DriveNews.co.uk: Your Ultimate Hub for Comprehensive Automotive News and Insights! We bring you the latest reports, stories, and updates from the world of cars, covering everything from vehicle launches to driving tips. Stay with DriveNews.co.uk to stay revved up about the automotive world 24/7
Volkswagen just revealed the MY25 update to its popular SUV offering, T-Cross with many exterior and interior updates. Based on MQB A0 platform, it is a popular product in many markets and has derivatives and closely related vehicles in many markets. One of the closely related vehicles is VW Taigun sold in India. You know where we’re getting at.
Connected cars' data security has become a political battleground in recent years as new cars have become ever-more high-tech. Consumers have good reasons to want their data kept private, and on the surface, the auto industry is an ally on that front. But behind the curtain, the industry is reportedly playing fast and loose with customers' data, selling it or reportedly even handing it over to police despite promising not to.
Chinese automotive juggernaut and the world's biggest EV maker BYD has unveiled a plug-in hybrid pickup truck called the Shark destined for Mexico. The unveiling was even held in Mexico, marking the first time the company has ever done such a thing outside of China, and, coincidentally or not, the reveal came mere hours after President Biden announced big tariffs on Chinese goods, notably a quadrupling on tariffs on Chinese EVs from 25% to 100%.
Of the more than 15 million cars sold in the US last year, none wore the badge of a Chinese car brand.
Haima is about the enter the specialized B-end market which includes taxis and ride hailing cars with its new purposely designed EX00. Over the years a number of Chinese companies have tried to enter the taxi/ride hailing market with special cars. Probably the best known and most successful was the BYD D1 with most others not amounting to much. This however hasn’t stopped a lot of NEV players targeting the sector such as XPeng with first the N5 and now Mona. On the same lines as the Haima EX00 was the FAW Bestune NAT which seems to have largely been a commercial flop. What does the EX00 which Haima has jointly created with Zhixing Box bring and can it be any more successful?
Within 48 hours of its launch, the IM L6 received more than 6,000 lock orders. As a brand new medium-to-large pure electric sedan under IM Motors, the IM L6 was launched on May 13, offering five models with a price range of 219,900 – 345,900 yuan (30,400 – 47,800 USD).
On May 16, more specifications of BYD’s upcoming Seal 06 DM-i were exposed in China. The car previously unveiled at the 2024 Beijing Auto Show. It is expected to be equipped with BYD’s fifth-generation DM hybrid technology and may launch at the end of May with an approximate price range of 120,000 – 150,000 yuan (16,600 – 20,800 USD).
XPeng’s new Mona brand is expected to launch next month and intends to give XPeng a volume boost by producing a car aimed at ride-hailing companies such as Didi, China’s Uber equivalent. We recently found new pictures of the brand’s first car undergoing testing giving us the best idea yet as to what it will look like.