New Vehicle Reviews (Page 16)

The SMART Tire Company (STC) presented an almost indestructible tire at CES Las Vegas 2023 in Nevada; a tire that in practical terms means the reinvention of the wheel.

The use of electron microscopy and computer modeling has allowed scientists to understand, at the atomic level, how lithium batteries degrade.

German multinational Bosch is developing 6G connectivity technology to fit it into autonomous cars in the coming years. The first phases will start in closed environments, such as factories or restricted spaces.

Tesla has released a statement in which it sets a date for the so-called 'Investor Day 2023'. Many different announcements of numerous new features for the company are expected at this event.

Although it comes a year later than planned, Tesla can finally say that it has passed the “million-car made and delivered” milestone. The figures for the last quarter of 2022 were simply spectacular.

Toyota’s 2022 Corolla Cross offers small crossover shoppers an interesting alternative to the Honda HR-V.

In an era of electric vehicles, all major car manufacturers strive to stand out from the crowd with unique models, that continuously offer greater range and power; while some new brands have also innovated EVs by integrating solar cells into the car body, in order to provide 100% solar energy to the battery pack in an ecological, sustainable way.

Here’s the latest from a car consultant who warns car, SUV, and truck shoppers the vehicles that he has tested that are the worst you can buy in 2023. Spoiler alert---the Ford F-150 Lightning is one of them!

Tesla has revealed that FSD Beta is now running on 285,000 vehicles in North America. Although incredibly impressive and in a league of its own when compared to autonomy programs of other vehicle manufacturers, this is still significantly less than the prediction that Elon Musk made back in May saying FSD Beta will be running on 1 million vehicles by year-end.

Electreon, a company specializing in on-road and wireless charging technology for passenger and commercial electric vehicles, is currently implementing its technology in the first public wireless road project in Germany.

Last November the Tesla Model Y became best-selling car in the European market, beating heavyweight legacy models like the Volkswagen Golf along the way. This is especially relevant not only because the Model Y is a 100% electric car, but also because Tesla usually concentrates the bulk of its deliveries in the last month of each quarter; in this case, December 2022.

Here’s the latest from Consumer Reports analysts on the best Hybrid cars you can buy today that are essentially better than their conventionally gas-powered siblings in almost every way.

In many countries, Hyundai Santa Fe is the flagship of the Korean brand. This SUV is currently going through its fourth generation and has a daring design. This week I was reviewing the 2023 Hyundai Santa Fe's Calligraphy 2.5T AWD share my thoughts below.

Reverse engineering specialist Sandy Munro will tear-down a Tesla Semi to find out what technologies make it such a disruptive vehicle in freight transportation; the purchase of the truck will be financed with crowdfunding.

With the launch of supercharger V4 and the expansion of the charging network to none Tesla EVs, 2022 has been a great year for Tesla’s supercharger network. However, adding the icing on the cake, with few days to go until the end of the year, today Tesla has announced it has officially launched the 10,000th supercharger in mainland China.

Introduced more than two years ago, Tesla's 4680 cells were called to revolutionize the battery market due to their compromise between energy and volumetric density, on one hand; and price on the other hand. They are a larger type of cells that have gone through their own “production hell” cycle, and which represent the brand's strongest commitment to its own production so far. These batteries in turn just achieved a production milestone this week.

Tesla Gigafactory in Shanghai is an example of efficiency, technological innovation and manufacturing quality, at a world level. The person largely responsible for this significant achievement is Tom Zhu, its Head of Operations, who just recently visited two US Tesla plants.

Norway intends to be more than a decade ahead of Europe's plans regarding electric cars. The market penetration rates of the Tesla Model Y are so good that it has just broken a record of more than 50 years ago.

Although Tesla grabs headlines for its amazing electric cars - and for the adventures of Elon Musk -, the company also offers a wide variety of products that are increasingly successful, such as its Megapack stationary batteries.

Here’s the latest from the good folks at Consumer Reports with their recommendations that showcases their list of the most reliable new cars and SUVs that you can find new for less than $30,000.

When searching for information on the purchase of the next car, it is clearly seen that electric cars generally cost much more upfront than combustion engine (ICE) cars. But the low operating cost of EVs means that they are already cheaper today, as per the total cost of ownership (TCO), as is the case in practically all European car segments and countries.

Nissan aspires to continue expanding in 2023. To do this, it has presented the new, renewed version of its Altima medium sedan. This week I test drove it at Torque News and will be sharing my impressions in this review below.

Buying accessories or add-ons with a new vehicle purchase is one way dealerships inflate your new car price and are often recommended against to keep new-car costs down. However, here is one must-have optional accessory Toyota now offers that you will be glad you agreed to on the 2023 Toyota Prius that it turns out will also greatly benefit some earlier Prius models as well. Plus, find out how to save money by installing this accessory yourself.

For a few months now the rumor has been running on social media that Tesla is preparing to launch a new model (“Model C” or perhaps “Model 2”: name not official yet). A proposal confirmed by Elon Musk himself, who also indicated that it will cost half the price of Model 3 or Model Y. Now it has been reported that Tesla would have acquired land in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, where it will build a new Gigafactory.

Last week we got reports suggesting Tesla has chosen Mexico as the site for the company's next Gigafactory. And today we have gotten further details regarding Giga Mexico including the fact that the plant when fully built out could cost as much as $10 billion and that Tesla is looking to announce it as soon as this Friday.

This solar electric car, built by Australian university students, has covered 1,000 Km (621 miles) at an average of 84 km/h (52 mph) on a single charge of its battery, beating the previous Guinness record (though not officially at the moment).

According to German manufacturer ZF, its new electric motors are superior in every way to those developed by in-house manufacturers, including Tesla, NIO, Porsche, and Nissan.

Two days ago, on December 15th 2022 Chinese manufacturer SVOLT made an important presentation, where it showed the world its commitment to development of high-tech batteries, and where up to three different chemical models were presented - all promising a high energy density-. Each one has its own physical characteristics and costs, which will basically allow electric cars that mount them to reach ranges of up to 1,000 km by 2023, when their production will begin.

Two companies, Plastonix (Canada) and Elemental Recycling (Texas, USA), have done what others could not in the last half a century: they have just found technologies that recycle all kinds of plastics, an amazing achievement that benefits the environment and the whole world.

Tesla officially inaugurated Giga Texas only 8 months ago. However, today, the EV maker has announced that the plant has reached a Model Y production rate of 3000 vehicles a week for the first time. This gives Giga Texas an annualized production rate of 150,000 vehicles per year.