Jaguar has successfully completed a long-distance journey between Johannesburg and Durban using its recently announced Powerway charging network in an all-electric I-PACE. The pre-production Jaguar I-PACE, in South Africa for testing and homologation purposes, began its trip with a fully topped-up 90kWh battery at the Jaguar Centurion dealership in Gauteng …
Read More »VW to discontinue the Beetle car in 2019
Volkswagen announced Thursday it would end production of its iconic “Beetle” cars in 2019 after adding a pair of final editions of the insect-inspired vehicles. The move comes as Volkswagen emphasises electric autos and larger family-oriented vehicles, said Hinrich Woebcken, chief executive of Volkswagen Group of America. But Woebcken opened …
Read More »Meet Audi’s jaw-dropping future truck
Audi’s plan for the future seems very promising with its semi-autonomous and self-driving vehicle concepts and development. The company intends to make the future of trucks a brilliant one with the development of a prototype for its future truck. This is just one of the many concept designs presented for …
Read More »Jeep’s New 2018 Wrangler Is Exactly What the Off-Roading Fans Ordered
Automakers can learn a lot by breaking down the new Jeep Wrangler—and not just because it’s so easy to put back together afterward. (Seriously: Popping the doors, roof, and windscreen off and on is a breeze.) The newest generation of this emblem of free-spirited exploration—the fourth redesign in its 30-year …
Read More »How Ford Build a New Kind of Engine for Its GT Supercar
When the Ford GT won its class in the famously grueling 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race last year, it wasn’t just a celebration for the team which developed the all new supercar. It was a relief. The victory in the GTE Pro class came 50 years after Ford’s …
Read More »Imperial and Hyundai teams up with Bakwena again for safe holiday motoring
Imperial and Hyundai Automotive South Africa are again acting as partners with the Bakwena N1N4 concessionaire to drive and promote road safety awareness and provide additional patrol support on the N1 and N4 routes this holiday season. This partnership comes in the wake of calls by the Minister of Transport, …
Read More »Inside Castle, Where Google’s Waymo Tests Its Self-Driving Cars
Life is a complex problem. Consider the simple act of moving from point A to point B. Solving for that equation requires synthesizing numerous variables, like speed and obstacles. What if you make it more complicated? Like putting an unpredictable human in charge of a one-ton vehicle traveling at ever-changing …
Read More »Designing Streets for Self-Driving Cars: Parks Instead of Parking Meters
Urban planners talk about two visions of the future city: heaven and hell. Hell, in case it’s not clear, is bad—cities built for technologies, big companies, and vehicles instead of the humans who actually live in them. And hell, in some ways, is here. Today’s US cities are dominated by …
Read More »Ford and Domino’s Use Self-Driving Cars to Deliver Pizza in Ann Arbor
Perhaps the greatest part of the guilty pleasure of ordering a pizza is having your food brought right to your door. No need to get out of your pajamas or brave the elements, just a moment of awkward conversation and, at worst, a last-minute search for cash. Now, you might …
Read More »The 2017 Hyundai ix25 now unveiled
With a monthly sale of close to 8000 units and cumulative sales figure of more than 2 lakh units, the Creta quickly became a best-seller for Hyundai while bagging the ICOTY 2016 Award. Hyundai unveiled the 2017 Hyundai ix25 (India-bound Hyundai Creta facelift) at the Chengdu Motor Show in China …
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