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  Toyota teases looks, sound of Le Mans Hypercar racer

  11 January 2021 / 1 comment

  With just four days to go until Toyota Gazoo Racing reveals its new race car for the 2021 World Endurance Championship, the teaser campaign has begun in earnest. The title-winning team has released videos showing […]

   

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  Nio ET7 officially revealed with 653 PS and 150-kWh battery – over 1,000 km EV range; autonomous driving

  11 January 2021 / 10 comments

  Shanghai-based electric car maker Nio has revealed the new ET7 at its recent Nio Day 2020 event in Chengdu, China, and it certainly sounds very impressive on paper. However, it’ll be some time until customers […]

   

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  Hyundai, Apple to sign autonomous EV partnership deal by March; 2024 start of production in US – report

  11 January 2021 / 0 comments

  Hyundai Kona Electric Hyundai is set to sign a partnership deal with Apple on autonomous electric vehicles by March this year, with production of the vehicle slated to commence in 2024 in the United States, […]

   

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  Toyota GR Supra gets 2.0L 4-cyl in UK, from RM252k

  8 January 2021 / 21 comments

  Having held off adding a four-cylinder model to the GR Supra range in the United Kingdom (whilst everyone in Europe has gotten it for the better part of a year), Toyota has finally relented and […]

   

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  Baidu plans to build EVs, have Geely assemble them

  8 January 2021 / 2 comments

  Chinese internet search engine provider Baidu is reportedly planning to form a company to build smart electric vehicles (EVs), and will be working together with Geely, which will assemble the vehicles at its plants. Sources […]

   

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  2021 European Car of the Year – seven finalists named

  8 January 2021 / 4 comments

  The 2021 European Car of the Year (ECOTY) award has move on to the next stage, with the initial list of 29 models now trimmed down to just seven finalists. A second round of voting […]

   

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  Elon Musk becomes world’s richest person after Tesla stock surges past Facebook – RM788 billion net worth

  8 January 2021 / 10 comments

  Tesla boss Elon Musk was the 35th richest person in the world at the beginning of 2020, but the 49-year-old South African is now at the top of the Bloomberg billionaires index following a 4.8% […]

   

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  LG Electronics and Magna set up JV to make e-motors, inverters, chargers and full electric drive systems

  8 January 2021 / 0 comments

  LG Electronics and Magna International recently announced a joint venture to manufacture electric motors, inverters, on-board chargers and, for certain automakers, related e-drive systems to support the growing global shift toward vehicle electrification. Tentatively called […]

   

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  Fifth-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee – L version brings three rows of seats; 4xe PHEV due end 2021

  8 January 2021 / 2 comments

  The Jeep Grand Cherokee enters its fifth generation in 2021, based on an all-new architecture and it now gains a third row of seats in the model called the Grand Cherokee L to accommodate six […]

   

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  Mazda banking on RWD models to reverse fortunes

  8 January 2021 / 12 comments

  It’s no secret that Mazda is having a tough time at the moment. Its move upmarket has backfired, and sales have been sliding even before the coronavirus pandemic. Faced with this grim reality, Hiroshima is […]

   

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  Volvo to triple electric car production at its Ghent plant – second fully-electric, CMA-based EV on the way

  8 January 2021 / 0 comments

  Volvo Cars has announced that it will triple electric vehicle production at its Ghent plant in Belgium by 2022, amounting to around 60% of the plant’s total production capacity. According to the Swedish automaker, this […]

   

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  Toyota Australia, BHP unveil new battery electric-converted Land Cruiser for underground mining use

  8 January 2021 / 0 comments

  Toyota Australia has announced a new partnership with BHP (a global resource company that has no relations to BHPetrol) for a pilot trial of a converted electric vehicle. The said EV is a Land Cruiser […]

   

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  Mercedes-Benz EQS to debut MBUX Hyperscreen – 56-inch OLED dash display, Gorilla Glass and 24 GB RAM

  8 January 2021 / 2 comments

  The first instance of the Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX) infotainment system appeared on the current W177 A-Class back in 2018, and has since trickled down to several other models. According to the German carmaker, there […]

   

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  2021 Geely Borui facelift – first images appear online

  8 January 2021 / 16 comments

  First images of the 2021 Geely Borui facelift have appeared on the internet. The refreshed sedan is seen wearing a new Volvo-style grille with multiple vertical fins, ditching the previous ‘Expanding Cosmos’ design. Also new […]

   

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  Skoda Kushaq B-segment SUV for India, March debut

  7 January 2021 / 0 comments

  Skoda has confirmed the name of its new budget B-segment SUV, designed for India and other “promising” developing markets. Called the Kushaq, the crossover will make its world premiere in March. The moniker is derived […]

   

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