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Lynk & Co has been out of the news for a while but is hard at work on its new battery-electric sedan dubbed the Zero. A handful of teasers have just been released of the car, showing it being tested on the mountain roads in China’s Anhui Province.These images show the Zero will adopt a sleek, fastback-style design not dissimilar to the 07 EM-P PHEV that the Chinese brand is also developing.
Following a preview last year, Cadillac has unveiled the Optiq in China. It will slot beneath the Lyriq and become the brand’s entry-level electric crossover.While the design isn’t much of a surprise at this point, the Optiq has a black crystal grille with 114 integrated lights. These work together with the turn signals and headlights to display a choreographed lighting sequence just like its big brother.More: 2025 Cadillac Optiq Debuts As Brand’s Entry-Level Electric CrossoverPutting the lights aside, the crossover comes nicely equipped with rain-sensing wipers, flush-mounted door handles, and a panoramic glass roof.
Elon Musk will be pleased that his surprise jaunt to China on Sunday garnered many glowing headlines. The trip was undoubtedly equally a surprise to Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, who had been scheduled to offer Musk the red carpet on a long-arranged visit.
Move over, Tyrannosaurus Rex, the future of ferocious electric vehicles has arrived – well, sort of. GAC unveiled the second-gen Aion V electric SUV at the 2024 Beijing Auto Show, and let’s just say the designers took some creative liberties with a, shall we say, slightly spore-based interpretation of the king of the Cretaceous.You see, the designers claim the new Aion V’s exterior draws inspiration from the Tyrannosaurus Rex, which explains the rather perplexing presence of a robotic dinosaur figure at the show.
A federal report published today found that Tesla’s Autopilot system was involved in at least 13 fatal crashes in which drivers misused the system in ways the automaker should have foreseen—and done more to prevent. Not only that, but the report called out Tesla as an “industry outlier” because its driver assistance features lacked some of the basic precautions taken by its competitors. Now regulators are questioning whether a Tesla Autopilot update designed to fix these basic design issues and prevent fatal incidents has gone far enough.
Chinese company iCar may have started with a low-slung GT concept but its lineup is clearly focused on rugged-looking EVs. Following the launch of its first production model – the iCar 03 SUV – in early 2024, the Chery-owned brand revealed the V23 off-roader, the X25 minivan, and the 03T SUV.The iCar 03T debuted at the 2024 Beijing Auto Show, based on the regular 03 but featuring several upgrades to enhance its off-road capabilities.
Between the 1990s and 2010s, Peugeot built a number of luxury-focused, limited edition superminis inspired by the Roland Garros French Open tennis tournament. But Renault is the event’s automotive partner these days and this year it’s used the connection to whip up the first limited edition 5 E-Tech.The Renault 5 E-Tech Roland Garros goes on display at the 2024 French Open that takes place in May and June at the Stade de Roland Garros in Paris.
In the fall of 2020, bored and restless in Covid-restricted Spain, Ángel Guerra doodled a dream car. The automotive designer, then 38, wanted to make a tribute to his first four-wheeled love: the time-traveling DeLorean DMC-12 that rolled out of a cloud of steam in Back to the Future. The sketch that took shape on Guerra’s computer had all the iconic elements of the 1980s original—gull-wing doors, stainless-steel cladding, louver blades over the rear window, a rakish black side stripe—plus a few modern touches. Guerra smoothed out the folded-paper angles, widened the body, stretched the wheel arches to accommodate bigger rims and tires. After two weeks, he decided he liked this new DeLorean enough to stick it on Instagram.