By Blagojce Krivevski The BMW Group and Great Wall Motor are driving e‑mobility forward by building a joint plant in China, where the BMW Group will produce future fully-electric models of its MINI brand. High-level representatives of the local Chinese government, Great Wall Motor and the BMW Group today announced the launch of the new…
By Blagojce Krivevski Just in time for the premiere of the e-tron Sportback, Audi is introducing a standard technical update for its first electric product line. This combines optimized drive system hardware with software adjustments to improve efficiency. As a result, all versions of the e-tron SUV will come off the assembly line with an…
By Blagojce Krivevski Lexus has introduced its first battery electric vehicle, the Lexus UX 300e, at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition. Since introducing the RX 400h in 2005, LEXUS has been a pioneer in vehicle electrification technology, playing a leading role in offering products that possess both performance and environmental friendliness. At the 2019 Tokyo…
By Blagojce Krivevski The introduction of the all-new Mercedes-Benz EQC marks a new era of mobility for Mercedes-Benz. As the first fully electric Mercedes-Benz vehicle to launch globally under the new EQ brand, the EQC 400 4MATIC seamlessly combines 100% electric power, torque and smoothness with all the comfort, confidence, and composure of an all-…
By Blagojce Krivevski Audi has unveiled the second model in its e-tron product line, the Audi e-tron Sportback, a dynamic SUV coupe offering up to 300 kW of power and a range of up to 446 kilometers (277.1 miles) ( in the WLTP cycle) from a single battery charge. Its digital matrix LED headlights are…
By Blagojce Krivevski For the first time in 55 years, Ford is expanding the Mustang family, bringing the famous pony into the electric age with Mustang Mach-E, an all-new, all-electric SUV born of the same all-American ideals that inspired the best-selling sports coupe in the world. Ever since the original Mustang took the world by…
By Blagojce Krivevski Volkswagen of America today marked the start of construction for its electric vehicle production facility. The Chattanooga site, where production begins in 2022, will be Volkswagen’s North American assembly base for electric vehicles. Volkswagen Group of America executives joined Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Germany’s ambassador to the U.S., Emily Haber, plant leaders,…
By Blagojce Krivevski The 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV, a small car electric car, earns a Top Safety Pick award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety when equipped with optional vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention. The 2019 Bolt EV was recently tested for the first time in the passenger-side small overlap crash test, earning an acceptable…
By Blagojce Krivevski The fourth generation of the SKODA OCTAVIA is not only more economical and eco-friendlier, it also comes with a greater choice of alternative drive systems than ever before. For the first time, there is a plug-in-hybrid variant, the SKODA OCTAVIA iV. Following in the footsteps of the SUPERB iV, the OCTAVIA iV…
By Blagojce Krivevski PEUGEOT is set to continue its long-running association with tennis as a partner of the Nitto ATP Finals for a fourth consecutive year. PEUGEOT started a global partnership with the ATP Tour in 2016 and has been present as a sponsor of more than twenty ATP Tour tournaments ever since. The Nitto…
By Blagojce Krivevski DTM promoter ITR has unveiled a proposed electric series with high-performance cars racing that could run in support of the German category. While the DTM is currently evaluating hybrid technology that is expected to be a spec component for the 2022 season, the series has now unveiled a concept for cars powered…
By Blagojce Krivevski Volkswagen will debut the ID. SPACE VIZZION to the world on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show on November 19, 2019—a zero-emissions vehicle for a new era, new thinking and new mobility. The Volkswagen ID. SPACE VIZZION is a crossover of tomorrow that combines the aerodynamic characteristics of a Gran…
By Blagojce Krivevski With the PEUGEOT e-EXPERT, PEUGEOT is increasingly committed to electrifying its models to achieve its ambition of a 100% electrified LCV range by 2021. The PEUGEOT e-EXPERT variant will be further confirmation of PEUGEOT’s LCV leadership in a market which is experiencing increased legislation and the implementation of ultra low emission zones…
By Blagojce Krivevski SEAT is strengthening its commitment to urban mobility and breaking into the motorcycle market with the presentationof the SEAT eScooter concept. The company will sell its own 100% electric motorcycle equivalent to a 125 cc model in 2020.The official presentation is taking place next 19th November in Barcelona during the Smart City…
By Blagojce Krivevski The Chevrolet E-10 Concept imagines the future of hot rodding at the SEMA Show, with a 1962 C-10 pickup truck powered by an electric Connect & Cruise concept crate propulsion package offering approximately 450 horsepower, using proven components from the Chevrolet Bolt EV. Highlighting the company’s electric capabilities, using production-based components, the…