BMW Hints At Possible i Hydrogen Next Production
Editor’s note: Apparently, BMW think it’s a good idea to hype hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in 2020!! Seriously. I’d insert 10 facepalms here if I could. Here’s the story: BMW is hard at work on a […]
BMW Unleashes The iNext Electric & Autonomous SUV At Los Angeles Auto Show
Remember when BMW’s tagline in all of its ads was “The Ultimate Driving Machine?” That slogan is gone. Now BMW wants you to think of its iNext electric SUV as “Your favorite space.” Doesn’t quite have […]
Tencent & Guangzhou Auto Reveal The iSPACE Concept Car & Intelligent Network For Cars
iSPACE concept car and intelligent network for cars On the 16th of November, on the eve of the 15th Guangzhou International Auto Show, Guangzhou Auto (GAC) held a pre-show introduction of its strategic vision of the […]
How Do You Travel 1000 Miles To IAA In A BMW i3 — Spoiler: You Don’t!
I have a 1st-gen BMW i3 in my driveway. No range extender. Just barely 100 miles of available range. And I desperately needed to go to the IAA Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung in Frankfurt, Germany, due to the impressive number […]
Fisker Inc. Teases Electric EMotion Again, Render Of Vehicle’s Back This Time
While skepticism is perhaps appropriate when dealing with the electric vehicle ambitions of Henrik Fisker, considering the way that earlier ventures have gone, the EMotion vehicle teased a number of times by the recently formed Fisker Inc seems pretty interesting.
Insanely Quick Electric 3-Wheeler — Girfalco Azkarra
The Quebec-based electric vehicle startup Girfalco has now unveiled its high-performance 3-wheel electric vehicle, the Azkarra — providing us with a few surprises. The model is seemingly deserving of the moniker “high-performance” with its acceleration of 0 […]
Atticus Robocar 4P — $25,000 EV With 93-Mile Range
What do you say to the possibility of an all-electric vehicle with 93 miles of range that sells for $25,000? Not bad, huh? A Brazilian-American engineer by the name of Paulo Camasmie is making the claim […]
Apple Reportedly Scaling Back Automotive Ambitions
Despite all of the work that’s gone into it to date, it seems that Apple execs have made the decision to drastically cut back on its automotive plans — and have thus let go of, or […]
Will Volkswagen Offer Rear-Mounted-Drivetrain Electric Beetle?
At the recent Paris Motor Show, Volkswagen didn’t really reveal much that was unexpected, but some news surrounding the I.D. concept car reveal was interesting — in particular, the fact that the car is to be built on […]
Nissan May Produce All-Electric SUV/CUV & Zoe-Based Small EV
Nissan is currently considering the development of a small all-electric vehicle based on the Renault Zoe (the Renault-Nissan Alliance was created for just such reasons), and the development of an all-electric SUV/CUV, according to the longtime […]
Fan Theory/Joke: First-Gen Chevy Volt Had 38 Mile All-Electric Range, First-Gen Chevy Bolt Has 238 Mile Range, 2021 Chevy Jolt Should Have 438 Mile Range
An interesting numbers coincidence (or perhaps not coincidence) was recently brought up on the GM-Volt.com forum by the commentator “Lewis9,” who noted that the first-generation Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid (PHEV) had an EPA all-electric range rating […]
Volkswagen To Present Near-Production-Ready EV Prototype At Paris Motor Show
Volkswagen will be presenting a near-production-ready electric vehicle prototype at the upcoming Paris Motor Show, according to brand boss Herbert Diess. The comments by Diess, which were made in an interview with Wirtschafts Woche, also included […]
Poland May Aim To Become Electric Car Producer
As I just wrote, two Polish cities (Kraków and Wrocław, where I live) are each planning to launch 200-car electric carsharing programs. Furthermore, a startup is aiming to launch electric carsharing in Poznan, Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Tricity, and […]
“My Other Car Is A Reservation” — T-Shirt For The Discerning Tesla Model 3 “Owner”
Those with Tesla Model 3 reservations still have quite awhile to wait before they get to actually drive the much-hyped electric car … at least a year and half. So, what does one do until then? […]
Hyundai Planning For 250-Mile EV By 2020
The Korean auto manufacturer Hyundai is planning to release an all-electric vehicle with a single-charge range of 250 miles by the end of the decade, according to recent reports. The news originates with comments made by […]