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New Vehicle Reviews (Page 17)

New Vehicle Reviews

This section will review cars, trucks, products and books related to the auto industry.

By Nicolas Caballero on December 13, 2022 - 11:29AM
An international research team has just designed a sodium-sulfur battery with the potential to quadruple the capacity of current lithium-ion batteries, in turn significantly reducing manufacturing costs.
By Tinsae Aregay on December 12, 2022 - 7:49PM
A few days ago, we got our first picture of the Cybertruck's exoskeleton chassis as it was being worked on in Giga Texas. And today, Sandy Munro has reacted to those pictures and has called the Cybertruck's body "more revolutionary than I thought."
By Nicolas Caballero on December 12, 2022 - 12:55PM
The pictures of a Tesla Cybertruck chassis taken at the Gigafactory in Texas show the work carried out so far with the large foundry machines that the company acquired from Indra - Italy.
By Nicolas Caballero on December 11, 2022 - 10:12AM
Tesla has been working on a model smaller than the Model 3 and Model Y for some time now. Known by mainstream media as Model C or Model 2 (names that most probably will not correspond to the final name chosen by Tesla), this vehicle will fit into segment C (that is, compact) and will apparently have a starting price of $25,000.
By Tinsae Aregay on December 10, 2022 - 5:27PM
It has been more than two years since Tesla last delivered the Model S and X to Europe. This has undoubtedly disappointed a lot of prospective buyers, however, the wait is finally over as Tesla has delivered the first Model X Plaid to a customer in Germany.
By Nicolas Caballero on December 9, 2022 - 10:14AM
It's no secret at this point that Tesla is working on an update to the Model 3. The relaunch of the electric sedan basically means that assembly lines have to be updated as well, which is already happening at the factory in Fremont, California.

By Tinsae Aregay on December 7, 2022 - 4:16PM
Tesla recently removed radar from the company's vehicles and moved to a camera-based pure vision system. However, today we have gotten conflicting information that suggests, Tesla is planning to bring back updated HD radar to the company's vehicles with the upcoming Autopilot Hardware 4 upgrade.
By Nicolas Caballero on December 7, 2022 - 3:52PM
The Tesla Cybertruck will get ultra-fast charging technology, coming directly from the Tesla Semi. Additionally, Tesla´s chief designer also specified some aesthetic issues about the vehicle, such as why it is taking so long to ramp up production, or the fact that its image is actually highly aerodynamic.
By Nicolas Caballero on December 6, 2022 - 2:14PM
The final presentation and the first deliveries of the Tesla Semi have opened the door to speculation about its viability; the company did not actually tell everything about its new electric truck: battery capacity, total weight and price, and advantages as compared to regular, legacy diesel trucks.
By Tinsae Aregay on December 5, 2022 - 6:23PM
Elon Musk has said that in the future Tesla will "make an international version of Cybertruck that will be kinda smaller, kind of like a tight Wolverine package." And today we have seen our first glimpse of a smaller, 2 door Cybertruck design directly from Tesla.
By Nicolas Caballero on December 5, 2022 - 11:08AM
Production of electric cars at Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory is steadily ramping up, with amazing output numbers. The brand has just announced that last November it produced more than 100,000 electric vehicles, a new record for the factory.
By Nicolas Caballero on December 4, 2022 - 8:43PM
Winter is coming, with warm clothes, movie nights and a blanket at home, Christmas lights and decoration and inevitably, the cold on the road and lots of snow in some areas. Having an electric car is not a problem at all to having a good driving experience during these months though, even in the coldest northern countries; on the contrary: an electric vehicle works down to around -40ºF, even in colder conditions than a diesel, which usually has a limit of around -13ºF.
By Tinsae Aregay on December 3, 2022 - 9:12PM
It has been more than two years since Tesla last delivered the Model S and X to Europe. This has undoubtedly disappointed a lot of prospective buyers, however, the wait seems to finally be over as a ship carrying Model S Plaids is expected to dock in Zeebrugge, Belgium today.
By Tinsae Aregay on December 2, 2022 - 6:07PM
At yesterday's Semi delivery event, Tesla has officially taken the wraps off the company's next-generation V4 superchargers. According to Tesla, the V4 supercharger can charge at 1000KW and has 3 times the current density. However, even more impressively, Elon Musk has also shared that the V4 supercharger "is going to be used for Cybertruck."
By Nicolas Caballero on December 2, 2022 - 4:44PM
In a somewhat decaffeinated ceremony, Elon Musk delivered the first units of the Tesla Semi last night. The electric truck is already on the road, although at the moment we still do not have much - needed - information other than what was officially shared during the event.
By Nicolas Caballero on December 1, 2022 - 3:00PM
According to new reports in Taiwanese media, Tesla has become one of TSMC's biggest customers after securing the purchase of large quantities of microchips for its new generation of the FSD system.
By Tinsae Aregay on November 30, 2022 - 2:57PM
The Tesla Cybertruck has one of the most iconic designs of any production vehicle. However, today, in a new CNBC interview, asked what his favorite vehicle design is, Tesla's Chief Designer, Franz von Holzhausen revealed that he prefers the design of the upcoming driverless "futuristic" robotaxi even to that of the design of the Cybertruck.
By Nicolas Caballero on November 30, 2022 - 11:06AM
Under the name of Project Highland, Tesla is developing the second generation of the Model 3, a renewed version that will reduce production costs and recover the attractiveness - somehow lost - during the five years it has been on the market.
By Armen Hareyan on November 29, 2022 - 7:27PM
Redesigned for 2021, the Nissan Rogue received a new engine in 2022, namely a 1.5-liter turbocharged three-cylinder, with variable compression ratio, producing 201 horsepower and 225 lb-ft of torque. In this review of the 2023 Nissan Rogue Platinum AWD I am going to tell what's new for 2023 and where best to use the Rogue.
By Nicolas Caballero on November 29, 2022 - 6:27PM
A few days before the first deliveries are made, the Tesla Semi launch continues to attract media attention: Elon Musk publicly assured that the electric truck successfully passed a real-conditions range test, in fact with very impressive results.
By Jeff Teague on November 28, 2022 - 3:13PM
What’s new for 2023 Toyota Highlander? Big changes coming for the Limited trim.
By Nicolas Caballero on November 28, 2022 - 1:14PM
The beta version of the FSD autopilot (Full Self Driving) has led many - reckless - users to try to deceive the system so as not to meet the security requirements in order to continue driving safely. Tesla has now started to take action to prevent it.
By Timothy Boyer on November 27, 2022 - 10:01AM
If you could combine some of the best features of a Toyota with a Lexus, what would you get? Discover now what new Toyota model is designed so well that this Toyota mechanic says it should have been a Lexus!
By Timothy Boyer on November 26, 2022 - 10:25AM
Can a car be designed to run safely under two different liquid fuel types? Is BMW’s latest hydrogen-based Hybrid a bomb waiting to explode? Here’s the latest on a model made by BWM that can run on both hydrogen AND gasoline!
By Nicolas Caballero on November 25, 2022 - 11:48AM
Given the increasing competition from traditional automakers, Tesla needs to recover the momentum created with the launch of the Cybertruck, after – long - three years without a new electric model on the market: the million and a half Cybertruck accumulated reservations should by all means work as a guarantee of business success.
By Nicolas Caballero on November 23, 2022 - 4:58PM
A few hours ago a new stationary battery installation was connected to the grid: a facility located in the British town of Cottingham, near Hull, which uses Tesla batteries in the largest project of its kind launched so far in Europe.
By Armen Hareyan on November 22, 2022 - 9:15PM
Mercedes-Benz launched its first true electric vehicle in 2022 with the EQS. Now AMG is using it to make its own performance version: the 2022 AMG EQS sedan. This is the review of our week-long test drive of the AMG EQS EV, which tremendously impressed us.
By Nicolas Caballero on November 22, 2022 - 3:36PM
An investigation from the University of Cambridge has found the reason why electric car batteries lose efficiency and degrade throughout their lifecycle; very good news for Tesla, Volvo, Mercedes Benz, GM, NIO, Kia, and many other EV manufacturers, as they will be able use the findings to improve existing technologies in a critical area.
By Nicolas Caballero on November 21, 2022 - 3:35PM
Toyota is the undisputed leader in terms of automobile production worldwide, that is, legacy - ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) cars, while Tesla is by all means the world leader in terms of BEV (Battery Electric Cars) or “pure” EVs; there are big differences between the two giants in terms of profit margins, though.
By Nicolas Caballero on November 19, 2022 - 6:14PM
Amptricity just confirmed today that it will start sales of its first home battery model, equipped with solid electrolyte cells; an alternative that stands out for its safety features, but also for a guarantee that basically lasts 25 years. Will it be able to compete with the Tesla Powerwall?