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Lotus Emeya electric sedan charges from 10-80% in 14 minutes

Motor Authority

Lotus' Emeya electric sedan is the fastest-charging production EV money can buy The Emeya can charge from 10-80% in 14 minutes, according to Lotus U.S. deliveries of the Emeya are to come at an unannounced date Lotus cars have traditionally stood out for being among the lightest in the segment, but in the future they may be known for another.

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Poland May 2024: Skoda Octavia takes the lead, MG HS and Lexus LBX inside Top 30

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Lexus LBX lands inside the Polish Top 30 in May. New car sales in Poland gain another solid 13.7% year-on-year in May to 42,627 units, leading to a year-to-date cume up 15.3% to 222,115. Toyota (+51.8%) and Skoda (+28.7%) both vastly outpace the market atop the brands ranking with 18.4% and 13% share respectively. In contrast Kia (-14.9%) and Volkswagen (-20%) are in serious trouble below.

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Tesla Cybertruck turned into silent police cruiser

Motor Authority

Pickup trucks are a popular option with police departments all over the globe, and it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to envisage electric trucks also being used by the men and women in blue. A California upfitter by the name of UP.FIT, a division of Tesla tuner Unplugged Performance, has taken the Tesla Cybertruck and turned it into a police.

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New Caledonia (France) January-May 2024: Dacia (+85.9%) defies market off -24%

Best Selling Cars Blog

Dacia Sandero sales are up 220% year-on-year so far in 2024. New car sales in New Caledonia, a French overseas archipelago located north east of Australia, drop -24% year-on-year over the first five months of the year to 2,271 units. Toyota (-39.5%) stays on top but freefalls, still selling more than double any other carmaker in the market. Suzuki (-9.7%) is up to #2 vs. #4 over the Full Year 2023, just as Renault (+27.3%), Dacia (+85.9%) and Hyundai (+4.8%) swim upstream with year-on-year gains

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Ferrari: We'll build V-12s until they're outlawed

Motor Authority

Ferrari isn't done with V-12 engines The automaker said it'll continue development until the 12-cylinder is illegal Only two Ferraris are currently sold with a V-12 engine The V-12 is a rare breed these days, but Ferrari currently sells two models with just such an engine and the automaker has no plans to abandon it anytime soon. In an interview.

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Iceland May 2024: Kia #1 brand, Dacia Duster confirms domination

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Kia Sportage ranks #2 in Iceland in May. 2,008 new cars hit Icelandic roads in May, a 22.1% year-on-year drop. The year-to-date tally is now down -38.3% to 4,753. This month Kia (+2.5%) is the best-selling car maker with 18.3% share and also ascends to the YTD pole position with 13.8% of the market. Leader last month, Hyundai (+200%) is down to #2 but surges year-on-year.

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Next-gen Apple CarPlay expands to gauge cluster, controls vehicle functions

Motor Authority

Apple has been teasing a next-generation version of its CarPlay smartphone integration system since 2022, and on Monday during the company's annual developer's conference we got a closer look at the system that is expected to be rolled out later this year. The biggest change will be the expansion beyond the infotainment screen. CarPlay will now.

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Kalmar brings its bespoke 911s to US with help from Canepa

Motor Authority

Kalmar Automotive is a Danish company that specializes in restomodding Porsche 911s, particularly the 993 generation. It's now teamed up with California's Canepa to enter the U.S. market, starting with its 7-97 Classic. Kalmar's 7-97 range, which includes the Classic coupe, plus Cabriolet, Targa, and rugged RS-R variants, is built from either a.

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Taiwan May 2024: Toyota monopolises Top 4, Luxgen n7 best-selling BEV again

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Luxgen n7 is the #1 BEV in Taiwan for the 2nd month running. The Taiwanese new car market slides down -2.4% year-on-year in May to 41,477 sales. This means the year-to-date tally is now off -0.8% to 190,916. Atop the brands ranking, both Toyota (+5.6%) and Mercedes (+18.5%) defy the negative market with solid upticks. Lexus on the contrary underperforms at -17% to 6% share vs. 6.6% so far this year.

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Audi RS 5 Avant, Lotus Emeya: Today's Car News

Motor Authority

Audi has once again been spotted testing a prototype for its new RS 5 Avant, this time while it was lapping the Nürburgring. The test vehicle was heavily camouflaged, but the general shape of the new RS 5 Avant and some finer details like the intakes of the front fascia and the wide wheel arches could clearly be seen. Lotus has an electric.

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UK nations May 2024: Vauxhall Corsa at 10.1% share, MG 3 #2 in Scotland

Best Selling Cars Blog

First Top 10 finish for the MG 3 in Scotland, directly at #3. Next model pictured. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in May. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the May 2024 UK update. This month Scotland delivers the best performance of all UK nations by far with sales up 10.7% to 14,440.

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ZF can fit a screen and airbag into a steering wheel now

Motor Authority

Future steering wheels could adopt screens An airbag will still be present No automaker has committed to a putting a screen in a steering wheel, yet Screens are sprouting up everywhere in new cars, with some vehicles sporting door-to-door displays. Now ZF has found a way to breach one of the last screen-free zones on the dashboard. As described by.

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The Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray puts the future in your garage

Machines with Souls

The Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray is the first to add electric power and all-wheel drive. But does making it the fastest Corvette mean it's the best? The post The Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray puts the future in your garage appeared first on Machines With Souls.

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Toyota Hydrogen Fuel Cell Project Advances

AutoDealer Today

Less than a year after it produced the first prototype, it’s now testing and marketing 10 Hiluxes in its quest for carbon neutrality.

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Aston Martin DBX

Autocar

Magical V8 sports SUV’s interior and tech get updated to keep it spinning money The security guards at Aston Martin’s Gaydon headquarters have it all right.They patrol the campus from the confines of an understated but quite fetching white Aston Martin DBX of 2020 vintage (silver wheels, too). Aside from the fact that their counterparts in Maranello are unlikely ever to find themselves luxuriating behind the wheel of a £313k Ferrari Purosangue, there’s nothing unusual about this.It's worth menti

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Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda flipped a GR Yaris rally car during testing

Auto Blog

Filed under: Toyota , Performance Continue reading Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda flipped a GR Yaris rally car during testing Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda flipped a GR Yaris rally car during testing originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mini Cooper 5-door hatch returns with petrol power

Autocar

The new 201bhp five-door Cooper S is priced from £28,450 New look for Mini's Golf rival, which is the firm's final combustion-only car Mini has unveiled the five-door version of the new Cooper hatchback – the last car the firm is set to offer exclusively with combustion powertrains. It is effectively a stretched version of the three-door Cooper and swaps that car’s four-seat interior for a more conventional five-seat set-up with a rear bench.

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Turkey Slaps 40% Import Tariff On Chinese Cars

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Chinese cars imported to Turkey will be subject to tariffs of 40 percent. A flat duty of $7,000 will be applied to cheaper cars where tariffs amount to less than $7k. The move is meant to protect Turkey’s local industry and avoid worsening the nation’s trade balance. The war against cheap Chinese cars continues as Turkey announces the imposition of a 40 percent duty on Chinese automotive imports.

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New Volkswagen Golf R: We drive VW's hottest hatch

Autocar

Golf’s usability-focused facelift gives go-faster division a chance to enhance its high-velocity hyper hatch Engineers at Volkswagen ’s R division must be tired of wrestling with the law of diminishing returns. So composed and complete was their high-performance reworking of the seventh-generation Golf that they have struggled to make any big gains since, either through that model’s facelift or its subsequent transformation into the current eighth-generation Golf.

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2024 Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV price and specs

CarExpert

The Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 SUV is the most expensive electric vehicle (EV) ever sold by Mercedes-Benz in Australia, and is the first battery-powered model from its ultra-luxury division. Priced from $328,607 before on-road costs , the Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 SUV’s sticker than the $328,400 list price the Mercedes-AMG EQS 53 debuted with in 2021.

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Revealed: Next-generation Apple CarPlay adds climate control

Autocar

Porsche and Aston Martin are introducing the next-generation CarPlay system this year Smartphone mirroring tech expands to effectively replace traditional infotainment software, gets more flexible layout Apple has revealed new functionality for its next-generation CarPlay smartphone mirroring interface , which is set to offer much more personalisation of a car’s on-board displays.

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Gas Prices Slowly Falling as Result of Lackluster Demand and Strong Supply

Automotive Addicts

Gas prices are witnessing a gradual decrease in the United States, offering some respite to drivers burdened with the costs of fueling up their vehicles. Factors Driving the Price Drop Industry analysts attribute this decline to a combination of subdued demand and robust supply dynamics, along with relatively stable oil prices globally. One of the primary contributors to the current trend is the shallow demand for gasoline, with fewer people hitting the roads.

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Dacia Bigster: First pictures of rugged sub-£40k family SUV

Autocar

Bigster bears a strong resemblance to the Duster, with similar lighting signatures and proportions Duster’s big brother is headed for showrooms next year with hybrid power and an enticing price tag Dacia is putting the finishing touches on its largest car to date, the Bigster SUV, ahead of its launch next year. New images of a camouflaged Bigster testing on public roads suggest that the production car’s design remains largely faithful to the concept unveiled in 2021.

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2025 Mazda3 Hatchback’s Price Decreases, Gets More Features

Automotive Addicts

Mazda’s sleek Mazda3 hatchback is already one of our favorites and today we’re happy that the new 2025 model year will cost a little less and come with more. The 2025 Mazda3 hatchback arrives with a familiar design but with a noteworthy price decrease. The entry-level 2.5 S trim has been reintroduced, making the base model start at $26,135.

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What are the tories going to do for us? Pay-per-mile road tax ban in 2024 Conservative manifesto

Auto Express

Conservative Party election manifesto pledges to address multiple issues facing drivers, including rules surrounding tax and the standard of our roads

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People Want EVs To Sound More Car-Like Than Sci-Fi

Carscoops

A study of over 400 Americans quizzed respondents on EV sound design. Most preferred sounds that mimicked the traditional white-noise-like wooshing of a car. Tonal sounds were labeled as being too sci-fi. How a car sounds has been a huge topic of debate for automakers, seemingly since the automobile was invented. Whether it was taming a large-capacity engine to keep its cabin whisper quiet in luxury applications or ensuring the guttural sounds of a V8 muscle car penetrate one’s chest, soun

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New-Vehicle Market Rebalance Continues

AutoDealer Today

Prices down as inventory, incentives head in the other direction.

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BMW M3 Smashes Into M4 In Ukraine After Burnouts Gone Wrong

Carscoops

Hopefully, these two BMW drivers learned a valuable lesson about when not to do burnouts. Both the M3 And M4 share the same 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged six-cylinder. The M3 will need a new grille and bumper while the M4 needs a new tailgate, rear bumper, and diffuser. All too often, drivers of powerful sports cars do stupid things at car meets around the world.

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Genesis GV60 Magma could be an Ioniq 5 N in a more expensive suit

CarExpert

A not-so-camouflaged Genesis GV60 Magma has been spied testing on German roads ahead of a likely 2025 production debut. First revealed back in March , the GV60 Magma will hit showrooms as a launch model for the Korean manufacturer’s new performance sub-brand as early as next year. Images have now surfaced from Germany showing the GV60 engaged in testing on roads surrounding the Nurburgring, and the mule looks a little different to the concept we saw in New York.

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There Are Over 220 Tesla Cybertrucks For Sale In The Used Car Market

Carscoops

Several used Tesla Cybertrucks have sold for over $200,000 at auction since the start of the year. A look across AutoTrader indicates prices of the electric pickup have dropped significantly. Early Tesla Cybertruck Foundation Series models have an MSRP of $102,235. Tesla requires anyone purchasing a new Cybertruck to sign a Motor Vehicle Order Agreement preventing them from reselling the electric truck within a year.

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Women In Automotive, My First Time

AutoSuccessOnline

As a man in automotive, I generally don’t care what your gender is as long as you have a great outlook, positive ideas and a creative nature. I am rarely impressed these days. Recently, I was taken aback. I attended the 2024 Women In Automotive Conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado. What makes Women In Automotive different? Why, as a software engineer with 29 years in the car business, should I care?

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Cadillac Designer Says EVs Can Look Stylish And Be Efficient

Carscoops

The designer’s statements come shortly after the carmaker unveiled the U.S. spec Optiq. With aero efficiency a key consideration for EVs, many manufacturers are opting for simple, minimalist designs. The Cadillac Lyriq, Celestiq, and Optiq have radical designs by EV standards and according to the company’s senior vice president of global design, Michael Simcoe, there’s no need to design EVs that look like “a lozenge with wheels.” As manufacturers try to squeeze as m

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General Motors announces $6 billion share buyback plan

Auto Blog

Filed under: Earnings/Financials , GM Continue reading General Motors announces $6 billion share buyback plan General Motors announces $6 billion share buyback plan originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 11 Jun 2024 08:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is This 230-HP Abarth Offshore The Most Expensive Bath Toy Ever?

Carscoops

The Abarth Offshore is an officially licensed two-person jet boat. It makes more power than the last actual Fiat 500 Abarth available in the USA. The specs sound great, but we have questions about production and other details. The Fiat 500 Jolly has a place in history among the wealthy for its undeniable charm and utility. Now, those who want that same sort of panache on the water itself can also bring along this: the Abarth Offshore.

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Skoda appoints Nio designer to shape new minimalist interiors

Autocar

Skoda cabins set for a much more minimalist look under new designer Chan Park Next-generation Skoda cabins will be shaped by Chan Park, who previously worked on Audi Q4 E-tron and Nio ET9 Ex-Nio interior designer Chan Park has joined Skoda to shape the cabins for the Czech brand's next generation of EVs. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, Park spent time at Pininfarina, Kia , Mercedes-Benz and Audi before joining Nio in 2021.

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Nissan Won’t Rush R36 GT-R, Eyes Solid-State Batteries For Next Supercar

Carscoops

Nissan has yet to decide when it will launch the current GT-R’s replacement. A successor to the R35 GT-R could take inspiration from the Hyper Force concept. A concept was presented with an electric powertrain delivering 1,341 hp. It’s been more than a decade since reports and rumors about the replacement to the current Nissan GT-R first started to circulate and yet, here we are in mid-2024, without an R36 GT-R.

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Abarth not wet enough for you? How about Aboat?

CarExpert

No, this isn’t some strange AI-generated image – this is actually an Abarth you can take out on the water. This wacky creation is the result of a partnership between Stellantis – the parent of Fiat, Abarth and a dozen other carmakers – and Italian firm Car Off Shore, who, as you guessed it, transforms cars into boats. It’s not the first time they’ve done it with a Stellantis model, first making the Fiat 500 -based Offshore before turning its attention to the equivalent Abarth model.

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