2024-03-01 19:04:52
Utilitarian station wagon produced since 2006 Nissan AD underwent another forced modernization. It was required in order to fit the middle-aged but relevant model into new safety standards: the basic package includes an automatic braking system with a function for recognizing pedestrians and cyclists, as well as a number of other assistants. AD is still offered in two versions: the 1.5 engine (110 hp) is combined with a CVT and front-wheel drive, and the 1.6 (113 hp) is combined with a four-speed automatic transmission and all-wheel drive. Prices in Japan start at $11,650.
Spectacular concept car revealed in 2022 Hyundai N Vision 74 will not turn into a production car. As the head of the N-division, Albert Birman, explained, the company is not interested in creating expensive exclusive cars, even if they increase the status and recognition of the brand. The main task for the near future is the production of relatively affordable and practical N-electric vehicles. Now Hyundai needs good sales statistics for its N-models, which the expensive Vision 74, of course, cannot provide. It is curious that last year Birman did not rule out the appearance of a production version of the supercar, but since then only a radio-controlled model in 1:10 scale has been released.
According to the publication The New York Timesfailed electric vehicle development project Apple cost the Cupertino giant more than $10 billion. More than 2,000 people worked on the program, codenamed Titan, for ten years, including engineers from Porsche and NASA. However, it was not their salaries that became the main source of expenses and the reason for the failure of the project. The problem lay in vague final goals and frequent changes in the concept of the machine. Simply put, the developers themselves did not know what they were doing and what Apple management wanted from them. Now most of them have moved to the department for developing generative artificial intelligence.
Following the difficulties of Rivian and Lucid, Henrik Fisker became aware of serious problems. His company Fisker Inc, which was formed in 2016 after the failure of the previous project, suffered evil karma in the form of $463 million in losses in the last quarter of 2023 alone. Now Henrik Fisker announced about the dismissal of 15% of the staff and the active search for a “major automaker” for further cooperation. Negotiations with several candidates have been going on for a couple of months, from them Fisker is asking for new investments, one or more electric platforms, as well as a production site in the United States. If such a benefactor is not found, the company may go bankrupt as early as 2025.
US President Joe Biden ulicily chinese cars in undermining the foundations of US national security. Moreover, the head of the White House has already ordered the launch of a corresponding investigation. Chinese cars, which have not yet properly entered the US market, are accused of spying on their owners and even collecting “sensitive” information about the country’s infrastructure using their cameras, radars and lidars. According to the White House, some attackers could gain access to control cars from the Middle Kingdom in order to break them and even harm potential American owners.
At the same time, the head of the representative office BYD in South and North America, Stella Lee said that the company does not intend to sell its cars in the US market, even despite the construction of a plant in neighboring Mexico. Allegedly, its products will be intended only for the domestic market. It was the recent announcement of the construction of a Mexican BYD plant that caused a wave of concern among Americans and calls for the introduction of strict trade barriers against Chinese cars, since Mexico is part of a trade agreement with the United States.
Also today we talked about the Fiat Pandina hatchback, Opel hybrids, the updated Chery Tiggo 4 Pro and short-term MTPL policies.
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