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  Google’s Android Automotive OS update brings Angry Birds, Max, Peacock apps – casting support added

  16 May 2024 / 3 comments

  At this year’s Google I/O, the company announced a series of updates coming to Android for Cars, which covers both Android Automotive OS, the platform for built-in infotainment systems, as well as Android Auto, the […]

   

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  Mercedes-Benz to drop EQ naming for its future EVs

  16 May 2024 / 4 comments

  According to a report by AutoExpress, Mercedes-Benz will stop using ‘EQ’ to name its future EVs after the first-generation models come to the end of their life cycles. Instead, the German carmaker will revert to […]

   

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  Mercedes-Benz cancels development of MB.EA Large platform for large EV models due to slow sales – report

  16 May 2024 / 8 comments

  Mercedes-Benz has reportedly cancelled development of its MB.EA Large platform for large electric vehicle models, originally planned to form the basis of EV models such as the successors to the current EQS, EQE and their […]

   

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  Subaru Legacy to be discontinued in the US after 36 years – 2025 the final model year for D-segment sedan

  16 May 2024 / 2 comments

  The Subaru Legacy has been around since 1989 but it will soon be discontinued when production in the United States ends next year. Subaru of America announced last month that the 2025 model year will […]

   

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  Ferrari 12Cilindri – front-engined flagship with 830 PS 6.5L NA V12, 0-100 km/h 2.95 secs, 9,500 rpm redline!

  15 May 2024 / 2 comments

  The king is dead; long live the king. Ferrari has bid its scintillating 812 Superfast a fond farewell, replacing it with a new top-dog front-engined supercar with an equally on-the-nose name – the 12Cilindri. No […]

   

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  Subaru to work with Toyota on 3 new EV crossovers to debut by 2026 – “huge risk” to build EVs alone

  15 May 2024 / 2 comments

  Subaru CEO Atsushi Osaki recently told Automotive News the carmaker will work together with Toyota on three new fully electric crossovers over the next two years through 2026. Both companies have been working together for […]

   

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  IM Motors L6 launched in China in five variants from RM143k, up to 1,000 km range from 133 kWh battery

  15 May 2024 / 1 comment

  The IM Motors L6 saw its market launch in China this week, with a range of five variants starting from 219,900 yuan (RM143,154) for the L6 Max Standard with up to 650 km of battery […]

   

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  US president Joe Biden announces new tariffs on China goods – EV duty quadrupled from 25% to 100%

  15 May 2024 / 32 comments

  The United States has unveiled a sweeping array of new tariffs on Chinese goods, with electric vehicles (EVs) being a key focus of president Joe Biden’s announcement. These measures appear to be designed to protect […]

   

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  2024 BMW M4 CS debuts – 3.0L twin-turbo I6 with 550 PS, 650 Nm; 0-100 in 3.4s; design cues from M4 CSL

  15 May 2024 / 4 comments

  BMW has unveiled the new M4 CS, which is based on the second-generation (G82) model that recently got updated back in February this year. Capable of lapping full 20.832-km lap of the the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife […]

   

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  992 Porsche 911 facelift to debut May 28 with hybrid powertrain; 8.7 seconds quicker on the Nurburgring

  15 May 2024 / 2 comments

  The Porsche 911 is about to be released in its latest form later this month, with the 992-generation facelift set to premiere on May 28. The ‘992.2’ will receive a hybrid powertrain for the first […]

   

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  BYD Shark launched in Mexico – RM252k for Hilux-rivalling PHEV pick-up, over 430 hp, 100 km EV range

  15 May 2024 / 16 comments

  Subsequent to its initial reveal, the BYD Shark has been launched in Mexico, the first market to get the Chinese carmaker’s first pick-up truck. As part of the event, the company released more information and […]

   

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  BYD Shark revealed – Hilux-rivalling PHEV pick-up, over 430 hp, 0-100 km/h 5.7 secs, 100 km EV range

  14 May 2024 / 21 comments

  The first pick-up truck from BYD is set to be launched globally in just a few hours, but the Chinese carmaker has already released initial photos and preliminary information about the pick-up truck – now […]

   

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  Leapmotor International formed as Stellantis-Leapmotor joint venture; to enter Malaysia late-2024

  14 May 2024 / 3 comments

  Stellantis and Leapmotor have announced that the formation of the joint venture between the two firms, Leapmotor International is now complete as a 51/49 split led by Stellantis, following Stellantis’ investment of around 1.5 billion […]

   

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  2025 Kia EV6 facelift – new looks, improved tech, larger 84 kWh battery, up to 494 km range

  14 May 2024 / 6 comments

  Just three years after the EV6 went into production, Kia has now pulled the covers off the facelifted model, offering mild visual updates and a larger battery that promises more range for the electric quasi-SUV. […]

   

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  Next-gen Mazda CX-5 to get in-house developed hybrid tech – brand to launch dedicated EV platform in 2027

  13 May 2024 / 5 comments

  The next-generation Mazda CX-5 has been confirmed and will keep its name (there were rumours the SUV would be renamed to the CX-40) as well as use hybrid technology developed in-house, the carmaker revealed in […]

   

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