The Polestar 3 will go on sale in Oct 2022; Singapore deliveries due 2nd half of 2023
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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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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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EV maker Polestar opens its first showroom in Southeast Asia, aptly named Polestar Space. Polestar, the Electric Vehicle (EV) spin-off from Volvo has officially opened its first showroom at 45 Leng Kee Road. The showroom, dubbed Polestar Space Singapore, is the first in Southeast Asia. The 210 square meter showroom is designed in keeping with the brand’s corporate identity that is typically Scandinavian, clean and minimalist underscored with the aesthetic of a ...
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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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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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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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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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