One of the concerns that comes up often in discussions about EVs is battery degradation. Since these are lithium based batteries, naturally some degradation will occur over time - and result in loss of capacity. We know this well from the smartphone...
In an interesting interview, Volkswagen's boss Thomas Schäfer said that the Golf lineup and the GTI designation will continue to exist outside the ICE era. The current 8th-generation Golf's retirement is planned for 2027-2028. The next generation...
BYD's premium sub-brand called Yangwang, which means "looking up", finally gets an official logo. It's important to note that Yangweng shouldn't be mistaken for the luxury brand announced in mid-November. The latter still doesn't have a name...
Nio Day is probably the company's most important day of the year, as this is when new models and technologies are announced. At first, many thought that Nio Day 2022 won't be happening or it will be an online event due to strict zero COVID-19...
BYD's overseas expansion seems pretty aggressive. In a recent interview for Bloomberg, the company's Vice President said that the automaker plans to open at least one factory in the EU, possibly two. This announcement doesn't come as a surprise...
Motional is an American start-up specializing in autonomous vehicle solutions and the company worked closely with Hyundai to prepare a fleet of Ioniq 5 vehicles for a very special taxi service. Uber and Motional got together in October and...
Euro NCAP testing is changing in order to keep up with the progress made by automakers. The latest technology and construction materials are making cars the safest they have ever been. Euro NCAP has been around for 25 years and without a doubt it...
Honda's N-Van was introduced back in 2018 with a gasoline-powered engine with just 0.7-liter displacement, but in 2024, the cute van is getting a fully-electric version. The Japanese automaker says it's versatile enough for commercial and personal...
According to Bloomberg and its sources, Apple is postponing the debut of its fully autonomous vehicle until 2026 and it is scaling back its ambitious plans of the car being capable of self-driving. The news comes on the back of yet another string...
The founder of Niutron, Li Yinan, took to social media today and issued an apology to 24,376 buyers who put the deposits down for the company’s first electric SUV, the Niutron NV. The company promised to issue full refunds within 48 hours but did...
Another big step for the Vietnamese electric car maker VinFast. The company has officially filed for an Initial Public Offering and it wants to be listed at the NAsdaq exchange under VFS ticker. The company has recorded some of the fastest progress...
Elon Musk’s controversial approach to autonomous driving has just been made even more confusing. Last year Tesla announced it was removing radars from all of its vehicles and that from now on it was going to purely rely on the cameras for its Tesla...
Maserati Granturismo Folgore was unveiled only two months ago after a prolonged campaign of teasers and leaks. At the time the company disclosed most of the car’s specification and it was enough for the new electric Maserati to become the fastest...
Polestar has started offering a new over-the-air software update for the Polestar 2 in the US, but this isn't your regular, run-of-the-mill, bug fixing update. Nor is it free. This one nets you an extra 69 horsepower and 15 pound-feet of torque,...
Munro Vehicles is a Scotland-based company founded in 2019 and it just announced its heavy-duty Mk_1, AWD, boxy-looking SUV. It's built to tackle pretty much every type of terrain and it comes in two powertrain variants. The standard version has...
Squad will launch its Solar City Car in the US for $6,250 (before any incentives). That's the same figure it promised in Europe - €6,250 (before VAT and any incentives), where it's available for pre-order in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and...
Mercedes-Benz pledged to go fully electric by the end of this decade, where market conditions allow. As part of this plan, the Stuttgart-Untertürkheim plant will double its production of EV-related parts by 2024. As of now, the plant is...
Waze is now a downloadable, independent app that can run on a car's infotainment screen, no phone required. Vehicles that come with Google built-in will get the app directly and it's first to roll out to Renault's Austral Hybrid and the Megane...
XPeng is planning to release a slew of new electric car models starting from the next year and it appears one of them is going to be the long rumored MPV. The project has been known under its codename H93 and for the first time it has been spotted...
New strategy for VW will begin with Cupra, its Spanish arm of electric cars which separated from Seat in order to focus purely on EVs. The first electric car from Cupra is going to be the Tavascan which the company announced will be manufactured at...
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