Hyundai Ends Production of Manual Transmissions in Nošovice Plant for Electromobility Rebuild

Hyundai Ends Production of Manual Transmissions in Nošovice Plant for Electromobility Rebuild

The Korean car manufacturer will end the production of manual transmissions at the plant in Nošovice and rebuild the hall for electromobility purposes. The plant in Nošovice, where the Hyundai i30, Tucson and electric cars have been produced in recent years, is one of the most successful foreign investments in the history of the Czech … Read more

CEO of Dacia Reveals Plans for New Electric Drive Sandero Model at Geneva Motor Show

CEO of Dacia Reveals Plans for New Electric Drive Sandero Model at Geneva Motor Show

The CEO of Dacia spoke in Geneva about the immediate future of the brand, which mainly concerns the most affordable Sandero model. It will also be introduced with an electric drive in the following years. The successful Dacia Sandero is the brand’s best-selling model and was even the second best-selling new car in Europe last … Read more

Volvo FH Aero: The Latest Innovations in Truck Design and Fuel Efficiency

Volvo FH Aero: The Latest Innovations in Truck Design and Fuel Efficiency

Conflicting requirements for the largest possible space for cargo in the semi-trailer, for the most spacious and most comfortable cabin for the driver, who will spend hundreds of hours in it every month behind the wheel and while resting, and finally for the best possible aerodynamics for the lowest possible fuel consumption while maintaining the … Read more

Tesla Model Y: World’s Best-Selling Car in 2023, Overtakes Toyota RAV4 and Corolla

Tesla Model Y: World’s Best-Selling Car in 2023, Overtakes Toyota RAV4 and Corolla

The Tesla Model Y became the most popular new car in Europe last year. But which car became the best seller overall? Over a quarter of a million cars in Europe, another nearly 404,000 units in the United States, including China and other large markets. Thanks to a successful global campaign, the Tesla Model Y … Read more

Review: Mazda MX-30 R-EV with Range Extender and Wankel Engine

Review: Mazda MX-30 R-EV with Range Extender and Wankel Engine

As an electric car, the Mazda MX-30 does not dazzle with its parameters. Svět motorů technician František Pisarovič looked at whether the R-EV version with a range extender is better. What motor lover doesn’t love a Wankel engine? We haven’t seen rotating triangular pistons in a new car since 2012, when the last Mazda RX-8 … Read more

Harvard Researchers Develop Breakthrough Battery Technology to Prevent Dendrite Formation

Harvard Researchers Develop Breakthrough Battery Technology to Prevent Dendrite Formation

Micrometer silicon particles prevent the formation of dendrites in a battery with a solid electrolyte. The lifetime of the prototype is several times that of the batteries of current electric cars. Batteries with a solid electrolyte promise a fundamental improvement in the properties of electric cars, but although almost every major car company that deals … Read more

Fiat 600 Electric: Features, Price, and Review

Fiat 600 Electric: Features, Price, and Review

The electric Fiat 600 starts at a price of 799,900 crowns already with a relatively rich equipment. However, forget about the wide range of extra charges, only varnish and windshield heating under the wipers can be added individually. Just as the old Fiat 500 has its electric equivalent in the form of the 500e model, … Read more

Electric Cars Dominate Norwegian Car Market in 2023 Despite Reduction in Government Support

Electric Cars Dominate Norwegian Car Market in 2023 Despite Reduction in Government Support

In 2023, electric cars and fuel cell cars accounted for 82.4% of all newly sold cars. This is a larger share than in 2022, despite the fact that from January 2023 the Norwegian government reduced the support for the purchase of electric cars. Overall, however, the Norwegian car market fell by 27.2%. Extreme advantages for … Read more

Porsche Taycan Breaks Nürburgring Record, Competing with Rimac Nevera

Porsche Taycan Breaks Nürburgring Record, Competing with Rimac Nevera

The upcoming new version of the Porsche Taycan achieved a time of 7:07.55 on the North Loop of the Nürburgring. This is within range of the Rimac Nevera hypersport. Which version of the Taycan it is, however, the automaker is keeping to itself for now. The Porsche car company boasted the record of its Taycan … Read more

China Surpasses Japan to Become the World’s Largest Car Exporter – Electromobility and Russian Invasion of Ukraine Impact Industry

China Surpasses Japan to Become the World’s Largest Car Exporter – Electromobility and Russian Invasion of Ukraine Impact Industry

The second most populous country is affected by the growing popularity of electric cars and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Thanks to this, it will become the largest exporter of new cars for the first time in history, overtaking the hitherto sovereign Japan. He who laughs last laughs best. We probably all know this password. … Read more