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New Volvo XC40 will receive electrical power unit
In 2019, compact crossover - Volvo XC40 was presented on September 21 in Milan will be released with completely electrical power units.
The novelty will have a power reserve of 320 kilometers and its initial price will be 35,000 – 40,000 dollars. Volvo XC40 will be able to compete with Chevrolet Bolt, Nissan Leaf, Tesla Model 3 and BMW i3.
In addition, the manufacturer will launch Care by Volvo service. The program will allow buying the car ... read more
04 Oct 2017
Audi company released carbon versions of RS4 and RS5
Audi company released a package of Carbon Edition for Audi RS4 Avant and RS5 Coupe models. Thanks to the additions, the car became lighter by 60 and 80 kilograms. Some elements from carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) are used for the novelties. Besides, the new models differ in the matte grille and 20-inch light disks.
Both cars are driven by 2.9-liter power unit with a productivity of 450 hp. As before, the station wagon can accelerate ... read more
29 Sep 2017
BMW will begin production of 8 Series in 2018
Next year, at the plant in the German city of Dingolfing, BMW company will begin production of BMW 8 Series. The concept of new BMW 8 Series generation was announced at the beginning of the current year. It was planned that the model in a body of a Coupe has to appear at the American and European markets next year. Sales of the novelty in a body type of cabriolet will begin in 2019.
BMW 8 ... read more
29 Sep 2017
Ford will supply the first driverless cars with Lyft
Ford company is going to develop driverless technologies together with Lyft in 2021. Mass equipment of Ford cars with the system by Lyft should be started in 2021. Until then, companies are planning to jointly develop software, through which Ford cars can work with the application of Lyft.
Initially, Ford cars will be included in Lyft network, but they will not be available to clients. Only Ford cars with the driver will be available to passengers ... read more
29 Sep 2017
The fastest cars at the Frankfurt Auto Show
Experts made the rating of the fastest cars debuting at the Frankfurt motor show which indisputable leader was a prototype electric Aspark Owl hyper-car. According to the Japanese engineers, electric hyper-car Aspark Owl is capable to accelerate up to 100 km/h in only 2 seconds. In addition, the car works not at the expense of accumulators, it uses also powerful condensers.
Project One by Mercedes-AMG model received the second place in spite of the fact that dynamic parameters of ... read more
28 Sep 2017
Specialists tested a new autopilot of Audi A8 2019
Experts of one of the foreign editions decided to test an autopilot of the new Audi A8 2019 which was provided to journalists in Düsseldorf. According to engineers of the German brand, Audi A8 is the first car in the world market which fully uses the system of automatic piloting that similar to Tesla systems. Additionally, this system will help the driver to relax on the way at the moments of raised traffic.
The German autopilot ... read more
25 Sep 2017
Tesla wants to create a streaming music service
The American car maker Tesla considers the possibility of the creation of music streaming service. Now, the company conducts negotiations with record companies. The final decision on creation of the service is not made yet. Besides, it remains not clear whether the car maker will continue to cooperate with musical companies or will create own service.
"We believe that receiving exclusive impressions is very important in the car. Therefore, our clients can listen to any music ... read more
23 Jun 2017
Toyota no longer cooperates with Tesla
Toyota Motor Company sold all its share of Tesla Motors and completely ceased to cooperate with the American producer.
Cooperation of the auto companies began in 2010 when Toyota obtained 3.15% of shares of Tesla, having paid for them 4.5 billion yens (about 40.5 million dollars). Since then, Toyota worked on sports SUVs with Tesla accumulator, but production of this model did not begin. According to unconfirmed data, the Japanese company sold a part of shares ... read more
05 Jun 2017
Jaguar Land Rover has registered 29 new names for their future cars
The patent bureau of Great Britain has registered 29 names from the Jaguar Land Rover company. The firm has issued official names for the future cars.
Media have no complete list of the registered names, however some names have appeared in the general access. Among them are Freestyle, P-Type, XJS, T-Type, Westminster, Range Rover Classic and Landy. This list is quite interesting according to experts.
In this list there are also names which will be used for ... read more
21 Mar 2017
The unique Nero Nemesis Lamborghini Centenario went to customer from Germany
A unique version of Nero Nemesis Lamborghini Centenario was received by a buyer from Germany. The Italian brand Lamborghini has already begun to supply supercars of the Centanario series.The unique car of Nero Nemesis Lamborghini Centenario differs from other models in black opaque coloring of a body, as well as red accents on the side mirrors, front splitter and side debris. In total, the manufacturer produced 20 roadsters and the same number of coupes. If ... read more
21 Mar 2017