Whilst watching one of the local news programs recently, an article appeared that took many people by surprise, simply because very few of us knew about the product being launched. It was as if it was top secret and no one should know until the day it came out of hiding. The product is the first of a series of products from ACE-EV, a new entrant to the electric vehicle market … [Read more...]
The Tesla Shooting Brake
This is a story that has been told many times in the last century and probably was the foundation of many manufacturers like Jaguar, Pininfarina and others. The story starts, like many others, with a car buyer lamenting that the car is 90% perfect however they would like it to be changed. In decades past, this would have been the domain of Park Ward, Vignale, Touring, Mulliner … [Read more...]
The Rivian R1T
Here in Australia we are in election mode and the two main parties are going at it hammer and tongs about the usual topics: health, education, taxes etc. This week the opposition Labor Party announced a new policy with regards to climate change and environmental issues: they will mandate that 50% of all new cars sold by 2030 must be electric powered. The current Government … [Read more...]
Update on Faraday Future
Last year, Motoring Weekly wrote an article about the state of Faraday Future and how they were looking forward to a rosy future because they had secured a backer and had a factory in Nevada being built. August was a great time to be at Faraday with their FF-91 about to head into full scale production. In December, all that changed. The funding had dried up - which was a … [Read more...]
Battery Metals
Modern humans in the developed world today are used to using some form of rechargeable battery, whether it is in a mobile phone, a laptop or an electric vehicle. Most of us don’t think about the contents of the battery other than the amount of charge it holds! However, the internal guts of these batteries may well become the foundation of new wars as the need and therefore … [Read more...]
