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Pony.ai is a Chinese startup working on self-driving technologies, but having the backing of Toyota and Nio it's not just another potential vaporware. It works with the Chinese carmaker giant SAIC Motor to deliver the first mass-produced robotaxi...

Audi took the wraps off its E-tron Prototype during the German E-Cannonball rally. Despite the car having “prototype” plastered all over it, according to the sources from Audi - this is a production-ready preview of the updated Audi e-tron. The...

Wiesmann Thunderball was unveiled a few months ago and it created quite a wave across the automotive industry. Its classic, unmistakable looks paired with 671hp electric powertrain, a lightweight 1,700kg body and a decent 500km range are a recipe...

Stellantis marked Paris Fashion Week, Womenswear Ready-to-Wear Spring-Summer 2023 with the announcement of the new DS 3, a subtle facelift and name-change of the DS 3 Crossback. The design is the bigger talking point in Stellantis' presentation...

Peugeot has just announced the 2023 version of its e-208, which brings more power and more range. The French automaker's smallest electric hatchback will use the tech from its bigger sibling, the e-308. 2023 Peugeot e-208 - changes are hidden...

First generation Honda NSX broke the status quo, it took on seasoned supercars and it won at their game. It was a timeless piece of engineering that commands 6 figure prices for a decent example nowadays, if you can find one. The second...

Today Volkswagen Group's new battery company, PowerCo, entered a joint venture with Umicore for battery materials production in Europe. The new company will be based in Brussels and will invest 3 billion euros (of which half will come from PowerCo...

China Car Custom announced it is to join the car-making race and shift away from the car modifying it specialized in so far. The company is backed by Xiaomi and Liu De, senior vice-president, is one of the directors of the CCC. The electric...

When Tesla was in the early stages of negotiation with the German government, activists were against the company building its Gigafactory Berlin on the grounds of potential water contamination and other environmental issues that may arise. Well, a...

Li Auto Li L9 was just launched, its smaller sibling the L8 only was subsequently spotted still wearing a full camouflage despite its official launch happening this Friday. And now we have the first leaks about the next model in the lineup - Li...

The Chinese EV buyers can relax a little, the EV tax exemption the country was enjoying and which was meant to expire by the end of this year, has been extended for 2023. The government bodies - Ministry of Finance, State Taxation Administration and...

Porsche Boxster has just over two years left before it will bow out of duty, which it performed rather well for the last 26 years. It was tasked with a simple target - lower the entry point for prospective buyers. The cheapest Boxster came with a...

This is it folks - if you were hoping to bag one of the GMC Hummer EV trucks, you gonna have to wait a while longer. Much longer in fact, with 90,000 preorders and counting, GMC closed the order books because it simply cannot produce the trucks in a...

Lancia’s revival is based on an all-electric approach, the company has set one of the most ambitious goals within the automotive industry - to manufacture only electric models by 2028. It’s not that difficult actually, considering Lancia hasn’t got...

When you see four of the biggest Chinese companies joining forces to do a business together, you know it’s a serious idea. When two of them are the two biggest oil producers and distributors, and the other two are the biggest battery manufacturer...

At the moment, the two most popular battery chemistries are the LFP and ternary batteries. The LFP ones use lithium, iron and phosphate and have a longer life, are safer to use, charge faster and are cheaper to make. The ternary batteries use...

XPeng confirmed on Weibo that the first S4 supercharger stations are up and running across the first 5 cities in China. The lucky locations are Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou ,Shenzhen and Wuhan. There are seven stations in total and each offers four...

Tesla’s AI Day turned into an annual showcase of the company’s technology and progress in various disciplines, not necessarily connected to electric cars. Unlike Tesla’s Battery Day, the focus is more on advances in artificial intelligence and often...

When VW steps out of its comfort zone, out of its cozy box of safe designs, things get wild. Today the company has lifted the veil on a project that has been already running for a while and that isn’t a mere design study. What we are looking at is...

BYD announced it will host the BYD Europe Product Premiere at 11am on September 28. This will be an online event during which the largest EV manufacturer from China, will introduce three of its most popular models. During the event, BYD will...