1985 as a basketball shoe, which came armed with the slogan, ‘be true to your school’. The sneakers came in several colour variations to signify different college basketball teams – a smart move from the Swoosh as numerous teams made it their official shoe. In the 1990s some design tweaks and changes saw the Dunk adopted by skate culture with Nike…