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First electric Ferrari Luce sells for $40 million

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Enzo Ferrari once famously quipped that he sold engines and threw the rest of the car in for free. For well over seven decades, that intoxicating, high-rpm combustion crescendo was the untouchable soul of Maranello. But when the Italian marque revealed the Luce – a quad-motor, five-seat electric super-tourer penned in partnership with LoveFrom – the traditionalists suffered a collective… Read more…

Porsche is turning to XPeng to save its combustion soul

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The automotive world has a way of delivering plot twists that no scriptwriter would have imagined a decade ago. Porsche – the sacred temple of screaming flat-sixes, and motorsport pedigree – has formally decided to decouple from its parent conglomerate’s emissions pool and jump into bed with Chinese EV maker XPeng. It sounds like an alternate-universe fever dream, but when… Read more…

A new study shows how bad touchscreen-centric car controls are for road safety

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In the last decade or so, screens have become an inseparable part of modern-day vehicles, but at some point, the pendulum has swung a bit too far. Nowadays, drivers are complaining about complicated UI and touch controls to perform simple tasks like adjusting the AC or even changing the radio station. And according to a study conducted by Vi Bilägare,… Read more…

Revolutionizing commercial EVs: megawatt charging and its implications


Sponsored by Eaton. As the world accelerates towards a sustainable future, the electrification of commercial vehicles is becoming increasingly imperative. This technical presentation explores the rising demand for megawatt charging solutions in the electric commercial vehicle industry, technical hurdles, cost-efficiency, and performance advantages.We delve into the costs to enable megawatt charging onboard commercial vehicles. These… Read more » Read more…