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So far, Lamborghini is celebrating 2022 with record sales and odes to the internal combustion engine thanks to a raft of special editions. The Italian automaker’s plunge into electrification starts next year with the next-generation Huracán and its plug-in hybrid powertrain. Lamborghini’s head of research and development said, “The engine will be bespoke for Lamborghini. […] July 20, 2022 at 12:50AM

What started as a pet project to electrify food trucks in the San Francisco Bay area — an enterprise inspired by the cacophony of generators that greeted Ben Parker every day during his lunch break at Tesla — has evolved into a much larger, complex and potentially more lucrative undertaking. Parker and partner Toby Kraus […] July 18, 2022 at 02:10AM

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday the electric automaker could lower prices for cars if inflation calms down. Musk, who has over 100 million followers on Twitter, was replying to a tweet on Friday that asked if the company had any plans to lower prices that it had raised to beat […] July 18, 2022 at 02:10AM

Panasonic Energy Co, a major Tesla supplier, is working on new technology to increase battery energy density by a fifth by 2030, the Japanese company’s chief technology officer told Reuters. That gain, if achieved, could boost the driving range of a Model Y, for example, by over 100 km (62 miles) with the same size […] July 17, 2022 at 02:10AM

Encountering and experiencing sustainability: this is what visitors to the Green Market on the square at Audi Forum Ingolstadt will be able to do. On July 22 and 23, the market will be inviting people to discover sustainable products and initiatives from Ingolstadt and the surrounding area – presented by Audi and by “green neighbors,” […] July 15, 2022 at 05:30AM

Munich/Asheville. Sunshine, rising temperatures, fresh green scenery: Right on time for summer, MINI is presenting the all-electric MINI Cooper SE as a convertible for the first time. Not as a series production version, but as a unique specimen that shows how the path to an all-electric premium brand could continue and also electrify classic sporty […] July 16, 2022 at 12:30AM

Toyota has had a habit of leaving its trucks and SUVs on sale well beyond the point that they’re considered aging. The Sequoia and Tundra just got full updates after more than a decade without a significant change. That leaves the 4Runner and Tacoma in the Toyota senior center, but we’re now seeing the automaker’s […] July 14, 2022 at 12:45AM

The springboard toward a green championship Sant’Agata Bolognese/Misano, July 05, 2022 – On the occasion of the third round of the Super Trofeo Europe championship (1-3 July), Lamborghini Squadra Corse received ISO 20121 certification from TÜV Italia, which certifies that the organization of an event has been carried out according to the criteria of environmental, […] July 05, 2022 at 01:30PM

DETROIT — Tesla’s sales from April through June fell to their lowest quarterly level since last fall as supply chain issues and pandemic restrictions in China hobbled production of its electric vehicles. The company on Saturday disclosed it sold more than 254,000 cars and SUVs from April through June, an 18% drop from the first […] July 04, 2022 at 02:10AM

The design statement Hyundai is making with the battery-electric Ioniq 6 is probably giving the Korean automaker the feedback it was after — healthy debate with plenty of support and few, if any, onlookers demanding the sedan be sent somewhere out of sight. Chief designer SangYup Lee — the man with his name on models […] July 04, 2022 at 01:45AM

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s government will not agree to European Union plans to effectively ban the sale of new cars with combustion engines from 2035, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Tuesday. In its bid to cut planet-warming emissions by 55% by 2030 from 1990 levels, the European Commission has proposed a 100% reduction in […] June 22, 2022 at 01:30AM

General Motors will invest $81 million to build its future Cadillac Celestiq electric flagship sedan at GM’s Warren Technical Center, the company said. The Celestiq, which will share battery cells, motors and other components with the Cadillac Lyriq, is slated to begin production in the Detroit suburb in late 2023, according to AutoForecast Solutions. The […] June 19, 2022 at 01:15AM

While electric cars offer the possibility of extremely low-emission operation, that’s only one part of the green equation. Automakers are looking for ways to make sure that the production and afterlife of EVs are environmentally friendly. One of those ways is to find uses for old batteries. Audi, in collaboration with nonprofit startup company Nunam, […] June 16, 2022 at 02:41AM

With more and more EVs hitting the market, it was only a matter of time before the new breed of cars would find representation in diecast form. For 2022, Hot Wheels is coming out with a new Green Speed series that puts the spotlight on a diverse lineup of electric cars. The five-car series features […] April 24, 2022 at 05:30PM

Audi’s data dump for its 2023 U.S. model lineup covers all the detail changes that will grace shoppers on dealer lots. Price changes are modest considering the circumstances, from $100 more for the A3 to $900 more for the battery-electric E-Tron SUV, but there’s more and/or better standard content throughout. The highlight rundown by model […] April 22, 2022 at 01:37AM

We at Autoblog adore the Lexus LC. It’s a truly spectacular grand tourer with concept car looks and your choice of either one of the best modern V8s or a sophisticated hybrid. But it seems Lexus thinks it can do even more with the LC, as indicated by this Instagram teaser of what seems to […] April 23, 2022 at 12:40AM

The Lexus RZ 450e isn’t supposed to debut until April 20, but some screenshots from Japan may have revealed the production EV’s look. Unsurprisingly, they look pretty close to the official concept images we’ve seen before. In some ways toned down for production, in other ways amped up. The images appear to have been leaked […] April 16, 2022 at 12:41AM

With the Audi Urbansphere concept is headed for an online reveal April 19, Audi might be littering the Interwebs with digital crumbs from now until then. We’ve seen a dark teaser revealing tidbits of the silhouette and interior, now comes a video highlighting some of the shiny bits and features we can look forward to. […] April 13, 2022 at 06:45PM

Last August, Audi showed us its Skysphere concept, the expandable, open-topped GT. One month later, the Grandsphere concept glided out, all 17.6 feet of it. With the imminent debut of Audi’s Ubansphere concept, the Ingolstadt brand’s three-sided glimpse into the future of luxury electric, autonomous and connected travel is just about complete. Whereas the digital […] April 11, 2022 at 07:20PM

Tesla and NHTSA have announced another recall for its vehicles, and it once again affects the rearview camera display. The good news is that it’s a fairly limited recall with a simple and easy fix. The recall estimates that only about 947 cars are affected including 2018 to 2029 Tesla Model S and Model X […] The post Tesla recalling more than 900 Model S, X and 3 EVs for rearview camera display appeared first on Automoto Network . March 26, 2022 at 07:41AM