The Palm Islands in Dubai is a celebration of human endeavour – the realisation of an extraordinary vision, surmounting diverse challenges. Last Wednesday, The Taj Exotica & Spa at The Palm showcased another great human journey that celebrated mobility, life and the future, as Honda Motor Co. marked its 30-year …
From the NewsVroom: New Nissan GT-R, Audi Activesphere, BMW M3 CS
New Nissan GT-R unveiled in Japan Just three weeks into the new year, Nissan unveiled the new Japan-market GT-R, including two special editions- the Nissan GT-R Premium edition T-spec, and Nissan GT-R NISMO Special edition. The 2024 models are expected to be on sale in spring and will be joined …
Electric Corvette sparked on 70th anniversary
Exactly 70 years since the Corvette debuted at Motorama in New York City, Chevrolet is bringing us the 2024 E-Ray – the first-ever electrified Corvette with all-wheel-drive and a powerful 6.2L LT2 Small Block V-8. Electric Velocity The new Corvette E-Ray adds an advanced electrified propulsion system to the V8 …
Nissan Ariya crossover EV ready for 2021
Earlier this month, Nissan unveiled the long anticipated Nissan Ariya, their electric crossover SUV. With striking looks that speak Nissan’s new design language termed ‘Timeless Japanese Futurism’, Ariya’s is also the first face to smile with the brand’s reinvented logo. Ariya is a blend of Nissan’s core strengths – EV …
One flyboarded over the English Channel
While the automotive world is busy debating when will a fully-charged electric future arrive in different cities of the world, a totally different and sci-fi sort of transportation is taking off and flying forward – quite literally. Welcome to the world of Personal Aerial Vehicles that are capable of VTOL …
Hyundai says: “Get charged up and go park yourself!”
The scene takes place in 2025. I am at a hotel parking lot, having just driven in for the launch of a car (or a hover-board!) with hardly a few minutes to spare, as usual. The parking lot is full and I need to charge my electric car (what else!) …
e-tron switches on electric era for Audi
Last week, Audi e-tron was launched. The world premiere marked the advent of a real e-ra that had moved out of drawing boards and circuit diagrams. It was the confirmation to the world, of Audi’s plans to offer twelve automobiles with all-electric drive by 2025. With these electrified models in …
Audi e-tron: Because you know it’s all about the drag
We know how important drag or drag co-efficient is for sports cars. So it is for SUVs; and electric SUVs, too. So the Audi e-tron is going 360º to chisel out the best possible aerodynamics and keep the drag coefficient as low as 0.28. The better an electric car’s aerodynamics, …
Aston Martin and Triton create underwater car
The Lotus Esprit in the Spy Who Loved Me did not actually transform from a car to a submarine. It was quite simply a submarine, as you can see in the first picture. However, what Aston Martin (Exponents of luxury sport cars, many Bond cars included) and Triton (makers of …
First ever Electric Ferrari beats 308 GT Classic
The road to ‘Electric’ is a one-way. Perhaps not absolutely so yet, but the idea of taking classic cars into the future by converting them, abandoned ones particularly, into electric vehicles is a fascinating one. But when it is a Ferrari in question, and that too the all-time favourite 308 …
