News16th Jun 20182 min readChina to mandate car-tracking chips from 2019 – report…News16th Jun 20182 min readChina to mandate car-tracking chips from 2019 – report…
News14th Jun 20183 min readOpel teases new concept, next-gen Corsa confirmed for 2019…James WongOpel has revealed its upcoming model and development plans at its TechDay, hosted at the company's Rüsselsheim engineering centre in Germany. Freshly acquired by France's PSA Group, parent to brands like Citroen and Peugeot, Opel confirmed it will develop the group's next-generation of four-cylinder petrol engines and light commercial vehicles, along with teasing a new concept bound for reveal later this year. …
News12th Jun 20183 min readTesla Autopilot: Elon Musk promises 'full self-driving features' by August…Scott Collie
News8th Jun 20182 min readVolvo expects a third of its cars to be autonomous by 2025…Derek FungVolvo has laid out “operational ambitions" for electrification, self-driving and subscription services, which it hopes to achieve by 2025. As previously announced, the Chinese-owned automaker hopes to generate half its annual sales from pure-electric vehicles (EV) by 2025. If this comes to pass, it’ll be quite an achievement given it's yet to announce a mass-market pure-electric vehicle. …
News4th Jun 20181 min readApple CarPlay to support Google Maps navigation…News4th Jun 20181 min readApple CarPlay to support Google Maps navigation…
News1st Jun 20182 min readFord opens new 'Weather Factory' in Germany…Scott CollieFord has opened its new Weather Factory, designed to make it easier to torture its cars in extreme weather conditions without ever leaving the factory. The new facility, which cost more than €70 million ($108.21m) to develop, and each weather testing centre takes up around a 'soccer field' of space. It'll be used to test everything from the tiny Ka to the not-so-tiny Transit. …
News29th May 20182 min readAudi: Solid-state batteries to offer ‘real progress’ on electric supercars…Alborz FallahAudi says that whilst sports cars can be made with the current-generation of lithium-ion batteries, the need for lighter, smaller and higher capacity units in the form of solid-state battery technology will likely be the answer to proper lightweight electric sports cars. …
