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BYD launches $233K Yangwang U9 electric supercar that will smoke a Ferrari and can dance

Baua Electric

The world’s leading EV maker, BYD , is taking aim at exotic car manufacturers like Ferrari and Lamborghini with the new Yangwang U9. In December, the brand began deliveries of its first vehicle, the U8 off-road SUV, with starting prices over $150,000 (1,089,000 yuan). seconds and a $233,400 (1,680,000 yuan) price tag.

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Viritech partners with Pininfarina on Apricale hydrogen hypercar

Green Car Congress

To date, hydrogen fuel tanks have been attached to the vehicle chassis, rather than incorporated as an integral part of the chassis. As the tanks have to withstand extremely high pressure (up to 700 bar or 700 times atmospheric pressure), they are very heavy, even when constructed with carbon fiber.

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Lamborghini Huracán successor, Caterham electrical sports activities automotive: These days’s Automobile Information

Baua Electric

The untouched supercar is coming in overdue 2024 with a plug-in hybrid powertrain and in all probability the carbon-fiber bath shared with its Revuelto weighty brother. Ferrari has perceivable the untouched one-off supercar crafted underneath its Particular Initiatives program.

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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Ghibli Trofeo

Clean Fleet Report

Many manufacturers offer vehicles that are very good, but they aren’t emotive or inspiring, and they struggle. Ferrari Power. The Maserati Ghibli Trofeo has a Ferrari-designed and built 3.8-liter Maserati says the top speed is a stunning 203 mph, which we believe, but did not attempt, making it the fastest vehicle in its class.

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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Levante Trofeo

Clean Fleet Report

Clean Fleet Report drove the Levante Trofeo with the Ferrari-built twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter When at the dealer, make sure to lift the hood and get a look at the beautiful Trofeo red and black engine with its carbon fiber bits, which by far is the most attractive you will see. Leather and Carbon Fiber Interior.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

Cars That Think

Something strange is happening in the Ferrari SF90. Especially since I’m straining to keep pace with Raffaele de Simone just ahead, the Ferrari test driver who routinely sets lap records on this historic circuit, just a few pasta lengths from its factory in Maranello, in northern Italy. The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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Road Test: 2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe 3LT

Clean Fleet Report

With a twist of a couple latches off comes the removable carbon fiber roof, letting in the open air. Set high on the fenders, the lights blend into the long carbon fiber hood, which leads to a sweptback windshield and onto the removable roof. Our road tests are based on this one-week drive of a new vehicle.