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The Peugeot 408 was a good car - it didn’t excel in any department specifically but it was good. It had tons of room, it was comfy as a sofa, it was quiet and it depreciated faster than Twitter’s workforce. You could buy a 2-year model with less...

Ford is in a celebratory mood today, as the 150,000th Mustang Mach-E has just been produced at its plant in Cuautitlán, Mexico. The Mustang Mach-E was introduced back in 2019 and finally became available in late 2020. It's currently available in...

What started 6 years ago as a group of engineering students taking part in a solar electric car competition in Australia, entered a major new phase at a production line in Finland. The production of Lightyear 0 is off to a good start - with new...

Today Renault and Airbus announced a new partnership in research and development focused on energy storage in vehicles and airplanes. Combining Renault's expertise in EVs and Airbus' experience in aviation, both companies will try to develop...

Mercedes-Benz is gearing up to launch the updated version of its electric van eSprinter. The official launch is happening some time in February of the next year, but since this is an update and not a new vehicle, there are only some details the...

It took CharIN (Charging Interface Initiative) a few weeks to respond to Tesla’s offer for its NACS charging solution to be adapted as the global standard. As a reminder, Tesla opened up its charging technology to any company wishing to use it and...

Stellantis is finally bringing its most popular European car into the electric age. Vauxhall and Opel will both introduce electric variants of Astra next summer - Opel Astra Electric and Opel Astra Sports Tourer Electric. The great news is that...

A few days ago a report claimed Tesla's next Gigafactory may be located in South Korea, as CEO Elon Musk talked to President Yoon Suk-yeol about this. At that time, Yoon promised that his government was willing to actively improve any regulations...

BAIC and Huawei have a history of making cars together, they have been working together on vehicles sold under the BAIC brand for a while now. Huawei has always been in charge of driver assistant technology and infotainment and this long standing...

Adams Intelligence put a report together looking closely at the total capacity of electric car batteries deployed globally in the first half of this year. It’s a pretty good indicator of the market growth as it gives us a better look of the...

Initially, Tesla's mobile app required you to go inside the car when a new update was available, but recently the company changed that and allowed users to install the new version of the app anywhere. However, the changelog after the update was...

Lancia - the pride of Italy, creator of Stratos and Delta Integrale. A company that used to be known for performance and design, a company that lost its way at the turn of this century and decided that the best business model was to stick its logo...

The Android Auto phone app has had the same basic design dating back to 2020 but the latest beta release has added a major refresh with Google’s Material You design. Users enrolled in the Android Auto beta program and running Android Auto beta...

Nio and Tencent signed a strategic partnership agreement, which will see Tencent taking responsibility for development of autonomous driving technology. Tencent is Nio’s largest institutional shareholder and this agreement can be seen as Tencent...

Audi is revamping its e-tron Charging Service, which will from January 1, 2023 be known simply as the Audi Charging Service (ACS). It will initially be available in 27 countries with over 800 providers, giving access to around 400,000 charging...

The Hycan A06 is a sporty sedan with a lucrative price and it was originally developed through GAC and Nio's joint venture, but the latter has distanced itself from the project since. This leaves just GAC behind the wheel. Hycan...

It looks like Xiaomi is hitting some more issues in its automotive arm development. First it was regulatory issues and now it's the autonomous driving systems. CEO Lei Jun reiterated to the investing during the recent earnings call, that progress...

It feels like Tesla has left it to the very last minute - managing to complete the first 500-mile trip with a fully loaded trailer 2 days before the official deliveries begin. At the same time it is a vindication of the whole team’s effort to...

The unstoppable progress of the electric car market can be clearly seen in the Revised 2022 Guidance issued by General Motors to its investors. The company expects that its fast growing lineup of EVs will make it profitable as soon as 2025 with a...

Customer is always right and what the customer wants is what they always get. Every market has its quirks - US cars have always been sold with automatic transmission and driving the stick is considered a black magic whereas in Europe automatics have...