China’s oldest automaker Hongqi has come a long way. Started in the 50s primarily to build cars for CCP, it was revived in the 90s and today, it has grown to include, wait for it… a supercar.
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This eVTOL Has A Unique Closing Fan-In-Wing System That Lets It Flies Like Regular Airplane
Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft is not new. So is eVTOL with wings loaded with vertical lift rotors. But Cavorite X5 eVTOL from Canadian aerospace company is not the regular wings-with-vertical-lift rotors VTOL. It has a patents-pending wing system, a fan-in-wing design, that promised “highly efficient operational flight.”
Thanks To Jay Leno, Today I Learned About Briggs & Stratton And Its 1980 Hybrid Concept
In 1980, way before hybrid and electric vehicles become a thing… engine builder, Briggs & Stratton, have conceived a six-wheeled hybrid vehicle. TBH, I have never heard of Briggs & Stratton, let alone that it actually had a hybrid concept way back in 1980. In 1980! Imagine that! Now, that’s forward thinking.
Lamborghini V12 Vision GT Is Latest To Join Gran Turismo Sport‘s List Of Digital Supercars
The moment I lay eyes on the Lamborghini V12 Vision GT Supercar, I thought it spells “alien.” I know both the Lamborghini V12 Vision GT Supercar and Cybertruck are different category altogether, but man, in the design perspective, they represent the extreme ends of the spectrum.
The Eighth-Generation Volkswagen Golf Is Digitalized And The Greenest Golf Ever
Four and a half decades and seven generations culminated to this: the eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf, AKA VW Golf Mk8. The look is distinctively Golf with a hint of Scirocco.
Porsche Celebrates 10 Years Of Porsche Panamera With Special 10 Years Edition
If there’s one thing automakers know better other than making automobiles, it would be finding things to celebrate about and rolling out special edition rides. I am cool with that. Like, how else would you get the bragging rights to owning something “special” while also getting a bunch of non-standard equipment/extras for the same price?
Meet Lamborghini Sián, Lamborghini’s First Hybrid Super Sports Car
Surely, it is a start to electrification of future Lamborghini supercars? No? Whatever it is, now eco-conscious speed-demon who have a penchant for very expensive, exotic sports car with insane performance can look to the new Lamborghini Sián, the Italian supercar maker’s first hybrid super sports car.
New Model Toyota Prius PHV With Solar Charging System Being Tested In Japan
Following Hyundai Motor Group and the sensational 500 miles range Lightyear One EV, it was revealed that Toyota has begun testing a new solar-powered Prius. In partnership with Sharp Corporation and Japanese government agency for research of environmental and energy technology NEDO, a Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (PHV) is outfitted with solar panels on …
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In Case You Missed It, This Is BMW’s Vision Of Cars Of The Future, Again
n case you missed it, BMW has yet again showing off its vision of what the future may holds for the brand’s automobiles. Though not as futuristic and audacious as the BMW Vision Next 100 we saw a few years ago, the BMW Vision M Next, as it is called, is bold in its own …
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Hyundai Debuts Sonata Hybrid With Solar Roof System To Increase Electric Range
Well, it happened quicker than we have anticipated. Just last November, Hyundai Motor Group made known that future Kia and Hyundai cars will have solar charging roof and hood, and today, it is a reality. Officially announce today is the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid that leverages on Hyundai Motor Group-developed solar roof system to increase the …
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