Māris Grigalis tests the newest Honda electric car (+VIDEO)

Māris Grigalis tests the newest Honda electric car (+VIDEO)

Ever since Honda discontinued the production of the captivating electric mini car e, there was a certain vacuum in the offer of the Japanese brand’s emission-free technology. However, it has been filled by an electric crossover with a practical five-door body and a name as unpronounceable as Elon Musk’s children – e:NY1. We invited Star … Read more

Gogoro Launches New CrossOver Electric Scooter to Meet All Riders’ Needs

Gogoro Launches New CrossOver Electric Scooter to Meet All Riders’ Needs

▲Gogoro launches a new model CrossOver, which aims to meet the various needs of all riders with one car. (Photo/photographed by reporter Zhang Qinghui, the same below) Reporter Zhang Qinghui/Reporting from Taipei Gogoro Ruineng Creative today (24th) released the new CrossOver electric scooter, and set a suggested selling price starting from 82,800 yuan. As the … Read more

Lucid Air Sapphire: A New Competitor to Tesla Model S Plaid in Performance and Speed

Lucid Air Sapphire: A New Competitor to Tesla Model S Plaid in Performance and Speed

23 October 2023, 14:44PiataAuto.md editors Lucid recently launched the Air Sapphire, the most powerful version of Lucid’s electric model, with 1,234 hp on active power, which promised to surpass the Tesla Model S Plaid in almost every department, including the Track Pack version. Now, once the first series cars have been produced and are on … Read more

Mercedes-Benz Introduces Game-Changing Electric Truck: Could End Diesel-Powered Trucks in a Few Years

Mercedes-Benz Introduces Game-Changing Electric Truck: Could End Diesel-Powered Trucks in a Few Years

German automaker Mercedes-Benz has begun production of a version of its heavy-duty electric truck, which it says could end the need for traditional trucks powered by diesel engines within a few years. After the Swedish truck and bus company Volvo, Mercedes has become the second European car company to enter the electric truck market, which … Read more

Chinese Maxus e-Deliver 3 Electric Van’s Performance in Norway: 3-Year Review and Battery Degradation

Chinese Maxus e-Deliver 3 Electric Van’s Performance in Norway: 3-Year Review and Battery Degradation

October 16, 2023, 1:43 p.mPiataAuto.md editors Norway was one of the first European countries where Chinese manufacturers made their launch, because, not being part of the EU, they could obtain the necessary certifications more quickly, but also because the huge interest in electrics in this country motivated them even more . So now, in Norway, … Read more

YangWang U9: BYD’s Incredible Electric Supercar with 1,100 HP and 2-Second Acceleration

YangWang U9: BYD’s Incredible Electric Supercar with 1,100 HP and 2-Second Acceleration

At the beginning of this year, the Chinese BYD launched one of the most fabulous electric supercars in China, named YangWang U9. The car has 4 electric motors, totaling 1,100 HP, and reaches the first hundred in just 2 seconds, aspiring to become a kind of China’s Rimac Nevera. AND, although the supercar’s brakes appear … Read more

Another Sunday of blackouts for Cubans with more than 600 megawatts of electricity deficit

Another Sunday of blackouts for Cubans with more than 600 megawatts of electricity deficit

Cubans are experiencing another day of blackouts this Sunday, with more than 600 megawatts (MW) of deficit as predicted by the Electrical Union (UNE). The Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant (CTE), located in Matanzas, remains out of service and the other generating plants also accumulate a string of breakdowns or shutdowns for maintenance. “For the peak … Read more

ZF Introduces Electric Trailer as Alternative to Electric Trucks – Is it Worth the Trade-off?

ZF Introduces Electric Trailer as Alternative to Electric Trucks – Is it Worth the Trade-off?

September 13, 2023, 5:27 p.mPiataAuto.md editors Many times those who are still reluctant to electric propulsion in general or to electric trucks in particular point to the heavy weight of the batteries of these trucks as a disadvantage, which cuts from the payload, and therefore from the actual work that a truck can do electric. … Read more

Exploring the Wilderness: A Closer Look at the New Hummer EV Earth Cruiser

Exploring the Wilderness: A Closer Look at the New Hummer EV Earth Cruiser

28 August 2023, 14:07PiataAuto.md editors When we say car for long expeditions in the wilderness, we don’t think of an electric car in the first place, do we? But those at General Motors are trying to convince us that the new Hummer EV Earth Cruiser, with its 4.5 tons of curb weight, can be a … Read more

Electric Rimac Nevera Defeats Ultra-Fast Motorcycles in Epic Races

Electric Rimac Nevera Defeats Ultra-Fast Motorcycles in Epic Races

26 August 2023, 13:05PiataAuto.md editors The electric Rimac Nevera is the phenomenon car of the moment, breaking all possible records and proving invincible to almost any vehicle it opposes, including those that are not even standard. Now the electric model has been placed alongside two ultra-fast motorcycles, a Suzuki Hayabusa with a modified engine, with … Read more