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Toyota has reportedly filed eight new patents in the United States. The material is an electric vehicle of the future with a manual transmission. The news that was first revealed by Forum BZ shows several new technologies proposed by Toyota, including simulation of the clutch pedal, shifting gears, and methods of stopping the flow of torque like a car with a combustion engine. “This electric vehicle includes a gear lever and a clutch pedal for the realization of the vehicle’s manual gearshift. The shift lever is operated by the driver to select a virtual gearshift mode,” states one of the…

China-based electric vehicle maker Xpeng Motors is reported to be the first Chinese electric vehicle (EV) company to enter the Swedish market. This marks the company’s second European market after entering Norway, Gizmochina quoted on Sunday as saying. The smart car maker is currently setting up its first store in Sweden, and images of the store have leaked on Reddit. For location, the experience center is at Westfield Mall of Scandinavia. See also: Chinese Electric Vehicle Manufacturer Xpeng Expands Market in Europe The development is in line with the company’s plan to operate overseas. A few weeks ago, Xpeng Motors…

Nissan Motor will end development of new cars using internal combustion engines in all of its major markets except the US and focus its resources on electric vehicles. The decision makes Nissan the first major Japanese automaker to make such a breakthrough, according to a Nikkei study. Nissan is said to have stopped developing gasoline engines for sale in Europe. Then limited development will continue on US market gasoline engines, particularly those used in pickup trucks. See also: What we know so far about Alfa Romeo Tonale The move, reports News On Japan, comes as policymakers around the world are…

Stellantis launched the new Alfa Romeo Tonale SUV with the aim of expanding the premium market and adding electric vehicles. The new model, named after the Alpine track in northern Italy, will compete in a segment filled with some of Europe’s most popular premium cars such as the BMW iX1, Mercedes GLA (EQA) and Audi Q3. The world’s fourth-largest automaker plans to spend more than 30 billion euros (34.2 billion US dollars) through 2025 electrifying its lineup of vehicles and upgrading software content to catch up with competitors, including Tesla. See also: Italia Tests Inductive Charging Highway Project for Electric…

The 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric vehicles will get a bigger battery pack. Europe is the first market to get the new Ioniq 5 battery pack. According Carscoops,  the new 77.4 kWh battery pack is expected to provide a longer cruising range. However, Hyundai is said to still be marketing a 58 kWh battery pack. There is no detailed information about the total cruising range of the latest Ioniq 5 battery pack, but it is estimated that it is around 488 kilometers on a single charge. See also: Hyundai cooperating with IonQ to produce EV batteries using quantum computing In…

The French manufacturer, DS Automobiles has just announced its newest vehicle concept taken from Formula E technology. Almost all the best parts will be applied to the car, from the body, the engine to the supporting features in it. Citroen which is the parent company of DS Automobiles stated that the new vehicle will be named E-Tense Performance. The DS prototype uses a carbon monocoque structure paired with the DS Techeetah engine that competes in Formula E. The pair of electric motors produces a combined power of 600 kW divided by 250 kW at the front and 350 kW at…

German automotive manufacturer, Electric Brands launched the latest prototype of their tiny electric pickup truck called the XBus which will hit the market in 2022. Designed with a modular body with dimensions of 3,640 mm in length, 1,600 mm in width and 1,940 mm in height, this light commercial vehicle is classified as an L7e-B2 class four-wheel bicycle. Quoting carscoops, Thursday (10/2/2022), the best feature of the XBus is the 10 modular and interchangeable bodies that turn it into a passenger van, panel van, box van, pickup, pickup wagon, convertible, to camper van. See also: Volta Trucks ready to help…

Volkswagen will be able to produce 1 million electric vehicles per year in China by 2023, Volkswagen Passenger Car CEO Ralf Brandstaetter told Nikkei. Quoted from Reuters on Sunday, Brandstaetter said the electric vehicle production capability was boosted by a new factory in Anhui province. The factory, which is a joint venture with China’s Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co (JAC), which was first announced in 2019, will produce 300,000 electric cars per year, with production starting in 2023. See also: Volkswagen is reportedly restart sales of VW e-Up electric cars that had stopped production Together with production from two further joint…

Baidu’s electric vehicle (EV) business unit, Jidu Auto, has raised nearly $400 million from Baidu and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group in a new funding round. No external investors participated in the round. According Reuters (26/1), Jidu, an EV venture between Baidu and Geely, said in a statement that it would ship a mass-produced “robot” car by 2023. In April, Jidu CEO Xia Yiping said that the company would raise a total of 50 billion yuan ($7.90 billion) to develop and manufacture smart car “robots” over the next five years and that financing would come from Baidu and other investors. See…

Honda CEO, Toshiro Mibe criticized Toyota’s plans related to the development of hydrogen-fueled car technology. Citing Automotive News, Toshiro Mibe explained that the current hydrogen-fueled car will not have a greater impact than the electric car that is currently busy. “We have researched every possibility that is out there. Regarding the hydrogen engine, we saw some quite difficult technological challenges. So, about 10 years ago, we decided this should not be the main goal,” said Toshiro Mibe. See also: Honda have a deal with SES Holdings to develop Lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles In addition, Toshiro Mibe said that the…

Battery for electric vehicle (EV) startup Britishvolt said Monday it had signed an agreement with the UK Battery Industrialization Center (UKBIC), a UK government-backed research facility to help the UK auto industry bring battery technology to market. . The direction of the automotive industry trend going forward is towards electric vehicles (EV) so that nickel demand is expected to soar in the coming year. Given the function of nickel supports energy storage at the cathode of the battery. Britishvolt said it had reached an agreement with UKBIC to develop and assemble the next generation of batteries, from sample battery cells…

Foxconn, a Taiwanese manufacturing company known for assembling various Apple products, is committed to building an electric vehicle ecosystem (EV) in Indonesia. This is realized in a collaboration between Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd (Foxconn) and Taiwanese electric scooter vendor Gogoro Inc, with two Indonesian companies, namely PT Industri Battery Indonesia (IBC) and PT Indika Energy Tbk. This cooperation is evidenced by the signing of a commitment in the recent Memorandum of Undestanding (MoU), with a total investment value of 8 billion US dollars. See also: Stellantis announced a partnership with Foxconn to manufacture semiconductors In more detail, the…

Japan’s Panasonic will start producing new lithium-ion batteries for Tesla’s electric cars from early 2023. The Nikkei also reported Monday, January 24 that the Japanese battery maker also plans to invest around 80 billion yen to production facilities in Japan. Powerpack, an electric battery produced by Panasonic, is claimed to help make electric vehicles (EV) more attractive to motorists because they are more economical. Those savings can add and expand roaming range by about a fifth or 20 percent. The Nikkei reported this although there has been no further confirmation of the claim. “We are studying various options for mass…

A Tesla driver in the United States has received a murder charge while driving an electric car on autopilot. It came after the driver was involved in a fatal crash in 2019. The electric car he was driving reportedly ran a red light and hit another vehicle. Unfortunately, the accident involving the autopilot feature killed two people. Local police explained that the Tesla Model S was traveling at high speed when it left the freeway and hit a Honda Civid at a crossroads on December 29, 2019. See also: Tesla Cybertruck will come in two sizes, analyst says Two people…

German car maker Volkswagen has decided to stop selling the cheap electric car e-Up in 2020. The decision did raise a question mark amid growing demand for electric cars and the many incentives given to electric vehicles. Vokswagen’s decision to leave e-Up seems not without reason. Because the electric car is known not to be prepared for high volume. Even rumors, the company must incur losses for every unit €4,000–€5,000 for every e-Up and e-Golf it sells. See also: 2022 Volkswagen ID.4 come new range, faster charging and new interior Based on a report from Golem, the all-electric urban car…

TuSimple long-standing reputation for autonomous driving technology is reported to be exploring a partnership with commercial vehicle maker Foton to build a heavy truck with long-range and high-efficiency. Bloomberg reports in a report that TuSimple’s autonomous driving software will be installed on trucks manufactured by Foton. Currently, TuSimple and Foton are discussing plans for this collaboration. Foton is a subsidiary of the BAIC group. Foton has been producing trucks and buses. Foton is known to have a joint venture with Daimler AG to make heavy tractors. On January 5, TuSimple and NVIDIA announced a strategic partnership to design and develop…

Tesla Cybertruck is arguably the most controversial car on earth. Starting from a futuristic design, to several production delays. Since being introduced by Elon Musk in 2019, this Tesla-made pickup has never hit the market. Finally, Tesla said that it would provide official confirmation regarding the Cybertruck in March. In March, Tesla is said to be giving a surprise and mentions that later there will be two sizes of Cybertruck, so there is a big and small Cybertruck. This news comes from Trip Chowdhry, an analyst from Global Equities Research who is known to be close to Tesla. He recently…

Following its launch last November at the 2021 Seoul Mobility Show, Kia has just revealed information on the specifications and features of the Kia Niro. Like the previous generation, the new Kia Niro will come in a traditional hybrid drive, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and battery electric car. Now the first version revealed by Kia’s specifications is the Niro Hybrid. Starting from the engine, the Kia Niro Hybrid maintains the formula for driving the previous generation Niro, which is a four-cylinder engine with a capacity of 1,580 cc. The engine, nicknamed the Smartstream G1.6, produces 105 hp and 144…

At the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022 which took place on January 14-16, 2022 at Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation introduced the Mitsubishi Minicab-MiEV B-Leisure Style electric car. Tokyo Auto Salon is one of the prestigious international automotive events after the Tokyo Motor Show. This event is known by the Japanese public as a vehicle exhibition that is rich in modification actions. At the event, apart from fielding the Minicab-MiEV B-Leisure Style, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation also showcased five custom cars based on the production model available in Japan, including two crossover SUV models – the Outlander; crossover SUV -…

The creativity of the NATS (Nihon Automobile Collage) students successfully captured the attention of visitors to the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon. Not only showing off the 5-door Suzuki Jimny JB74, these automotive school students from Japan also brought modifications to the Nissan Leaf. Labeled the NGR Concept, the Nissan Leaf has received many body changes designed with the concept of “next-generation retrofuturism”. The concept, which is based on the second generation Nissan Leaf, is envisioned as an electric car for young people in the 2040s. The only remaining parts of the Leaf are the windshield and roof panels, the rest…