Month: April 2023

Lotus has been spotted testing prototypes for its upcoming electric sedan, a model that may go by the name Envya based on recent trademark activity by the automaker. The sedan is code-named the Type 133 and was confirmed in 2021 alongside three other EVs. They include the Eletre mid-size SUV that debuted last year, a
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Polestar will debut its first coupe-styled crossover at the Shanghai auto show this month. In Europe, the Polestar 4 premium midsize crossover will join a segment led by the Tesla Model Y. Last year the Audi E-tron, Q4 E-tron and BMW iX3 were also among the segment’s top 10-sellers, according to figures from market researcher
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Edward Brown III, a former banking executive who spent the last decade of his career leading Hendrick Automotive Group as CEO, died April 3 at age 74. Brown had non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to an obituary published by the Charlotte Observer. Brown joined Hendrick Automotive, one of the country’s largest dealership groups, in 2010 as its
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The next-generation, two-door hardtop electric Mini Cooper will be shorter and lighter than the current model and built on a dedicated electric vehicle platform. Mini released images previewing the two-door hardtop all-electric Cooper on Tuesday. According to media reports, it will pack 40 kilowatt-hour and 54-kWh batteries. The current 181-hp electric Mini Cooper provides an
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BMW’s XM performance SUV revealed last September to mark 50 years of BMW M has spawned a more powerful range topper. It’s called the XM Label Red, and its hybrid V-8 powertrain pumps out a heady 738 hp—a figure that makes it the most powerful road-going vehicle ever developed by BMW M. It’s also a
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ROME — Ferrari will use Samsung Display’s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panels in future models. The South Korean company will develop “bespoke OLED technology display solutions” for the next generation of Ferrari cars, the automaker’s CEO Benedetto Vigna said in a statement on Tuesday. No financial details were disclosed. Vigna has previously said that
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Energy Department is proposing an update to a decades-old calculation that determines the petroleum-equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles for NHTSA’s fuel economy standards. The proposed rule-making is in response to a 2021 petition submitted by two environmental groups, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club, which argued the calculation
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What if ordering food in the car didn’t mean contending with a slow-moving drive-thru lane? That’s the premise of a new offering from Domino’s Pizza that can turn cars themselves into ordering devices via Apple CarPlay. Domino’s is the first pizza chain to have integrated an app with CarPlay, which turns a car’s infotainment screen
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