When you hear the term “big American pickup truck”, everyone automatically thinks of the roar of the eight-cylinder. But Ford is already thinking about the future and has converted its best-selling model into an electric car. The first pieces are already moving on Czech roads. For almost fifty years, the best-selling vehicle in the United … Read more
A comparison of the maintenance schedule and its intervals shows that, especially if you drive a lot, the running costs of the Volkswagen ID.3 are noticeably cheaper than the Golf GTD. However, both cars spend approximately the same amount of time in the service during individual visits. One of the main reasons why some people … Read more
The American manufacturer of electric cars in northern Europe encountered stiff resistance from the unions there. At the same time, the management of Tesla, led by Elon Musk, usually makes a quick process with them. Now, however, resistance seems to be easing. Europe is not America. Lately, for example, Elon Musk has recognized this, or … Read more
Tesla faces a fine of 861,000 crowns for allegedly neglecting safety during quality control at the factory in Fremont. This led to the injury of one of the employees. The Tesla factory in Fremont, California came under the scrutiny of the authorities after one of the factory’s employees suffered unspecified serious injuries in April of … Read more
The German company ZF presents a new brake system without hydraulic lines and brake fluid. With electric motor braking on each wheel, it promises higher efficiency when stopping and normal driving, because with lower resistances it extends the range of electric cars and reduces emissions. The global automotive industry is modernizing to electrically controlled systems, … Read more
The new version of the Ram 1500 pick-up, called the Ramcharger, has a combustion engine with a generator in addition to a 95kWh battery. That engine, however, in the spirit of the lesson “You can’t replace volume with anything”, is nothing less than the 3.6-liter Pentastar six-cylinder fork. When one says “electric car with a … Read more
The next generation Peugeot 5008 should be, as before, a larger version of the 3008. However, we will have to wait many months for it. The five-seater Peugeot 3008 has already revealed itself in a new generation, the bulk of which will be the electric version of the e-3008. Its larger variant, codenamed 5008, will … Read more
The Czech representative office of Hyundai showed its most powerful production car in history to selected journalists for the first time. The electric Ioniq 5 N with an output of 650 horsepower dares to compete even in super sports. The price is not yet official, but it should be below the amount of 1.8 million … Read more
The carmaker known for its flat engines, like its competitors, is looking forward to the electric era. It may be joined by an emission-free coupe that resembles the boxy Subaru SVX from the mid-1980s. At the show in the capital of Japan, next to the electric Mazda Iconic SP concept, a similarly designed coupe was … Read more
Industrial giant Continental has partnered with startup DeepDrive to come up with a compact twin-rotor electric motor. Together with the built-in drum brake, it can be placed directly on the wheel hub. Continental announced cooperation with the interesting German start-up DeepDrive. The latter deals with the production of electric motors, which are smaller, lighter, more … Read more