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General Motors decision to remove Android Auto and Apple CarPlay smartphone connectivity features from vehicles wasnt a popular one. However, the business no longer offers the kit. The options for GM EVs with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are shrinking, so we recommend acting quickly if you want one with these handy features.
Slate Auto has released the details of its introductory model. The Slate Truck will be manufactured in Michigan by Slate Auto, which initially gained notoriety by being financially supported by Amazons Jeff Bezos. Last week, Slate Auto told Inside EVs that over-the-air updates were technically possible. kWh battery. kWh battery.
Mercedes-Benz has introduced a new City Edition version of its 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQA and Mercedes-Benz EQB that adds more kit and lowers the price of entry models by up to $4000. The most basic EQA and EQB don’t skimp on kit as they ride on 19-inch AMG alloy wheels, include an AMG Line body kit and get free metallic paint as standard.
Publicly backed by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, the beauty of the new Slate Auto made ute is the Michigan-based EV start-up will also sell you a kit to convert it into an SUV if your circumstances change. Buyers get the choice of either a boxy wagon style rear end or a sleeker fastback kit, with even a closed or open roof.
The goal for this phase was simple: install the rebuilt motor, prime the oil system, fire it up and begin the break-in process. Using a custom oil-pressurizing tool from NV Auto, the team filled the fresh engine with conventional oil to protect the internal components during its first heat cycle.
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litre three-cylinder petrol with a small 21kW electric motor, a small battery, plus a six-speed dual-clutch transmission. inch screen for the infotainment that offers wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto and comes with Alfa’s Connected Services and a Connected Navigation. The Alfa Junior Ibrida combines a 1.2-litre
kWh useable capacity) battery drives three 300-kilowatt motors, one for the front axle and two rear powering each wheel, producing 751 total system horsepower and 995 pound-feet of torque. This power and grunt drives all four wheels with the option to disable the front motor so it becomes rear-wheel drive.
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The base EV3 has a 58.3kWh battery offering 436km (WLTP) range, and like all others in the range, is a single motor 2WD with 150kW and 283Nm going through its front wheels. inch climate monitor, Kia Connect, over the air updates, wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto, wireless phone charging and V2L capability including a connector kit.
The 2007 acquisition of Nanjing Auto, which owned Britain’s MG brand moved that along that. I sadly wasnt at the recent Shanghai Auto Show. The real stars of the show were not the old big wigs in Chinas auto world including SAIC. The stars were the new breed of non-state-owned automakers, from Xpeng to Li Auto to Nio.
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It feels a solid, large-ish SUV and motors along in a cosseting manner. It’s fit-for-purpose with 150kW and reasonable 283Nm going through the front wheels from its single motor. It’s been nicely calibrated for sensible motoring. Wait for a twin-motor AWD EV3 GT, which will no doubt land here at some point in the near future.
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litre four-cylinder petrol engine and 75kW electric motor, fed by an 11.8kWh (net) battery. It offers a range of driving modes typical of such arrangements, including the rather self-explanatory Auto, EV Now, EV Later and EV Charge. Ford quotes a combined system output figure of 207kW/697Nm and combined cycle fuel use of 2.9
Subaru says thats intentional, and it doesnt want to broadcast the new electric motors, regenerative braking, or battery in the trunk to the world at large. Two electric motors and a battery later, the Forester has fixed many of the issues I had with the gas-powered model. The hybrid system is the big news here.
inch touchscreen and wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. inch touchscreen Smart #3 Brabus instrument cluster Smart #3 Brabus Smart #3 Brabus boot Smart #3 Brabus boot Smart #3 Brabus frunk Theres also a unique body kit and a vent on the bonnet. It comes with a panoramic sunroof, powered tailgate, faux leather, 12.8-inch
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it was one of the many start-up Chinese EV makers with little success or profile until the global auto giant Stellantis bought in and announced plans to take Leapmotor global. They both come with a single 160kW/320Nm e-motor mounted on the rear axle and the same 69.9kWh LFP battery pack secured into whats called the Leap 3.0
Standard kit includes 15-inch alloy wheels, wireless phone charging, smart key entry, cloth trim made of recycled plastic bottles, satellite navigation and a 10.25-inch inch central display with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. A single electric motor sends 71.1kW and 147Nm to the front wheels.
Following an initial product launch in April 2022, the companies will partner to manufacture 50,000 electric auto-rickshaws over the next five years, advancing both companies’ roadmaps for “made in India” manufacturing. Rap Eco Motors delivers premier e-rickshaws nationwide and abroad to countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and South America.
At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Volkswagen is showcasing two electric concepts. BUZZ CARGO,in its auto show debut, is an electric panel van concept based on the MEB toolkit that offers up to 340 miles of range on the WLTP cycle. With the auto show premiere of the I.D. Earlier post.) Cargo e-Bike.
Volkswagen brought the new CrossBlue Coupé plug-in hybrid sporty mid-size SUV show car, introduced in April at Auto Shanghai 2013 ( earlier post ), to a media event in Berlin for its European premiere. The Group also is using the New Small Family (NSF) kit; the MLB (Modular longitudinal kit); and the MSB (Modular standard kit).
Volkswagen’s Zwickau plant in Saxony, Germany will build the brand’s first production vehicle based on the MEB—the Modular Electric Drive kit, Modularer Elektrifizierungsbaukastenin—2019. introduced at the Paris Motor Show in 2016, presaged the first of a new line of MEB-based electric cars. Earlier post.) Volkswagen’s I.D.,
Volkswagen presented the concept at the Detroit Auto Show in January. BUZZ, which is built off the Modular Electric Drive kit (MEB). After the presentations at the global motor shows in Detroit and Geneva, we received a large number of letters and emails from customers who said, 'please build this car’. Earlier post.)
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In conjunction with the arrival of GV60 in the US market, and now the Electrified G80, Genesis Motor America in collaboration with Electrify America offers three years of 30-minute complimentary charging sessions from the date of vehicle purchase. 136 kW Front + 136 kW Rear Electric Motor. Electronic Parking Brake w/ Auto Hold.
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family model—a multi-functional electric vehicle—at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. concept shown this year ( earlier post ), this new concept is also based on the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB), and so it shows the potential and bandwidth of the MEB. Volkswagen will present a new I.D.
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The proliferation of e-bikes started with easy-to-install conversion kits that allowed riders to take their existing bicycle and convert it into an electric bike. TEMO’s easy-installation electric outboard motors make it painless for boaters to convert their vessels into electric boats. hp internal combustion outboard motor.
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Building on its unveiling at January’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas ( earlier post ), the Volkswagen BUDD-e electric vehicle concept is making its US auto show debut at the New York International Auto Show. It powers two electric motors, one to drive each axle. Don’t forget anything.
In Australia the entry Smart #1 bags a punchy 200kW/343Nm rear-motor that launches it from 0-100km/h in a brisk 6.7 Adding a second e-motor over the front axle, the dual-motor Brabus versions push out an impressive 315kW and 543Nm of torque. seconds – more than a second slower than the more rakish Smart #3 that takes just 5.8
Swytch, makers of the self-proclaimed “most affordable” electric bike conversion kits out there, announced its newest model this morning. The UK-based company’s new Swytch GO kit comes with a super low pre-order price of just £299 (or US $349 for North American customers), though there’s a bit of a catch.
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