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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

Clean Fleet Report

But not having an auto hold or hill hold button, in the absence of full one stop, meant that at stop lights with any incline in the road, the VF 8 would begin to roll, including backwards. Designed by Pininfarina VinFast VF 8 gave the designers at the famed Pininfarina studio a blank sheet.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 For a car that’s long been about light weight it’ll be a big change. Pininfarina Battista – Italian car design giant is planning its own EV supercar called the Battista.