The Intelligent World Drive initiative was launched at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt, IAA (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung) in September. The German automaker now wants to take its systems and tech to the next level by testing them in different parts of the world. A Mercedes-Benz S‑Class has been automated, for an initiative called Intelligent World [...]
Automakers have been put into the spotlight and are undergoing scrutiny for its vehicle production that makes use of supplies from Kobe Steel. Kobe Steel is Japan’s third-largest steelmaker and are suppliers to Ford, GM (General Motors), Honda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, and Toyota. The Kobe Steel scandal A scandal around falsified data has raised its head. [...]
If you follow electric cars as avidly as I do, then you would have come across this. But for my readers and followers who don’t, I wanted to break down the swarm intelligence. As mentioned on our podcast show, AutoCentral, on Monday morning, autonomous cars are the way of the future. So what is swarm [...]
“The full environmental impact of electric cars needs to be analyzed more thoroughly before we can determine them to be more innocuous than internal combustion engines. I think that if you don't do the full analysis of what the origin of the electrical power is, where it comes from, how you get batteries into these [...]
Just a few weeks ago Bugatti set a record for the fastest 0-400-0 km/h time. This week Bugatti had to pass its crown to the Koenigsegg Agera RS. One may have thought that the Regera hypercar didn’t need any improvements. But Koenigsegg felt otherwise and released the Aero Package on the Koenigsegg Agera RS. Prior [...]
260 Produced 1500 Target Tesla Model 3 misses its production targets for the Q ended September 2017 Tesla Model 3 production has been missed as the company produced just 17% of its target. Elon Musk announced the production targets in July at the official Tesla Model [...]
Ever wonder what's it like to drive on the red planet? You can now take a virtual drive in the new BMW X3! Much like seeing those distinct angel eyes in your rearview mirror rocketing toward you, BMW is moving a few lightyears ahead with its new BMW X3. Automakers the world over are testing [...]
Making the record books for the “fastest in the world” is not anything new to Bugatti. In the last week Bugatti Chiron made news for going from 0 km/h to 400 km/h and then back to 0 km/h in record time. Before I get into the record made by the Chiron, let’s just take a [...]
There is a perception in some consumers' minds as well as some parts of the motoring industry in South Africa that the electric car is slow. Perhaps this could be the reason why some car shoppers still opt for petrol and diesel cars over electric ones. Even the range of modern electric cars are not [...]
A London telephone booth has turned into a dealership. Now labelled as the world’s smallest dealership, it is only 0.8 square metres in size. Rewind back ten years to when most people didn’t trust the internet. Today, we are purchasing clothing, machines, gadgets, groceries and a whole lot more online. Including cars from a dealership. [...]
