India’s ride-hailing company Ola, which made its international debut last year, is getting more serious about its smart mobility solutions and electric vehicles efforts. The company has secured a $300 million investment from Hyundai and Kia to collaborate on building new fleet solutions and explore mobility solutions for global markets. As part of the investment, Ola […]
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<img data-attachment-id="1666050" data-permalink data-orig-file="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/low_10_evolution_trifft_revolution_jpg.jpg" data-orig-size="1111,720" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="low_10_evolution_trifft_revolution_jpg" data-image-description=" porsche ” data-medium-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/low_10_evolution_trifft_revolution_jpg-450×292.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/low_10_evolution_trifft_revolution_jpg-610×395.jpg” class=”aligncenter size-large wp-image-1666050″ src=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/low_10_evolution_trifft_revolution_jpg-610×395.jpg” alt width=”610″ height=”395″ srcset=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/low_10_evolution_trifft_revolution_jpg-610×395.jpg 610w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/low_10_evolution_trifft_revolution_jpg-75×49.jpg 75w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/low_10_evolution_trifft_revolution_jpg-450×292.jpg 450w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/low_10_evolution_trifft_revolution_jpg-768×498.jpg 768w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/low_10_evolution_trifft_revolution_jpg-120×78.jpg 120w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/low_10_evolution_trifft_revolution_jpg.jpg 1111w” sizes=”(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px”> Even though Porsche’s September Taycan debut is set in stone, it just can’t help itself with the teasers. While […]
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Everyone’s favourite Danish designer has put his plans for an electric performance sedan on hold, turning his attention instead to an affordable, mass-market electric SUV. Half a century ago, the foremost automotive trend was ordinary family cars stuffed to the gills with huge, fuel-sucking V8s. Today, if you’re not planning a bland, long-range EV with […]
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<img data-attachment-id="1665726" data-permalink data-orig-file="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aston-martin-rapide-e-concept-1-e1552678172953.jpg" data-orig-size="841,569" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="aston martin rapide e concept 1" data-image-description=" aston martin ” data-medium-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aston-martin-rapide-e-concept-1-e1552678172953-450×304.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aston-martin-rapide-e-concept-1-e1552678172953-610×413.jpg” class=”aligncenter size-large wp-image-1665726″ src=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aston-martin-rapide-e-concept-1-e1552678172953-610×413.jpg” alt width=”610″ height=”413″ srcset=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aston-martin-rapide-e-concept-1-e1552678172953-610×413.jpg 610w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aston-martin-rapide-e-concept-1-e1552678172953-75×51.jpg 75w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aston-martin-rapide-e-concept-1-e1552678172953-450×304.jpg 450w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aston-martin-rapide-e-concept-1-e1552678172953-768×520.jpg 768w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aston-martin-rapide-e-concept-1-e1552678172953-120×81.jpg 120w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aston-martin-rapide-e-concept-1-e1552678172953.jpg 841w” sizes=”(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px”> British tabloid The Sun reported this week that the next James Bond movie will […]
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<img data-attachment-id="1665678" data-permalink data-orig-file="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Porsche-taycan-sketch-1-e1552664304674.jpg" data-orig-size="1255,851" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Porsche taycan sketch 1" data-image-description=" Porsche ” data-medium-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Porsche-taycan-sketch-1-e1552664304674-450×305.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Porsche-taycan-sketch-1-e1552664304674-610×414.jpg” class=”aligncenter size-large wp-image-1665678″ src=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Porsche-taycan-sketch-1-e1552664304674-610×414.jpg” alt width=”610″ height=”414″ srcset=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Porsche-taycan-sketch-1-e1552664304674-610×414.jpg 610w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Porsche-taycan-sketch-1-e1552664304674-75×51.jpg 75w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Porsche-taycan-sketch-1-e1552664304674-450×305.jpg 450w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Porsche-taycan-sketch-1-e1552664304674-768×521.jpg 768w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Porsche-taycan-sketch-1-e1552664304674-120×81.jpg 120w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Porsche-taycan-sketch-1-e1552664304674.jpg 1255w” sizes=”(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px”> While Porsche has already confirmed its first-ever all-electric model for a September debut, parading it around in […]
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<img data-attachment-id="1626210" data-permalink data-orig-file="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/I.D._concept_car-Large-5489-e1541774437774.jpg" data-orig-size="2760,1840" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"Autodesk VRED Professional 2016 SP1","created_timestamp":"1471014226","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"Autodesk VRED Professional 2016 SP1","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Volkswagen ID Hatchback" data-image-description=" VW ” data-medium-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/I.D._concept_car-Large-5489-450×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/I.D._concept_car-Large-5489-610×407.jpg” class=”aligncenter wp-image-1626210 size-large” src=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/I.D._concept_car-Large-5489-610×407.jpg” alt width=”610″ height=”407″> You can’t tell the masses that, if they can’t afford the latest and greatest green vehicle, they should get used to riding a bike or […]
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If the industry’s Magic 8 Ball worked with 100 percent accuracy, no vehicle would ever land with a disappointing thud. Sales projections would always be on target, and smooth sailing would be assured. Alas, predicting consumer appetite and market forces is never that easy, but Volkswagen feels confident it can beat its already ambitious electric […]
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After creating ripples throughout the automotive community by announcing an all-electric next-generation Macan small crossover, Porsche might go a step further and ditch the model’s name altogether. Talk about severing links to the past… Speaking to Australia’s Wheels (h/t to Motor Trend), Blume laid out his brand’s electrification strategy — a product plan which must tread carefully, lest […]
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Unlike another German automaker, BMW isn’t jumping into “electromobility” (gag) with both feet. There’s an element of restraint in the automaker’s electrification plans, unlike Volkswagen’s bid to put 1 billion EVs on the moon by next week. Thanks to this cautious blend of profit-mindedness and environmental consideration, we now have high-margin vehicles positioned above the […]
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Kia’s much-teased EV concept turned out to be less attractive and more serious than we initially assumed. Following an announcement suggesting the vehicle’s wild arrangement of 21 interior screens was a humorous jab at industry trends, the automaker officially debuted the car at the Geneva Motor Show. Styled at the company’s European design centre in […]
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The German Association of the Automotive Industry, known in its native tongue as Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA), says its members have formally committed themselves to investing 60 billion euros (roughly $68 billion USD) into electrification and vehicular autonomy over the next three years. The claim was made as part of a larger announcement serving as a […]
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Hoping to start this week in better form than last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter Sunday to generate buzz ahead of the Model Y’s debut. The upcoming crossover, based on the Model 3 sedan, will see the light of day on March 14th at the company’s L.A. design studio, Musk said. As […]
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The $35,000 Model 3 is here. Fittingly, perhaps, it’s three years late. Tesla has promised a $35,000 version of the Model 3 since announcing the car in 2016, but the company focused on more-expensive variants at first to help get the model off the ground without tanking the company in the process. It needed the […]
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Polestar, Volvo’s former performance division (which parent company Geely insisted be spun off as its own electric car brand), announced its second automobile on Wednesday. Whereas the Polestar 1 was a 600-horsepower hybrid coupe, Polestar 2 adds a set of rear doors and does away with internal combustion altogether. For all the “Tesla fighters” out there, […]
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Ahead of its debut at the Geneva Motor Show, Honda has revealed the prototype of its upcoming “urban electric vehicle” in full, providing tasty yet bittersweet catnip for eco-conscious American drivers who have neither the funds nor patience to hop aboard the Tesla train. The e Prototype, a successor to the brand’s 2017 Urban EV […]
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So, perhaps not cheapest for long. Tuesday, the German automaker announced its next-generation Macan crossover will divest itself of internal combustion for its next generation. By adopting new architecture and dropping its gas powerplant, the Macan, refreshed for 2019 and currently starting at just a tick below $50k U.S., will become the company’s third electric […]
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Ford’s upcoming EV is a contentious model, despite how little we know about it. Intended to help bring the automaker into the brave new world of electromobility, it also leans upon the brand’s heritage by being a “Mustang-inspired” performance crossover. Whether you’re totally behind the idea or want to stand directly in its path in a Tiananmen-style […]
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Focusing primarily on the U.S. market sometimes leads to a skewed view of what the average global consumer demands in their driveway, but not always. Broader trends don’t respect geographical boundaries; interest in light trucks doesn’t stop at the border. As American buyers increasingly demand more additions to their high-riding vehicle buffet, the same call […]
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Less than a year after bestowing a coveted “Recommended” label on Tesla’s Model 3, Consumer Reports is taking is back. You can just imagine the outrage in the online Teslaverse. Consumer Reports’ secret ownership by shadowy oil execs and General Motors notwithstanding (this is clearly false, don’t sue us), the retraction of what amounts to […]
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Let’s face it — with the possible exception of the Stinger, Kia’s vehicle lineup is hardly the automotive equivalent of Britt Ekland, circa 1971. Few are. Still, the automaker has made great strides in terms of design, as well as quality. Also on the march is the brand’s technological prowess, and it’s this knowledge that […]
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