Mazda EZ-6 launched in China – EV sedan replaces Mazda 6; up to 600 km CLTC EV range; from RM86k
[ad_1] Following its debut in Beijing in April this year, the Mazda EZ-6 has now gone on sale in China. The fully electric sedan is offered with or without a range extender and retails for between 139,800 and 179,800 yuan (about RM86k and RM111k), with seven variants offered. Focusing on the version with a range […]
Voyager 1 Reconnects With Earth Over Radio Transmitter That Hasn’t Been Used In 47 Years
[ad_1] Illustration: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon Voyager 1 remains humanity’s furthest outpost, hurtling across interstellar space at 38,210 miles per hour. However, NASA lost communication with the beloved space probe on October 19. The space agency reconnected with Voyager 1 five days later using a radio transmitter that the probe hadn’t used since 1981. […]
Leapmotor: Jeep-backed Chinese EV brand plots Australian onslaught
[ad_1] Chinese auto brand Leapmotor plans to significantly expand its Australian model lineup over the next few years, after it launches its debut model later this year. The mid-sized C10 electric SUV will launch in November, but it won’t be the brand’s only model locally for long. Moreover, Leapmotor Australia won’t limit itself to just […]
Geely Galaxy Starship 7 EM-i PHEV system detailed – 46.5% thermal efficiency, 2.67 l/100km, 2,390 km range
[ad_1] Having already revealed the Galaxy Starship 7 last month, Geely has now released initial details about the plug-in hybrid system that powers the car. The second-generation NordThor 2.0 powertrain, badged EM-i, provides the SUV – set to be launched in China on November 4 – with some eyebrow-raising efficiency stats. Geely claims the EM-i […]
Here’s How To Protect Your Car From Halloween Shenanigans
[ad_1] Photo: SOPA Images / Contributor (Getty Images) Halloween is always fun for the kids who don’t get run over, but the “trick” part of trick-or-treating isn’t always so fun for the parents who come out to find their car has been vandalized. Those rascals. Instead of being the kind of loser who calls the […]
Toyota’s new global EV will be a Suzuki
[ad_1] Japanese carmakers Toyota and Suzuki have struck a deal which will see the small-car specialist produce a new electric SUV for the automotive giant from the first half of 2025. The two brands have been in collaboration since 2016, when then-Suzuki chairman Osamu Suzuki and then-Toyota president Akio Toyoda began conversations about each developing […]
Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX fall short in crash tests
[ad_1] The 2024 Acura ZDX and 2024 Honda Prologue electric SUVs have failed to earn safety awards from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The two electric vehicles performed well in multiple tests, but came up short in the small overlap front test, earning only an “Acceptable” rating, the IIHS said Thursday in a […]
Mazda CX-60 seen in Malaysia – positioned above the CX-5, will the RWD platform SUV be launched soon?
[ad_1] The Mazda CX-60 has been spotted in Malaysia ahead of an expected launch here, as suggested by MIDF Research back in December last year. First introduced to the world in March 2022, the CX-60 is the brand’s first SUV to be built on the Skyactiv Multi-Solution Scalable Architecture with a front-engine longitudinal layout and […]
Now Bankrupt Radford Motors Sued By Customers Over Cars And Refunds They Never Received
[ad_1] Radford Motors, the company founded by English automotive TV personality Ant Anstead and Formula 1 driver Jenson Button, promised to build 12 road-going examples of its Lotus-based Pikes Peak racer, the Type 62-2, for $1 million a pop. Instead, the company has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and customers are coming after it for cars and […]
Ram whips out Yellowstone-themed pickup for cowboys at heart
[ad_1] With the second half of the final season of Yellowstone around the corner, Ram Trucks Australia is bringing in its Dutton family-themed 2500 pickup to local showrooms. The Ram 2500 Yellowstone Edition is part marketing exercise, part tribute for die-hard fans of the award-winning TV show, which is set to conclude in the coming […]