Volkswagen will invest €2 billion (£1.65bn) in a brand new factory in its German hometown to build its new Trinity flagship EV from 2026. The company announced it was planning a new facility in Wolfsburg last year and has now given it the green light following approval from the board of management. It will be located …
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Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) accounted for 6% of the global automotive market at the end of 2021, up from 3.1% just 12 months earlier. The latest vehicle sales data from industry analyst Jato Dynamics reveals a meteoric surge in popularity for BEVs, driven chiefly by an uptick in demand in China, which accounted for roughly half …
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Not everyone likes the way the Z3 M looks, either. Some love it and others loathe it, the coupé attracting the nickname ‘clown shoe’. In fact, the model wasn’t a smash hit initially, although perceptions are changing and used prices are now on the rise. Why? Well, apart from the fact that it is a skunkworks sports …
Sharing much with its upmarket 90 sibling, the 75 used a front-engine/rear-transaxle layout and Alfa Romeo’s celebrated alloy-intensive V6 with fuel injection and one overhead camshaft per bank. Its five-speed ’box had lower gearing for sportier performance, but the creamy, tractable powerplant almost rendered such measures unnecessary, serving only to harm economy and cruising refinement. Thumps …
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Manufacturers have been working on autonomous cars for decades but the prospect (some would say, spectre) of driverless cars has become more likely in the past 10 years. A level-four autonomous car is one that requires no human attention at all, and to even get close to that, it will need at the very least the vision …
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Meanwhile, the five handling modes go from Wet (stability control high) through to ESC Off (you’re on your own, mate). And the electronically controlled dampers offer two states, which you can flick between in each handling mode. What has marked out previous Ferraris of this kind is that it hasn’t really mattered which mode you’re in: …
Both of these run a Quattro four-wheel drive system and both represent the epitome of accessible performance that’s been a hallmark of Quattro since 1980. And although the E-tron GT is going to struggle to match the star-studded legacy of the Quattro, coming as it does among a raft of electric performance cars, its launch …
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For example, the Turbo System Lock allows you to disable your bike’s motor and implement a motion detection alarm. It doesn’t stop the bike from being able to be ridden, however, so it’s not a replacement for a physical lock, but the alarm might be enough to deter would-be thieves. From the Connect Display, you …
What is it? With mechanical homogeneity looming as everything becomes based around skateboard-style EV platforms, engineers seem to be seizing the moment as a final opportunity to go a bit mad with weird and wonderful technical solutions for their new hybrids. We’ve seen motors on the rear axle or in the gearbox, Toyota’s planetary gearset, Honda’s pretend …
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Pricing details have been revealed for the new Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo, which returns to the model’s line-up as a performance-inspired range-topper with design changes and a new engine. Prices start from £20,925 for the entry-level 1.0-litre manual Skoda Fabia Monte Carlo, while the more powerful 1.5-litre model commands a slight premium at £23,765. Skoda’s order books …
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