Car tech

Apr 08

Automated vehicles are proving useful in coronavirus containment.

It may be decades before self-driving cars become commonplace on public roads, but they have already come in handy during the current Covid-19 coronav...

Apr 06

The Australian company produces a 1,340-horsepower electric motor for hypercars and hyperloops.

Australian company HyperPower Technologies has developed a 1,340 hp electric motor.The electric motor, codenamed QFM-360-X, is about 17 inches in diam...

Apr 04

Why Koenigsegg's three-cylinder engine makes 600 hp.

The Koenigsegg Gemera is a four-seat hypercar with a claimed 0-62 mph time of 1.9 seconds, but perhaps the most notable feature of this Swedish rocket...

Apr 02

Lucid expects the Air Electric sedan to have a range of more than 400 miles.

Electric car maker Lucid has begun showing potential customers the production version of the Air sedan, which was first unveiled as a concept in 2016....

Apr 01

First details on the PPE platform for future Audi and Porsche electric cars.

Volkswagen Group brands Audi and Porsche have developed separate platforms for their first production electric vehicles.For example, the Audi E-Tron a...

Apr 01

Karma introduces the E-Flex EV platform.

On Monday, Karma unveiled its E-Flex platform.The E-Flex platform supports Karma's Revero GT sedan, but because it is modular, it can be used for a wi...

Mar 30

BMW's 368-horsepower hydrogen-electric powertrain will enter production in 2022.

BMW plans to begin limited production of the hydrogen electric car it revealed last September with the unveiling of the X5-based i Hydrogen Next conce...

Mar 30

10 features that will make you and your new car go faster

A rigid body structure, a powerful engine, and a suspension that maximizes traction are the basic framework of performance. However, automakers have d...