The 90s, they were just great, weren’t they? I mean, I wouldn’t know, I was just a kid. But that’s what I’ve heard. And I also know that some of the cars that manufacturers built back then were pretty cool. A lot of people say modern cars are boring – and I think I agree … More Pastel pastel pastel Porsche (new paint options alert)
This is the new SEAT DIANA, a pilot project to test self-driving vehicles in a real-world scenario. You can basically book the car with an app, pick a specific location and destination and Diana will pick you up and drive you there. Why is it called Diana? Because, SEAT says, the project is named after … More SEAT is testing self-driving cars on the road
We have to figure out a way to make cars fun again. And when I say ‘we’ I mean the automakers. I mean, it’s obvious, isn’t it? New cars are too bland and boring. And it’s not because they’re electric. I think ATVs, overlanders and off-road vehicles that aren’t SUVs could be a solution. Lexus … More This is the vehicle of the future: an ATV, powered by hydrogen
I’m glad that Porsche has finally decided to catch up with Nissan and BMW – the only two brands that are taking this issue seriously – to engineer fake exhaust sounds for electric cars. This is a major problem, in my opinion, and no one is thinking about it. Safety is definitely part of the … More Future electric Porsches won’t be silent
A couple of weeks ago, PepsiCo (yup, the company that sells, among other things, Pepsi soda) announced it will actually take delivery of its first Tesla Semi. And when I say first, I mean first of many. At least 15 by the end of the year. So they say. They say they’ll get it by … More PepsiCo will soon get its first Tesla Semi
Audi Sport’s Marketing Chief Linda Kurz told Roadshow that the next ‘halo car’ will be powered by electricity. It will replace the R8 and it may bear a different name. ”Our next challenge will be to transform the R segment, and the R segment is going to be fully electric. This is our job for … More The gas-powered R8 will be replaced by an all-new, all-electric Audi
This is the Tesla Electro, made by a company called Caviar, and it is an iPhone 13 made from titanium, with PVD coating and metals coming straight from the body panels of a Model 3. It’s limited to 99 units, and available as iPhone 13 Pro, priced at $6,760, and as an iPhone 13 Pro … More This iPhone is made from melted Tesla body parts, and it costs more than a used Fiat Panda
Much like McDonald’s famously makes more money renting out properties to franchisee than selling burgers, Amazon makes a lot more than from AWS – Amazon Web Services – than it does from delivering stuff. Rivian – the former EV start-up turned public car company ($RIVN) – chose Amazon ($AMZN) Web Services for things cloud analytics … More Rivian and Amazon team up for cloud computing services
Lucid Motors went public with a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC), not an Initial Public Offering (IPO), this is an important difference. In short, the IPO is a traditional tool companies use to be listed in the stock exchange, and it has stringent requirements. On the other hand, the SPAC is a more modern tool, … More Trouble in paradise for Lucid
We don’t know what the latest Renault SUV (duh) looks like, but we know the name: Australi. It comes from the Latin word ‘australis’, which means ‘southern’. We don’t know much about it yet, apart from the fact that it measures 4.51 mt in length and it’s supposed to be a crossover/SUV/C Segment hatchback. More … More There’s a new Renault, we don’t know what it looks like, but at least the name is cool
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