Porsche has just invested S$100m to produce synthetic fuels, or eFuels, in Chile, with additional plants planned for USA and Australia. For a myriad of reasons, electrification can’t be the only way forward when it comes to powering our transport needs. Not everywhere in the world (i.e. less developed countries and rural areas) has a power grid that can support a charging network; the weight and space penalties of batteries are ...
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Singapore piped gas provider City Energy launches Go, a cross-border EV charging service for drivers to juice up their EVs in Singapore and Malaysia, with just one app. With the border with Malaysia now opened up, road trips can once again be a reality. But though it’s certainly doable, doing a long journey up North in an EV still requires a lot of planning, and can induce some serious range anxiety ...
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The Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV scoops 3 titles including Best Car In The World; Audi, Mercedes-Benz and Toyota win other categories. If there were any doubt that the Koreans had the know-how to make world-beating cars, this should put the matter to rest. The Hyundai Ioniq 5, a retro-futuristic electric SUV, has just been awarded World Car of the Year 2022, in an announcement made during the New York International Auto ...
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Renowned for its lightweight sports cars, Lotus makes a radical departure from its past with this Lamborghini-rivalling luxury EV. “Simplify, and add lightness”. That may have been the mantra of Lotus for decades, but there’s absolutely no sign of that in its latest creation, an EV luxury SUV called the Eletre. It’s the first significant step in the British (former) sports car maker’s transformation into a luxury EV company. After the Eletre, ...
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Hankook iON tyres are optimised to have reduced rolling resistance, lower noise, high durability, and better traction for electric vehicles. The wholesale switch from internal combustion to electric vehicles has been called the biggest change to the automobile indusry in its 130+ year history. But beyond the radically different production processes and the infrastructure required for use, what the average motorist experiences most is an EV's massive difference in weight, the ...
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The iconic Volkswagen Type 2 Microbus returns as a modern electric MPV and commercial van. It seems like it’s been a lifetime in the making, but the wait is finally over. The Type 2, Kombi, Microbus, Transporter, Bulli; call it whatever you want, but after plenty of hiccups and false starts, a new Volkswagen Bus has arrived. And it’s called… the ID Buzz (because it’s a Bus, but also it’s buzzing ...
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Gorgeous looks, increased sustainability, and a self-tracking drone; the Polestar O2 is a convertible sports car for a new age. Picture this: you’re on a driving holiday somewhere exotic and impossibly scenic, and as you round a corner or climb a crest, the view of the road ahead gives way to a postcard-perfect vista: the sun setting across the open ocean perhaps, or snow-capped mountains across a glistening lake. It’s a ...
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The Kia EV6 electric crossover takes the gong ahead of an almost all-EV final shortlist. What’s the best car in the world? For 2022 at least, that’ll be the Kia EV6, according to the judges at the European Car of the Year awards. The electric premium crossover scored a total of 279 points, fending off a shortlist that was almost entirely comprised of pure EVs, a clear indication of the direction the ...
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The BMW iX is a new EV flagship that’s more mobile lounge than car. BMW was one of the first luxury car companies to recognise the importance of electric mobility, which led to its creation of the BMW i sub-brand back in 2011 to explore and develop electric car concepts and ideas. Despite the initial fanfare and its decade in existence however, up till this year the whole project had fostered ...
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Pirelli’s newly developed tyres for electric cars are quieter, grippier, stronger, and more energy-efficient than conventional tyres. Just as there are different types of cars and trucks to suit different purposes, so too are there different tyres to suit these different vehicles. Although we’ve had a sneak peek at the best Eco tyres on the market during this year’s AUTA Tyre Test, there’s plenty of scope for them to be even ...
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