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The Denza Z is getting ready to hit the Chinese market. The 4-seater electric performance sedan has started to arrive at dealerships ahead of its launch scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026. The Denza Z is being displayed in both standard coupe and more aggressive track-oriented forms. Its tri-motor electric powertrain produces a staggering 1,582 hp and 915 lb-ft of torque. That is enough to send the car from 0 to 62 mph in just 2.25 seconds, putting the Denza firmly into supercar territory. The track version adds plenty of visual drama, including more aggressive bumpers, retractable door handles…
The Nissan Rogue e:Power arrives this November to rival the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V Hybrid. The Japanese automaker has moved up its launch timeline twice. Hybrid sales are booming in the U.S. due to high gas prices. Despite being an early electric vehicle pioneer with the first-generation Leaf in 2010, Nissan has been notably absent from the powertrain Americans are gravitating toward most: hybrids. The Japanese automaker does offer the Rogue plug-in hybrid in the U.S., but that’s basically a rebadged Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Now, Nissan is preparing to launch the fourth-generation Rogue in the U.S., with the hybrid…
The ability to avoid potholes while on FSD is “coming soon,” according to an update posted by Tesla CEO Elon Musk over the weekend. It would be great news for Tesla drivers, if we hadn’t heard that exact same thing before. The process of getting to autonomous driving has been an expectedly long one. Well, expectedly for everyone except Musk. Over the years, Musk has made many predictions about self-driving that have not come to pass (yes, that’s right, there’s a wikipedia article about them… and it’s quite long). But beyond the missed deadlines, Tesla has been improving its software.…
Tesla Full Self-Driving is set to get a major fix with pothole avoidance, a feature that CEO Elon Musk said recently was “coming soon.” The feature has been included within the FSD v14 release notes for some time as an upcoming improvement. Potholes come in all shapes and sizes, but one thing is universal about them, and that is the fact that every driver wants to avoid them. Driving into or over a pothole can cause tire and wheel damage, alignment issues, and even, in some more severe instances, injury to occupants or major damage to a vehicle in despair.…
For the last few weeks, my wife and I have been hopping between islands in the Philippines, and like so many travelers (and locals), we’ve been getting around on small gasoline-powered motorbikes. It’s a big change from our normal electric steeds back home, and an eye-opening reminder of just how stark the everyday differences truly are. First of all, no matter what is powering it, a motorcycle or scooter is a fantastic way to travel, whether at home or especially abroad. In this case, these were a great way to travel through a new country. You can explore tiny villages,…
Honda and Nissan signed a joint development agreement Aug. 31 to standardize ECUs, the in-vehicle OS, middleware and vehicle-control software for fiscal 2029. No merger or new company; engineers will write the same code for future gas, hybrid and electric models. The shared OS aims to enable over-the-air software updates that add features after purchase. Honda and Nissan just told the world what they are actually building together, and it is not a merger. The two companies signed a joint development agreement on August 31 to standardize the electronic control units, in-vehicle operating system, middleware, and vehicle-control software that will…
Nearly half of Oslo’s passenger cars are electric, making it one of the world’s most electrified cities. Around 78% of Oslo’s 4,519 public plugs are slower AC units installed where drivers already park. Since 2020, many Oslo apartment residents have had the legal right to install a plug at their parking space and it shows. Nearly half of all passenger vehicles on the road in Oslo, Norway’s capital, are electric. The city predictably has plenty of public fast chargers, but they aren’t what keeps most of its EVs running. The city keeps them charged with thousands of simple AC plugs…
BYD opened orders for the Great Han, its new flagship electric sedan that can drive over 1,000 km (621 mi) on a single charge, starting at under $40,000. BYD opens orders for the flagship Great Han EV The Great Han, or Da Han as it’s called in China, is the first D-segment flagship sedan under BYD’s Dynasty family. We got a sneak peek of the new full-size sedan in June after it was revealed in the batch of new energy vehicles approved for sale by China’s MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology). Lu Tian, the general manager of BYD’s…
Tesla confirmed it will hold a Cybercab event in Austin on September 3, promoting it with a poster that reads “Exclusive Access: Cybercab.” It’s an invite-only affair for the top scorers in its Robotaxi rider sweepstakes, and Tesla says it will livestream the launch for everyone else. The framing suggests something big is coming. What’s actually coming is a two-seat car with no steering wheel added to the same driverless service Tesla has been running in Austin for over a year — a fleet that our tracking still puts at roughly two dozen unsupervised vehicles. What “exclusive access” actually means…
Photo: EVO Power A Toyota dealer on Long Island says it cut its energy costs by an average of 55% over three months by putting solar, battery storage, DC fast chargers, and AI-powered energy management under one roof. Sunrise Toyota operates dealerships in Oakdale and Medford, New York. Utility bills were already rising, and adding the DC fast chargers required by Toyota risked pushing costs even higher. That’s because commercial customers don’t just pay for how much electricity they use. Their bills can also include demand charges based on the highest amount of power they draw at once, and a…