The BEST said the manufacturer will face action, including penalty, if it fails to adhere to this commitment too. The BEST undertaking has warned of action against electric vehicle manufacturer Switch Mobility if it fails to deliver 38 air-conditioned double-decker buses by September. On Tuesday, BEST general manager Vijay Singhal had a meeting with the…
Genesis’ next all-electric SUV, the GV90, will tick off some important boxes for parent company Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) when it goes into production in 2026. According to The Korean Car Blog, the all-new EV will be the first model to roll off the assembly line of the automotive group’s new plant in Ulsan, South…
An urban electric vehicle with innovative charging and interior flexibility is the first of a series of concepts Nissan has revealed ahead of the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo later this month. Dubbed the Nissan Hyper Urban, it is a compact scissor-doored concept with vehicle to house (V2H) and vehicle to grid (V2G) charging and…
As Paris was banning e-scooters, European cities of comparable size, like Berlin, threw their weight behind the devices. Berlin has five scooter operators and 40,000 registered e-scooters zooming across the city. “There’s always more,” the Berliner Zeitung, a local news outlet, recently commented. The vote in Paris initially resonated in other French cities at a…
Level 3 highly automated driving, which allows drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel and temporarily divert their attention away from the road, will soon be available in the new BMW 7 Series. BMW Personal Pilot L3 is the name of the new function that relieves the person at the wheel of the task of…
Typically, September in New York City starts to show hints of fall, with average temperatures in the 70s, as children return to school. But this week, the back-to-school season has felt more like a last gasp for summer, with a three-day heat wave sending temperatures 20 degrees higher than usual. “This does not feel like…
As a fan of Mazda, I can’t help but be rather disappointed by how it’s meeting the current moment. While other automakers are building battery plants, announcing huge new electric vehicle lineups and even issuing end dates for internal combustion, the “Zoom-Zoom” brand offers exactly one plug-in hybrid in its U.S. lineup, and it starts…
Tesla has just introduced a new entry-level, rear-wheel-drive version of the Model Y in the United States, with a very attractive starting price. The new Tesla Model Y RWD jumps into the lineup in the spot vacated by the recently removed Model Y AWD (equipped with 4680-type cylindrical batteries). The price of the base version…
In today’s automotive market, the soaring prices of new cars have many buyers seeking alternative routes to ownership. Opting for a used vehicle under $10,000 seems like an appealing choice, but the uncertainty surrounding a car’s history often casts a shadow of doubt. As an automotive expert deeply immersed in this terrain, I understand the…
EV Platforms What is an EV Platform? A platform is a primary vehicle frame without a power unit (an engine or a motor), a chassis, or a body. The basic structure is based on the concept that this platform will act as a fully autonomous system that consists of many components of an EV, such as…
