Author: James Bryant

Toyota officially launched the bZ4X which is the first mass-produced battery electric car in Japan. Toyota bZ4X is available for subscription. Not yet sold to individuals. Toyota says this strategy helps ease driver concerns about battery life and resale value. By incorporating insurance, repair costs and a battery warranty into the deal, Toyota will lease the bZ4X for the equivalent of $39,000 for the first four years. Cancellations within the first 48 months will incur additional fees. Toyota targets to lease 5,000 SUVs in the current fiscal year. At the end of last year, Toyota said it would invest 8…

Tesla is recalling about 129.960 electric vehicles in the United States following an overheating issue that could cause the monitor’s touchscreen display to malfunction. The withdrawal was announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as reported by Reuters on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. The electric vehicle maker began rolling out an over-the-air (OTA) update on May 3 to fix issues on the affected vehicles, including the 2022 Model 3 and Y, as well as the 2021 and 2022 Model X and S. “The overheated CPU in the infotainment system can result in the monitor screen in the center…

Volkswagen ID.3 will get a new variant, namely the GTX which is the production version of the VW ID.X Concept in 2023. For information, the Volkswagen ID.3 debuted in September 2019, which means next year it will be four years old. And, it’s the right time to refresh the product. According to Volkswagen spokesman, Martin Hube confirmed that the arrival of the VW ID.3 GTX is accompanied by increased performance and all-wheel drive. See also: Gorgeous render pictures show the Volkswagen ID.Buzz electric pickup truck concept “Of course, the project is in progress. For the VW ID.3 facelift, we’re going…

Hyundai has just released their sales data for April 2022 in the United States. Overall Hyundai has sold 61,668 in April in the US. This number is 20% lower than the same month last year. Although overall decreased. However, sales of environmentally friendly vehicles (BEV, PHEV, HEV, and FCEV) in April increased by 68% compared to the same month last year. This increase was largely due to the high demand for the Hyundai Ioniq 5. In April 2022, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 was recorded to have sold 2,677. This amount accounted for 4.3% of Hyundai’s total sales volume in April.…

Porsche is reportedly investing heavily in new battery technology for its future electric cars. They announced that they had invested $100 million in lithium-silicon technology. Porsche will equip its future electric cars with lithium-silicon batteries. These batteries are considered more efficient than conventional lithium-ion batteries. The company claims that it aims to accelerate the production of anode materials for lithium-ion batteries worldwide. The move was taken because Porsche will develop silicon anodes to produce high-performance battery cells. See also: Porsche Taycan Turbo S Becomes the 2022 Formula E Safety Car The lithium-silicon battery itself is claimed to store 50 percent…

Vale SA announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with Tesla to supply nickel from its Canadian operations. Vale did not provide details on the value of the deal and the term of the deal with Tesla. The Brazilian mining company said in an agreement with Tesla it would provide low-carbon Class 1 nickel and in line with its strategy to increase its exposure to the electric vehicle industry. See also: Canada budget puts billions for comprehensive investments in electromobility Vale targets that between 30% and 40% of Class 1 nickel sales will go to the growing electric vehicle…

Electrify America has just shared interesting data about their fast charging infrastructure usage during 2021. According to the data they shared, in 2021 the fast charging network Electrify America had served 1.45 million customer charging sessions. That number has more than fivefold increased from 268,000 in 2020. Electrify America in 2021 delivers 41.4 GWh of energy and avoids using 5.7 million gallons of gas while traveling more than 145 million miles of electric vehicles. “The combination of our rapidly expanding charging network, plus the growth and availability of all-new electric vehicles, is accelerating the transition to eMobility,” said Robert Barrosa,…

Leading tire manufacturer from the United States (US), Goodyear, has demonstrated its ambition to completely replace petroleum-derived oils in its tire products by 2040 by releasing commercial tires made in part with soybean oil compounds. For the first time in commercial truck tires, Goodyear revealed that the use of this soybean oil compound will begin to replace the use of petroleum-based materials in the Metro Miler G152 and G652 city transport tire models. “This is a significant Goodyear innovation to reduce the amount of petroleum-based materials required for production,” said Dustin Lancy, Goodyear’s North America Commercial Product Marketing Manager. See…

The Dodge Hornet is ready to launch into the US vehicle market in the middle of this year. The Dodge Hornet itself has been prepared since 2006 in a concept car version. This was confirmed by the CEO of Dodge, Tim Kuniskis, who said that the Dodge Hornet was present as a compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) in a hybrid version. “I think we said we would come back with a compact car this summer with the launch of the Hornet. We will have a PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) version in its variants,” said Kuniskis. See also: What we…

Volkswagen got a very high demand for electric vehicles in the first four months of 2022. As of early this May, the electric cars that they will produce throughout the year are sold out! VW’s electric cars, which are out of stock in May, are for Europe and the United States. This means that new buyers who place orders for the rest of the year will have to wait until 2023 to get their electric car. VW Group CEO, Herbert Diess, said that currently they have received 300,000 orders for electric vehicles only for the western European region alone. See…

Nissan still hasn’t lost its interest in delivering high-performance cars. In fact, the Japanese brand is already planning to make a high-performance car powered by pure electricity. Nismo will most likely be asked by the manufacturer to develop it. This is not much different from BMW asking M, Mercedes-Benz asking AMG, or Toyota asking Gazoo Racing. Nissan’s competitors are also introducing high-performance models, such as Volkswagen with the GTX model. For that Nissan wants to present an electric model that really offers high performance. See also: Nissan showcases ProPilot self-driving technology with Luminar lidar “Nismo is an asset that we…

The MotoE electric motorcycle racing event is proof that environmentally friendly motorcycles can also compete quickly. In addition, this event is also a testing ground for developing sustainable energy solutions. Currently, Energica Motors is the sole supplier of electric motorcycles for MotoE. Starting next season, it will be Ducati’s turn to replace him. Meanwhile, Michelin will remain the sole tire supplier for MotoE. Prior to the 2021 MotoE season, Michelin stated that the tires used were made up of renewable materials. The front tires are made up of 33 percent renewable materials and the rear tires are made up of…

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…