Category: Automotive

TeslaCam Saves Model 3 From Getting A Ticket For Lack Of Turn Signal

It was actually in use, as the truck tailgate shows. You have already seen the TeslaCam save Tesla owners from bad guys, but probably never from the good guys. At least not in such a direct fashion as this one. To do so, you have to prove you did not break the law, or else,… Continue reading TeslaCam Saves Model 3 From Getting A Ticket For Lack Of Turn Signal

This Is The New GM-SAIC Baojun Electric Car

Meet Baojun’s “new interstellar geometry design language.” General Motors and SAIC‘s Chinese joint venture Baojun is known for its hilarious electric cars, which by the way sell in pretty high volume (the Baojun’s BEV series is already the 3rd most popular this year with nearly 42,000 sold by the end of October). The latest model,… Continue reading This Is The New GM-SAIC Baojun Electric Car

@Groupe PSA: New Opel Grandland X Plug-in-Hybrid with Front-Wheel Drive

All-wheel drive PHEV joined by front-wheel drive version System power totals 165kW (224hp) Up to 57km all-electric range (WLTP1) Potential €38,512 entry-price in Germany with higher “environmental bonus” All Opel models electrified by 2024 Rüsselsheim.  The next electrified Opel is coming. After the all-electric Opel Corsa-e and the four-wheel drive Grandland X plug-in hybrid electric… Continue reading @Groupe PSA: New Opel Grandland X Plug-in-Hybrid with Front-Wheel Drive

Bluespace.ai Secures $3.5M in Seed Funding

Bluespace.ai, a San Jose, CA-based new autonomous driving startup, closed a $3.5m in seed funding. The round was led by Fusion Fund with participation from Steve Chen (YouTube Co-founder), UMC (NYSE: UMC, global semiconductor foundry based in Taiwan with a $5.5 billion market cap), Kakao Ventures (the #1 mobile platform in South Korea with $11… Continue reading Bluespace.ai Secures $3.5M in Seed Funding

Mercedes delays electric vehicle debut after Jaguar & Audi fail to keep up with Tesla

Mercedes-Benz is putting off the US debut of its first electric vehicle by a year in the latest sign of just how difficult a time automakers are having replicating Tesla Inc’.s success.Daimler AG’s luxury brand will start sales of the EQC crossover in 2021 rather than early next year.By contrast, the website estimates that Tesla has sold about 111,650 Model 3 sedans.

UPDATE 1-Renault offers CEO job to SEAT’s Luca De Meo, says La Vanguardia

FILE PHOTO: SEAT President and CEO Luca de Meo poses during an interview at the SEAT car factory in Martorell, near Barcelona, Spain October 31, 2018. Picture taken October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo MADRID (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA) has offered the chairman of Volkswagen’s (VOWG.DE) SEAT brand, Luca de Meo, the job… Continue reading UPDATE 1-Renault offers CEO job to SEAT’s Luca De Meo, says La Vanguardia

Renault offers CEO job to SEAT’s Luca De Meo, says La Vanguardia

FILE PHOTO: SEAT President and CEO Luca de Meo poses during an interview at the SEAT car factory in Martorell, near Barcelona, Spain October 31, 2018. Picture taken October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo MADRID (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA) has offered the chairman of Volkswagen’s (VOWG.DE) SEAT brand, Luca de Meo, the job… Continue reading Renault offers CEO job to SEAT’s Luca De Meo, says La Vanguardia

New Middle-Eastern Hypercar Is A 1200-HP Monster – CarBuzz

Say hello to the dragon-inspired Ajlani Drakuma hypercar. The 2,012-horsepower Aspark Owl wasn’t the only absurdly powerful hypercar that debuted at the Dubai Auto Show this week. After last month’s teaser, Middle-Eastern-based company Ajlani Motors has presented its new hypercar called the “Drakuma” with a design inspired by “the soul of the dragon.” No, we… Continue reading New Middle-Eastern Hypercar Is A 1200-HP Monster – CarBuzz