Poland is planning its own electric cars
Electromobility Poland presents the first design studies. The vehicles are expected to come in 2023 and a large part will be manufactured in Poland. Poland plans to start producing electric …
VW and SAP joins US advertising boycott against Facebook
The advertising boycott against Facebook is making waves all over the world. Now the Volkswagen Group and SAP also want to take part in the campaign. The Volkswagen Group is …
Tesla, Amazon, Apple and Google criticize visa cuts
In this case, even Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Tesla boss Elon Musk agreed, which otherwise tends to combine a rivalry among multi-billionaires. Preventing the entry of highly qualified workers …
Hyundai Ioniq Electric joins Czech Republic police fleet
Not so long ago, Czech police officers took over the plug-in of the hybrid BMW 7 Series. Today, two dozen Hyundai Ioniq Electric cars have joined the fleet. The police …
Torsus Praetorian: world’s first 4×4 off-road bus
There has never been a 4×4 passenger bus before. Considering the need for transportation in hard-to-reach areas, the Czech company Torsus has created the world’s first off-road bus. Under the …
Volvo Cars delivers 2,200 new Swedish police cars
Sweden’s new police car is a Volvo. After extensive procurement, the police authority and Volvo Car Sweden have signed an agreement for 2,200 new cars over the next eight years. …
Edit – New customer magazine from Volvo Cars in Sweden
With Edit, Volvo Cars reloads customer communications to match a time of electrification, autonomous driving and mobility in a personal way. Readers will meet Edit as a newsletter, in social …
Volvo Cars launches this summer’s largest digital golf competition in Sweden
After the outbreak of covid-19, all Swedish golf competitions were canceled and this summer’s competition calendar will look different from previous years. However, more golf is played than ever in …
€10,000 electric bonus for the Renault Zoe, €7,500 bonus for the Renault Captur plug-in hybrid
Electric mobility has never been so cheap: From now on, private customers will receive a 10,000 euro Renault electric bonus when they buy a new, electric Renault ZOE. The new …
Higher incentives makes electric cars more attractive and leads to a significant increase in demand
The recently decided, significantly higher electric car subsidy in Germany appears to be working. The proportion of electric vehicles in the configured vehicles at Carwow, a comparison portal for buying …
Japanese city considers banning mobile use for pedestrians as accidents increase
Today it is common to see pedestrians glued to the screens of their mobile phones while walking. Driving a vehicle and using the smartphone is sanctioned in most countries, but …
Trump threatens tariffs on EU cars again
The US president wants to impose car tariffs if the EU does not drop tariffs on US lobsters. Chinese products are again in the focus of the US government. US …
Berlin fire brigade buys four Toyota Mirai fuel cell cars
The Berlin fire department is now on the move with hydrogen. Four Toyota Mirai are now expanding the fleet of the capital city aid workers. The four vehicles were procured …
Nissan NV400: the first electric ambulance for the city
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced that Japan’s first Zero Emission (EV) ambulance delivered to the Tokyo Fire Department Ikebukuro Fire Station has started operation. This vehicle was introduced to the …
Toyota Mirai: Japanese embassy in Berlin runs on hydrogen
Those who cover long distances usually have to plan several time-consuming charging breaks with purely electric cars. The situation is different with a fuel cell vehicle like the Toyota Mirai: …
DR Evo Electric, the low-cost SUV with 186 miles range
From a small Italian automaker you most probably wouldn’t have heard of, an SUV with battery of 300 km or 186 miles, 116 hp electric motor, fast recharge and a …
Ford Mustang celebrates its 56th birthday, best-selling sports coupe in the world for last 5 years
Last year, the US icon was the best-selling sports coupe in the world for the fifth time in a row. From the global availability of the current, sixth generation of …
Car production returns to China after coronavirus lockdown
After months of shutdown due to the coronavirus epidemic, auto production is slowly restarting in China. This is good news, while Europe is still in quarantine, and now one of …
BMW Motorrad Days 2020 cancelled due to spread of coronavirus
BMW Motorrad, a motorcycle division of BMW, announced on March 27 that it will cancel the “BMW Motorrad Days 2020” in Germany following the spread of the coronavirus (COVID19). BMW …
Yamaha Motor to establish Southeast Asia headquarters for robotics business in Thailand
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it will establish a Southeast Asia headquarters for the robotics business in Thailand and strengthen its service and marketing structure. Yamaha Motor has opened …
Forced labor in China bothers European automakers
Australian think tank accuses China of forced labor. Members of an ethnic minority are reportedly forced to build (inter alia) car parts. Newspapers are increasingly reporting on the imprisonment of …
Automotive industry hit hard by Coronavirus bringing down fuel prices
The coronavirus is slowing the world economy. The consequences and effects of this disease are already being noticed in the markets, in industry, in commerce, in tourism, etc. The automobile …
Two Mazda cars in the Top 3 of the 2020 World Car Awards!
On March 5, 2020, the top three finalists of the 2020 World Car Awards were announced. The top three are Kia Telluride, Mazda CX-30 and Mazda 3. Two Mazda vehicles …
São Tomé’s biodiversity increasingly threatened by urbanization
Approaching the island of São Tomé is a humbling experience. Stretching as far as the eye can see is a seemingly endless forest canopy, an extraordinary natural garden. A third …
Light pollution is disrupting our ecosystem and interfering with our ability to view the universe
Seen from space, our globe hoists a dizzying array of lights. Our skies are getting brighter and our planet is paying the price. In the words of astronomer Sebastian Vauclair, …