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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Customers of new BMW and MINI EVs and PHEVs will have the option of a home charger installation or 3 years of free EV charging at Shell Recharge outlets. According to a recent survey done by BMW Group Asia, 70 percent of respondents cited convenient access to public charging as one of the top motivators for purchasing an EV. While the public charging infrastructure continues to develop in Singapore, the German ...
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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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Having never driven an EV himself, our writer took the BMW iX3 M Sport Impressive out for a spin, and err... had his electric cherry popped. Think back to the time just before your very first date. Remember the hypersonic butterflies flying repeatedly at Mach eleventy-billion into the walls of your stomach? This author’s first and only encounter with a fully electric vehicle (EV) to-date has been as a passenger in ...
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Can a battery-powered commercial vehicle be a viable alternative to ICE? We put the Citroën ë-Dispatch, the latest market entry to the test. If your need for a commercial vehicle boils purely down to the lowest price and highest payload, then you’re best advised to move on to another article. However, if you’re a business owner who believes in investing in your employees, or perhaps projecting a clean, eco image is important ...
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With Hyundai Electric Motion, condo dwellers will get to test drive and charge an EV from their doorstep. Two years into a pandemic can make one feel like an expert, especially at things you can do from home. Work from home? No problem. Hungry, but not in the mood to cook? Invoke the Foodpanda and Grab apps. Car servicing to be done? AutoApp’s concierge has you covered. And, pretty soon, condo dwellers will be ...
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The Volvo-spawned EV brand makes its debut in Singapore with Polestar 2, a compact sedan which offers something different from the popular American brand. Competition, it has been said in horse racing circles, improves the breed. The same is certainly true with nearly everything else; smartphones, delivery apps, and certainly cars as well. The latest example is the car tested here, the Polestar 2. If the car vaguely looks like a Volvo ...
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To make EV charging on your next road trip up north a breeze, Shell and Porsche come together to bring you high-performance charging (HPC) stations across Malaysia this year. And some added perks too. Imagine driving from Singapore to Malaysia, or maybe even to Bangkok... all in an EV. "Pffft! That's a pipe-dream!" you may say. Well, though seemingly true now, it won't be a dream for much longer. The operational ...
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There are plenty of reasons to get the first-ever BMW iX. The one reason not to... well, it's not their fault. Many might know that BMW earned its street cred as a performance brand, namely through its M models such as the iconic M1, M3 and M5. Since then, the M fairy dust has been sprinkled across the other models in varying amounts. So depending on the customer’s budget or inclination, ...
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I’ve been quite a good boy this year, so Santa, can I have these five EVs for Christmas? The global push for electrification and zero-emissions has resulted in less vroom and more volt. In previous years, my Christmas wishlist would be filled with shouty 6-cylinders and rumbly 8-cylinders. Think Porsche Cayman GT4, Audi RS6 Avant, Lexus LC 500… you get it. While I still get a bit weak in the knees driving ...
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