article thumbnail

2027 Slate Truck Previewed: Both Inspired And Inane

The Truth About Cars

That would seem to indicate it doesn't have a modem of its own and that is an extremely appealing prospect during a period where the user interface on many new automobiles has become downright invasive and unpleasant. The manufacturer stated that output would be 201 horsepower and 195 lb-ft of torque yielding a 0-60 mph time of roughly 8.0

Ford 106
article thumbnail

Road Test: 2025 Polestar 3 Single Motor

Clean Fleet Report

No nonsense label Polestar and Volvo were acquired by Geeley, a major Chinese automobile company, in 2010. In a few 0-60 mph runs we averaged a respectable 7.5 miles per kWh to be very efficient considering we spent some of our time at 70+ mph, which an EV’s battery does not like. Highly developed What is Polestar?

Motors 46
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Honda Civic Si: The Ultimate 80s Experience?

The Truth About Cars

Transcript: 0:00 it still feels fast it still feels fun 0:05 so it's fun to rev it out I tell 0:10 you and it sounds good 0:15 [Music] 0:16 welcome to Drive Culture i'm Jonathan 0:18 Rivers and today we have the 1986 Honda 0:22 Civic SI and I'm going to tell you why 0:24 this is one of the best generations of 0:27 SI so we'll go over the exterior the (..)

Honda 52
article thumbnail

Abandoned History: America's 1970s Convertible Controversy, Who's to Blame?

The Truth About Cars

Automotive safety was newly in the public eye, after Ralph Nader’s book Unsafe at Any Speed arrived in 1965 to skewer the domestic automobile industry. The Detroit automakers were of course against such testing, and claimed, alongside the Automobile Manufacturers Association, that testing both sides of the roof was “unnecessary.”

Convert 52
article thumbnail

Leonardo DiCaprio & Venturi Automobiles launch Formula E electric race car team

Green Car Congress

Venturi Automobiles announced a joint venture with award-winning actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio to enter a team in the new FIA Formula E Championship—the first fully-electric race series beginning in September 2014.

article thumbnail

DS Automobiles and PENSKE AUTOSPORT unveil the DS E-TENSE FE23 Gen3

Green Car Congress

Lighter, more efficient and more powerful, the third generation 100% electric single-seater has been developed by the competition division of DS Automobiles, DS Performance. The Gen3 cars are the fastest seen in the Formula E World Championship, with a top speed of 280 km/h (174 mph), while also being 60 kg lighter than the Gen2 car.

article thumbnail

Taiwanese Automaker Introduces Electric MPV

Green Car Congress

The lithium-ion battery packs supports a 200-mile (322km) cruising range at a fixed speed of 25 mph (40 km/h) on a single charge. seconds, and top speed is 145 km/h (90 mph). Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h takes 8.6

Taiwan 275