We want to believe. Rarer than a Bugatti Chiron, the R8 E-Tron is one of the most exclusive cars ever made by Audi, but this wasn’t intentional. The original fully electric supercar based on the first-gen R8 never actually saw the light of production day while its successor was axed after being on the market […]
Author: Adrian Padeanu
VW Considering Fully Electric R Performance Model
If approved, Volkswagen promises it will be a proper R model. It’s a known fact by now that Volkswagen is working on a bevy of electric vehicles due to badged as I.D. models, starting with a hatchback slated to go on sale in 2020. While the original concept car pictured here is not particularly exciting, […]
Porsche Taycan Technical Specs Announced: 310-Mile Range
You’ll be happy to hear the datasheet is similar to the Mission E’s. The 2015 Mission E will be changing its name to Taycan for the production version due in 2019, but it will keep the impressive technical specifications as confirmed today through a press release. Without further ado, Porsche has announced the company’s very […]
BMW Reconfirms iX3 Will Be Made In China, Exported Globally
It will be exported from the People’s Republic all over the world. The rumors were true. BMW will indeed be making the fully electric version of its X3 crossover in China once production will kick off in 2020 at the plant located in Shenyang. In …
Next-Gen Peugeot 208 GTi To Spawn Fully Electric Version?
There will be a conventionally powered version too. Having introduced the bonkers 500-horsepower 308 R Hybrid a little over three years ago, it’s safe to say Peugeot knows a thing or two about electrified hot hatches. While that one was purely a concep…
Watch As 670-HP, Rear-Wheel-Drive Cupra E-Racer Hits The Track
Fun fact: the battery pack contains the equivalent of 9,000 mobile phone batteries. SEAT shocked (pun intended) us a few months ago at the Geneva Motor Show where out of nowhere it unveiled the Cupra e-Racer. Billed as being the world’s first electric …
Large Plug-In Hybrid Mercedes SUV To Launch In 2019
Our money is on the next-generation GLE. Mercedes’ Tuscaloosa plant in Alabama is the place of birth of large SUVs such as the GLE, GLE Coupe, and the GLS where these are produced to cater the world market. The company is investing a total of $1 billio…
Audi E-Tron Electric SUV Interior Revealed
The virtual mirrors look spiffy, but in how many countries will these be legal? You could say Audi has been teasing the E-Tron since September 2015 when the namesake concept debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Now, nearly three years later, the produc…
Audi RS Q8 Might Use Panamera Plug-In Hybrid Powertrain
With 670 electrified horses on tap, it would be the most powerful production Audi ever. It was only about three weeks ago when Audi finally dipped its toes in the coupe-SUV segment with the Q8 and now fresh (unconfirmed) details have emerged about the …
Next-Gen Bentley Mulsanne Expected To Be Pure Electric
Crewe’s flagship rumored to go fully electric early into the next decade. Eclipsed by the Rolls-Royce Phantom, the current-generation Bentley Mulsanne has been around since 2010, but that doesn’t mean it’s about to be renewed. In fact, a new repo…
