Hyundai has developed an ‘Automatic Charging Robot’ which automatically connects and charges an EV without driver input. There was a time, as older readers will remember, when the local butcher and grocer delivered your goods to your door, and filling up with petrol saw a man in overalls do the job for you, clean your […]
Kia EV9 Electric SUV TEASED ahead of debut this month
The electric Kia EV9 – Kia’s new range-topping electric SUV – is teased on video ahead of a debut this month. No one can accuse Kia of not promoting the arrival of the Kia EV9 electric SUV, first with the EV9 Concept – which was also teased here and here) – an announcement the KIA […]
Hyundai Ioniq 6 and Kevin Bacon – even technophobes are going EV
Hyundai launches a new ad campaign in the US for the Ioniq 6, with Kevin Bacon demonstrating EVs are also good for technophobes. Kevin Bacon has been in some very successful films in his time, from JFK to X-Men, but is probably now more familiar to UK viewers as the face of the EE mobile […]
Audi’s Activesphere EV concept mixes Saloon, SUV and Pick-up and throws in AR too
The Audi Activesphere Concept arrives as a mix between saloon and SUV, with AR instead of screens, an EV powertrain and a back end which morphs into a pick-up. Over the last eighteen months, Audi has been busy revealing its ‘Sphere’ concepts as a look at the sort of direction they’re heading in as they […]
Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate is a 759bhp FAREWELL to Aston’s range-topping DBS
The Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate is officially revealed as a barnstorming farewell to Aston’s range-topping DBS. Aston Martin has a bit of a habit of rolling out final iterations of their cars at the end of their life which makes you ask: Why wasn’t this the regular model all along? And so it is […]
Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate TEASED as the end of the V12 ICE DBS
The Aston Martin DBS 770 Ultimate is teased as a final iteration of the V12 ICE Aston Martin DBS. Just 499 are being built. It’s more than four years since the Aston Martin DBS Superleggera arrived as a DB11-based GT with lower weight (although hardly qualifying for the Superleggera moniker), wider rear track, additional downforce […]
Drift King Ken Block dies in Snowmobile accident
Legendary Drift King Ken Block has been killed in a snowmobile accident at his ranch in Utah. He was just 55 years old. Anyone with an ounce of petrol in their veins is aware of the immense driving skills rally supremo Ken Block possessed, so the news that he died in a snowmobile accident at […]
Thinking of buying a Hyundai? Then you need to learn Hyundai’s ‘New’ name
As Hyundai continues its seemingly unstoppable progress, it’s decided it’s time we Brits learnt how to pronounce its name ‘properly’. VW has done a sterling job changing the perception of Skoda from a skip on wheels to an appealing quality brand delivering a Czech take on VW’s German values in the three decades it’s owned […]
Electric Pininfarina Battista BLASTS to 62mph in 1.86 seconds
The Electric Pininfarina Battista set new performance records, hitting 62mph in just 1.86 seconds, and braking as impressively. It’s getting on for four years since the electric Pininfarina Battista opened reservations as a new electric hypercar, with bonkers specs and serious performance potential. But with underpinnings borrowed from the Rimac Nevera, delivering up to 1900bhp […]
Watch the Rimac Nevera hit 258mph and become the world’s FASTEST production EV
Watch the Rimac Nevera hit 258mph on the Automotive Testing Papenburg track in Germany