The Honda Jazz has always been an economical little car, but this new hybrid version is little short of miraculous. Light weight, and a small engine - these are the biggest friends to fuel economy, which is why small hatchbacks tend to be the fuel-sippiest cars out there. But even with that in mind, I still wasn’t prepared for the range estimate staring back at me on the new Honda Jazz ...
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The Mercedes-Benz EQC is the first in a steady wave of electrified models that the company will bring here over the next year. Prices start at S$305k, cheaper than its closest rivals from Audi and Jaguar. Analysts have proclaimed that the electric vehicle (EV) revolution is the biggest shake-up of the car industry since… well, since the motor car was invented. Yet despite being the inventors of said motor car, Mercedes-Benz ...
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"Electric power good, internal combustion bad" seems to be the popular thinking now, but electricity alone is very far from ideal. Can carbon-neutral synthetic fuels be the realistic solution the world needs? Headlines all around the world have put the writing on the wall: in the UK (Sale of new petrol and diesel cars to be banned from 2030), USA (California to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars Starting in 2035), ...
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Priced from S$255k, the Lexus UX300e SUV has a 300km range and an 8 year warranty. Owners will also be able to do a short-term swap to any Lexus Hybrid model in conjunction with a new Lexus car-sharing platform. Considering that Lexus was the very first luxury car company to venture into electrified mobility (the hybrid RX400h SUV appeared a good 4 years before anything from BMW or Mercedes-Benz), it’s an ...
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The Korean brand’s first dedicated EV previews a new design direction for all its future offerings. Read on for more about the Kia EV6. Hot on the heels of Kia’s rebranding with a new logo, slogan, and brand strategy, comes its first dedicated electric vehicle, the EV6. It’s the sister car to Hyundai’s recently unveiled Ioniq 5, sharing its Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), and presumably a lot of other tech. In case ...
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Mercedes-Benz might be a bit slow in introducing its electric models, but it's soon set to come out swinging, with the new EQA SUV. For a company recognised as makers of the world’s first automobile, as well as pioneers of automotive technology throughout its 138-year history, it’s perhaps a bit of a surprise that Mercedes-Benz is seemingly behind the curve when it comes to electric vehicles (EVs). BMW's been dabbling in ...
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