The plug-in hybrid drive system in the BMW i8 has won its class – for units with 1.4-litre to 1.8-litre displacement – in the International Engine of the Year Award for the fourth time in a row. The i8’s drive solution came onto the market in 2014 and …
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Tesla’s VP of worldwide service leaves the automaker
Tesla had a few important changes in its sales and service leadership over the last year and it looks like changes are still ongoing.
Karim Bousta, Tesla’s ‘Vice-President of Worldwide Service and Customer Experience’, left the automa…
Elon Musk shares first look at Tesla Model X zipping through a Boring Company tunnel
After winning the coveted contract to build Chicago’s high-speed transit tunnel, the Boring Company held a press conference at the city’s Block 37 Superstation to formally announce the tunneling startup’s high-profile project. Dubbed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel as the “X,” the high-speed tunnel system is designed to link downtown Chicago to O’Hare Airport. Prior to […]
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Tesla Patent Suggest Model S, X Will Get Model 3-Like HVAC Setup
To air, via a touch screen, is Tesla One of the features in the Tesla Model 3 that received a fair amount of praise when the mid-size sedan was first released was its innovative heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. Controlled throu…
Seat Leon Test Mule Spied – Plug-In Hybrid Due In 2020
The next-generation Seat Leon was spied for the first time with camouflage. It will be launched in 2019 with a plug-in hybrid version available from 2020. For the 4th generation of the model, Seat focuses on the new interior and advanced infotainment s…
Watch a Tesla Model X accelerate on rails inside Elon Musk’s Boring Company tunnel
After having won the bid to build Chicago’s new transit system today, Elon Musk’s Boring Company is now showcasing its latest transport technology: a Tesla Model X with a contraption that enables the all-electric vehicle to drive on rails i…
VW Spills Specs, Releases New Video For I.D. R Pikes Peak Racer
Two electric motors provide a combined output of 670 horsepower. In 10 days from now, Volkswagen will be gunning for the fastest electric car record at Pikes Peak with this – the I.D. R Pikes Peak. Now carrying the final light gray livery as featured i…
Renault to invest more than €1 billion in French electric vehicle plants
Groupe Renault is accelerating the deployment of its Drive The Future strategic plan with an investment of more than one billion euros for the development and production of electric vehicles in France. With the aim of strengthening the leadership of it…
Tesla files patent for new HVAC system
From its air filter with bioweapon defense mode to the Model 3’s single vent HVAC system, Tesla has been putting a lot of thoughts into its air HVAC systems lately.
Now the company has filed a patent for a new HVAC system. more…
Bjørn Conducts Summer 2018 Nissan LEAF “Rapidgate” Test
The Nissan Leaf charge performance is acceptable, but could have been better with proper thermal management. “Rapidgate” refers to the reported issue that the 2018 Nissan Leaf charge times will drastically increase in length after 1 or 2 fast charging …
