Before the powertrain was ready for the CLA, it needed testing, which Mercedes did with an elegant concept called the EQXX. It’s capable of almost 750 miles on a single charge. We tested this silver arrow in 2022, learning quite a bit about how Mercedes’ EV engineers think in the process. As impressive as the 7.44 miles/kWh (8.35 kWh/100 km) Read More
The Toyota Prius Prime and other plug-in hybrids are sluggish in EV mode in our acceleration tests. PHEVs are heavier than regular hybrids and have electric motors that are not as powerful as those of pure EVs, making it difficult for them to reach 60 mph on electric power alone. In electric-only mode, the Prius Prime and other PHEVs took Read More
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The Polestar 3 is several months behind schedule as production has been pushed back from mid-2023 to the first quarter of 2024. {{comments}} Comments September 26, 2023 16:01 The Polestar 3 was introduced almost a year ago, but the electric crossover is slowly moving closer to mass production. The model was originally scheduled to go into production in mid-2023, with Read More
According to Volvo, the approximately 22,000 square meter site will be “the new flagship in a network of development centers and technology hubs around the world.” Volvo Cars also operates software testing centers in Lund (Sweden) and Shanghai (China), but the new center in Gothenburg is by far the largest in terms of size and capacity. Initially, about 100 people Read More