Author: James Bryant

The specifications of the all-wheel-drive Cadillac Lyriq were revealed at an event on Instagram. Where, the car is capable of pulling loads up to 1,588 kg with a combined power of up to 500 hp. The performance is increased compared to the rear-wheel drive version which has a single electric motor producing 340 hp and 440 Nm of torque. Not only that, this all-wheel drive version is also superior to its competitors, namely the Audi e-tron which has an all-wheel drive system that produces 402 hp and 664 Nm of torque. See also: GM starts producing the Cadillac Lyriq EV…

Share Now is a joint venture between Mercedes-Benz and BMW in the car sharing sector. Interested parties only need to find a vehicle parking location to get a loan car as needed, through the application. Now this car sharing service with a choice of conventional engines and electric cars is available in several countries, based on the website, including Italy, France, the Netherlands, and Germany. According to a Reuters report on Tuesday (3/5/2022), Share Now is now being sold to Stellantis. While the price was not disclosed to the public. See also: Tesla integrating Vehicle Sharing features in its app…

MAN Trucks & Bus carries out a tour entitled “Electrifying Europe Tour” with the MAN Lion’s City 12 E electric bus which will cross eight European countries with a distance of more than 2,500 km. The MAN Electric Bus will travel from the Bavarian capital via Innsbruck, St. Moritz, Vaduz, Zurich, Strasbourg, Luxembourg, Brussels, Rouen and Cherbourg to Limerick. The tour is a form of MAN’s participation with an electric city bus to attend the “International Bus Euro Test 2022” which will be held in Limerick, Ireland from 9 to 12 May 2022. Rudi Kuchta, Head of Bus Business Unit…

Using a high-voltage electric current, there is a risk of electrocution in an electric car. It’s just that the risk of electrocution in electric cars can be avoided, such as when a short circuit or damage occurs. In electric cars there is a kind of circuit breaker safety system. This safety will cut off the total high-voltage electric current of the electric car. In case of induction or short circuit, there is an overvoltage in one line of electric current. Excess that has the potential to trigger an electric current will be detected by the circuit breaker. After the circuit…

A subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group in the field of automotive software development, CARIAD officially cooperates with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in the development of autonomous cars. CARIAD will use a hardware platform called Snapdragon Ride™ from the company codenamed QCOM, which incidentally has been around for a long time and often appears prominently on the specification pages of various smartphones and telecommunication devices. CARIAD CEO Dirk Hilgenberg said Qualcomm was chosen as a supplier partner for systems-on-chips (SoCs) taking into account his experience as a specialist in the high-performance semiconductor industry. In addition, the device made by Qualcomm is considered…

Hyundai Motor Company confirmed that sales of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric car in Indonesia had reached 1,587 units. The car sales figures were achieved in just six days, namely April 22-27 2022. Launching Yonhap today, Wednesday, May 4, 2022, the total sales of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric car in Indonesia even more than doubled the total sales of electric cars last year. In 2021, Hyundai will sell 693 electric cars in Indonesia. The Ioniq Electric and Kona Electric models accounted for 87 percent or 605 units. The response of the Indonesian people to the Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric…

Who says the Tesla Model Y electric car is only plotted as an urban electric car and only struggling on the asphalt streets. The proportion of Tesla Model Y was also able to be invited to dirty in the off-road terrain, through a series of radical modifications. Is a garage bitao, a workshop from China, who is a modified actor of Tesla Model Y style off-road style. The most striking changes are in tall legs, plus new wishbone installation in each axle. Then the body is raised a little and the electric motor is somewhat lowered to get a low…

Stoffel Vandoorne and Mercedes are sturdy at the top of the standings after leaving as the winner of the Formula E Monaco 2022 race. The victory in Formula E Monaco 2022 produced 25 points for Stoffel Vandoorne at the World Car Racing World Championship. This result brought Vandoorne pushed up from third to the leadership of the standings at the Formula E 2022. Vandoorne successfully abandoned Jean-Eric Vergne (DS Techeetah) from the top of the standings. Eating the Formula E Monaco 2022 in third place, the French racer now collected 75 points or 6 points adrift of Vandoorne. Not only…

The Formula E Gen3 racing car was officially launched on schedule on Thursday (28/4), ahead of the Monaco E-Prix this weekend, Saturday (30/4). As previously announced, this Formula E Gen3 race car comes with advantages in terms of power and efficiency, thus making it the “most efficient racing car in the world”. Improving performance and efficiency has indeed been the main focus that Formula E has pursued, since its inception in developing the Gen3 race car. But by naked eye, big changes are also seen in terms of the car design that will be used in the 2022 racing season.…

Remember Wiesmann? The German manufacturer, which is famous for its classic-looking sports car, has released an electric car technology. Nicknamed the Project Thunderball, this electric sports car is also one of Wiesmann’s newest cars with Project Gecko. In appearance, the Wiesmann Project Thunderball still follows the typical retro classic design such as the MF 3, MF 4, or MF 5. His face still has the round chrome ‘fence’ grille, four-eye headlights, and round curves typical of classic sports cars. Not only that, Project Thunderball also retains the body of the two-door coupe roadster like the previous Wiesmann. Now what is…

Kia has launched the Kia Niro Plus as a commercial version of the first generation Kia Niro EV (27/4). The Kia Niro Plus is Kia’s first electric-powered Purpose Built Vehicle (PBV) to launch in South Korea for the taxi fleet. The presence of Niro Plus is also an opening for Kia’s global PBV strategy and is ready to become a market leader in 2030. “Kia is changing its business strategy to popularize electric cars and introduce new mobility products,” said Sangdae Kim, Head of eLCV Business Division at Kia Corporation. See also: 2002 Kia Niro PHEV and EV technical specifications…

Nissan Motor Co Ltd shares fell 4% in early trading on Monday (25/4) following reports that its main shareholder Renault SA is considering selling part of its stake in Nissan. Reported by Reuters on Monday (25/4), Renault’s plan is an attempt by the company to separate the electric vehicle (EV) business. It is the French company’s ambition to catch up with its rivals, Tesla and Volkswagen. It is estimated that the planned sale of the shares could generate billions of euros after switching to the electric vehicle business. This plan at once as a way to ease long-standing tensions with…