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I was nineteen years old. Having had a driver’s license for only two three years, I had already blown the engine in my first car: a 1991 Honda Civic Si. The timing belt had snapped while I was attempting to rev its tiny 1.6-litre engine to redline for the millionth time. This was the early […]

Canada has officially become a key player in GM’s recently announced BrightDrop electric vehicle delivery service, with the firm’s confirmation that it will invest C$1 billion into its CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario to start producing its BrightDrop all-electric delivery van there, which will become the first all-electric vehicle produced by a mainstream automaker in […]

If you weren’t already confused by Volvo’s nomenclature, here’s a new badge to add to the mix – “Recharge”. Like many other automakers, Volvo’s restructured naming strategy groups type of vehicle together by prefix: S for sedan, V for wagon, and XC for crossover. The badge’s suffix refers to its size. Polestar, formerly reserved for […]

Mercedes-Benz unveiled on January 7, the crown on its EQS luxury electric sedan. The automaker has dubbed it MBUX Hyperscreen. “MBUX Hyperscreen is both the brain and nervous system of the car”, explains Sajjad Khan, member of the management board of Mercedes-Benz AG and CTO. “MBUX Hyperscreen continually gets to know the driver better and […]