Author: David Smith

Toyota is getting serious about developing electric cars. They even immediately showed off 16 electric cars from the plan of 30 electric cars that will be presented in the near future. In an official statement, Tuesday (12/14/2021) Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda said Toyota was founded to help people have a better and happier life. Currently, one way to make people’s lives happier is to create a clean and comfortable environment. “I believe achieving carbon neutrality will make people’s lives on this planet happier. We want to help create such a life because Toyota was founded to provide happiness for people.…

The BMW iX is one of the newest electric car technologies that awarded  five stars in the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP) safety testing. It managed to be the safest car in the latest Euro NCAP test with the Mercedes-EQ EQS which also won five stars. So what about the details of the score? Launching from the Euro NCAP datasheet, the BMW iX scored 34.7 points or 91% for adult passenger protection. This score was achieved with two perfect scores, namely the side collision test with 16 points and the whiplash test with 4 points. This means that…

After winning the title as the best electric car in Europe, now it’s the turn of the Nissan Note e-Power to be named Japan Car of the Year 2021-2022. As reported by Paultan.org, the victory of the third generation Note also earned him a fifth COTY title for Nissan, as well as bringing the trophy back after being last won in 2011 through LEAF. In this assessment, Note e-Power secured the win with 335 points, ahead of the Toyota GR86/Subaru BRZ pair, which got 264 points. The third place is occupied by the new Honda HR-V (Vezel) which earned 227…

Harley-Davidson Inc’s (HOG.N) electric motorcycle division, LiveWire will conduct an Initial Public Offering (IPO) through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The corporate action is said to be worth 1.77 billion US dollars . According to Reuters, the deal with AEA-Bridges Impact Corp (IMPX.N) will be funded by a $400 million cash check company held in the trust and another $100 million investment from Harley and KYMCO, respectively. Harley is the latest automotive manufacturer to have an IPO in the electric vehicle industry. Last month, Amazon-backed electric vehicle maker Rivian (RIVN.O) shot past a $100 billion valuation…

Premium car manufacturer Rolls-Royce has finally started testing its first production electric car, the Specter by covering a distance of 150 million miles. According Autocar, CEO of the Goodwood company, Torsten Müller-Ötvös said, this prototype is a representation of a production car. This means the Specter will be a two-door grand tourer with a long bonnet and distinctive muscle proportions. This latest unit of the luxury EV sedan uses Rolls-Royce’s own Architecture of Luxury platform, which can house a pure electric drivetrain. The platform is also used the same as the assembled luxury car line consisting of the Phantom, Ghost,…

JETSON Aero claims to have made the first commercially available “flying car”. The Swedish company hopes that in the future, the vehicle it designs will be able to replace traditional cars as a means of transportation. The Jetson One is a one-person flying car that takes off and lands vertically. This vehicle has four propellers mounted horizontally — one at each corner of the vehicle — just like a drone. According to Jetson Aero, the company that produces it, it only takes five minutes to learn how to fly it. Jetson Aero founder and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) Tomasz Patan…

Previously, it was reported that Apple had expanded the timeline for sending Project Titan. For those unfamiliar with the project, it’s Apple Car’s self-driving car and the company hopes to launch the car sometime in 2025. Apple’s goal was clear, to build a fully self-driving vehicle, the first versions of the car possibly limiting self-driving capabilities for steering and acceleration. In case you’re wondering what an Apple Car might look like, British car rental company Vanarama (via MacRumors) has created a render of the vehicle based on an “original patent filed by Apple” and previously released Apple devices. This doesn’t…

The 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show is an event that will surprise Honda fans. At the exhibition, Honda introduced one of its concept cars, the Honda e:N SUV, which had a design that was out of the way of Honda. This car has a pretty wild design with firm lines and angular patterns. You could say that if the H on the grille was removed, you wouldn’t recognize it as a Honda. Currently its status is a concept car that has the possibility to be continued into the production line or only used as a mere study. However, if the first…

The BMW i4 eDrive40 is an all-electric four-door fastback styled sedan under development by German automobile manufacturer BMW. it’s pretty clear that the entry-level EV affordables are all in place. The eDrive40 model features a single rear-mounted electric motor making 335 horsepower, and the M50 adds a motor up front that helps generate 536 total horses. Photos: BMW

The new flagship car of Nissan’s SUV line, the Nissan Ariya 2022 will be sold for 41,845 pounds. Quoted from Autocar UK, the Volkswagen ID 4 SUV competitor car can only be ordered next summer or around mid-June 2022 later. This new car will carry a battery with a capacity of 63 kWH and can cover a distance of up to 358 kilometers on a single charge. Nissan Ariya has an engine that can produce 215 horsepower which can make this SUV car go from 0-100 km / h in 7.5 seconds. The Nissan Ariya also has several higher versions.…

The new MG ZS 2022 goes on sale in November 2021 in various European countries including the UK, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and France. A number of updates are brought by the MG ZS EV 2022 electric car from the previous model which was launched in late 2019. The MG ZS EV is the first pure electric SUV in the B segment to receive a five-star Euro NCAP rating for safety. This means that this electric car performs well in all aspects and offers an extensive range of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) as standard, grouped under the name MG…

A motorcycle brand from Taiwan, Ovaobike, had kicked off the floor of EICMA, Milan 2021 by displaying a sport-type electric motorcycle, the Ovaobike CR-21. Quoting Greatbiker, it looks attractive with a modern cafe racer concept. The motor is made muscular with a naked style but is equipped with an electric-powered drive. The exterior is quite prominent with a sharp design. Round headlights, bent handlebars with mirrors at the end of the handlebars. The chassis is trellis with the rear subframe made floating. 41 mm diameter upside down front suspension and a single shock absorber at the rear. 17-inch front and…