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Animal skin will no longer be part of the future upholstery of BMW-owned British car marque MINI. This was declared by MINI design chief Oliver Heilmer in an interview with UK-based Autocar magazine. “We don’t need leather any more in the future, because we don’t believe it’s sustainable,” he told Autocar’s Pier Ward (autocar.co.uk). “We’re […]

Fresh from their meatless foodie escapade at Satya Graha in Laguna and Firehouse Pizza at Crimson Hotel in Muntinlupa City, our always-hungry trio of TessDrive.com editor-in-chief Aries B. Espinosa, scientist and radio host Custer C. Deocaris, and breastfeeding advocate and vegan activist Nona Andaya-Castillo now find themselves delivering Christmas packages to a “mystery location”. The

Ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles once said, “Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life”. Carlo S believes, however, that the other way around is equally true: Mothers are the anchors who hold children to life. It is this very reason that Carlo has given up his dream property to sustain his mom who

This August, the world witnessed Cadillac’s online reveal of its first all-electric luxury crossover—the Lyriq show car. But more than its global debut, the propulsion system and supporting technologies involved position Cadillac to be a leader in electrification, connectivity and automated driving. All these delivered with thrilling performance and a new threshold in technology integration.

The Hyundai New Thinkers Circuit (HNTC) of the HARI Foundation Inc (HFI) now counts four scholars who have successfully made it through their chosen science courses—two from University of the Philippines-Diliman, one from UP-Los Baños, and one from Ateneo de Manila University. The latest addition has been Christine Joy Reloza, who recently graduated with a

On August 8, 52-year-old Dr. Eulogio Losorata Jr, a medical frontliner who worked double shifts at the Our Lady of Rosary Hospital and Manabat General Hospital in Pampanga province in the Philippines, passed away. His younger brother Yugel Losorata, bassist and songwriter of the band The PubForties, wrote a song titled “Last Time I Saw

In a time of war among men, the deadliest place to be is in the battlefield. In a war against an unseen enemy such as a virus, that battlefield shifts to the hospitals. According to Medscape.com, there have been over 1,800 medical frontliners from 64 countries who died in the performance of their duties since

Last April, during the early stages of the CoViD-19 outbreak in the country, TessDrive.com featured local companies who lent support to the country’s frontliners. Four months since, members of the business sector have continued their efforts, helping in any way they can. Here are some fine examples. SMC: 5,000 frontliners in Cebu each get P2M

Quarantine or no quarantine, there’s no stopping the march of time, nor the commemoration of important historical and personal events. This year, the country’s leading automotive company—Toyota Motor Philippines Corp (TMP)—celebrates 32 years of operations. Interestingly, the year 1988 was also the year the following local celebrities came into the world: Mikael Daez – actor,