Transportation
California-based Karma Automotive has previewed its first all-electric models, the Kaveya coupe and Gyesera sedan. The former is expected to become the brand’s flagship when it goes on sale in the fourth quarter of 2025 while the latter is projected to debut a year earlier – in the fourth quarter of 2024. Here’s what you need…
In the summer of 2023, Bosch released its newest and arguably best-balanced electric bicycle system to date, the Performance Line SX. Although not designed for outright power, it promised to be one of the most natural feeling pedal assist systems on the market, making use of a myriad of technology to tailor pedal assistance to…
It’s a classic David and Goliath story. An underdog versus the heavyweights. A tiny Mini Cooper in racing spec takes down some much bigger and more expensive cars, including supercars, on the rally circuit. But this isn’t a story about the wins from the classic Mini back in the 1960s. It’s a story from right…
In 1968, the Cortina was the first car to roll out of Hyundai’s Ulsan plant in South Korea. The four-door sedan was essentially a rebadged Ford, but it set in motion a manufacturing phenomenon that became home to some of Hyundai’s most popular cars like the Getz, Accent, Elantra, and Sonata, among many others. Fast…
In October, new passenger car registrations in Germany amounted to 218,959, which a five percent increase compared to a year ago. During the first ten months of 2023, 2,357,025 new cars were registered (up 13.5 percent year-over-year). Unfortunately, this positive trend does not include plug-in electric cars – mostly because of the ongoing collapse of…
Cybersecurity means the condition in which road vehicles and their functions are protected from cyber threats to electrical or electronic components. New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has proposed uniform Cyber Security and Management Systems (CSMS) provisions for certain categories of four-wheelers, passenger and commercial vehicles to protect their functions from…
Texas-based EV startup Canoo unveiled a new, more rugged version of its all-electric pickup dubbed the American Bulldog. If you’ve been following the EV space, Canoo might have come onto your radar at least once. It’s been trying to bring an unconventional, boxy EV to market for about four years, starting with its so-called Lifestyle…
Tesla’s long-awaited Full Self-Driving v12 release – billed as the most advanced FSD variant to date – is only two weeks away, if we’re to believe Elon Musk’s latest promise. The EV maker’s chief executive said earlier today that Tesla customers will be able to sample FSD’s version 12 in about two weeks. Musk was…
The battery push comes as India is looking to increase adoption of less polluting transport. India is planning to invite bids for an 80 billion rupees (USD 960 million) incentive program for production of electric vehicle batteries, according to people familiar with the matter. The program will require winning bidders to set up advanced chemistry…
Continental will provide a full strategy update at its capital markets day on Dec. 4, the statement said. German car parts manufacturer Continental said on Monday it would cut thousands of jobs in its automotive division worldwide as part of a plan to save 400 million euros (USD 428 million) a year from 2025. The…
