Several years after Tesla brought video games and “Caraoke” to its in-car infotainment, legacy automakers are introducing their first entries into this arena. No, I’m not saying these are the most critical improvements to cars, trucks, and SUVs today. However, these are fun features in a car, especially if you … [continued]
August saw plugin EVs take 20.6% share in Germany, down from (an outlier) 37.0% share YoY. BEVs are now around the level they were in 2022, but PHEV share has halved since then. Overall auto volume was 197,322 units, down some 28% YoY, and far below 2015–2019 seasonal norms (~273,000 … [continued]
Japan Post is not a newcomer to the notion of using electric vehicles (EVs) to save money as well as the environment. Mitsubishi supplied the Japan Post with electric vehicles (EVs) roughly 11 years ago — 5,000 Minicab-MiEVs, the Minicab EV’s precursor. Now, a fresh Mitsubishi Motors order has been … [continued]
World premiere of the ID.7 GTX01: 250-kW (340-PS) fastback with electric all-wheel drive powers to 100 km/h in just 5.4 seconds Pre-sales of four new ID.7 versions boasting large 86-kWh batteries: ID.7 GTX01, ID.7 GTX Tourer04, ID.7 Pro S03 and ID.7 Tourer Pro S05 available to order from 6 June Electric mobility for … [continued]
The road to the electric car future has developed some twists and turns of late as automakers struggle to understand the current market.
The independent testers have never rated a vehicle as “very good” before The flagship model from the all-electric ID. family received an overall score of 1.5 Best ratings in the categories engine/drive (1.0), safety (1.1) and environment (1.2) It is the flagship model from the all-electric ID. family and is … [continued]
Volkswagen launched the ID.7 Tourer just last month, and now you can place pre-orders for the hot, sleek, utilitarian, electric estate car. The ID.7 Tourer is first coming in the ID.7 Tourer Pro trim, which comes with 607 km (377 miles) of range on a full charge from its 77 … [continued]
December saw plugin EVs take 63.1% share in Sweden, down YoY from the record 74.7% of December 2022, which was boosted by a pull forward ahead of January incentive cuts. BEV volumes in full year 2023 were up 17.9% compared to 2022, though PHEV volumes fell. December’s overall auto volume … [continued]
The Volkswagen ID.7 is going from one strength to another. I just wrote yesterday about how it has the highest level of new anti-dooring tech in the Volkswagen fleet, and now we have an announcement that it has achieved a 5-star safety rating from the Euro NCAP (European New Car … [continued]
One of the arch enemies of bicyclists in cities is doors, car doors. When the lane for bikers is right next to parallel-parked cars, there’s a serious risk of drivers and passengers opening the car door right at the wrong time and bicyclists crashing into it, even flipping over the … [continued]
