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The first image of the production version of the Abarth 600e SUV – the most powerful road car produced by Fiat's high-performance division – has been released ahead of its launch in Europe later this year, or in 2025.
Jaguar will remain in the Formula E World Championship until the end of 2030, saying that it will continue to accelerate its development of its new generation of electric road cars.
NASA just took a major step toward its next manned mission to the moon. After a long process, America’s space agency has selected three finalists for designing the next-generation lunar rover: Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Venturi Astrolab, all of which are backed by some huge names. NASA’s first honest-to-goodness space car in more than 50 years will support the Artemis missions, an ongoing program of manned and unmanned lunar missions that began with the uncrewed Artemis I in 2022. NASA plans to send astronauts and their new whip to the moon in 2030.
After establishing a new electric production-car lap record at the Nürburgring earlier this year with a Taycan prototype, Porsche has now introduced the finalized production version, named the Taycan Turbo GT, at Laguna Seca in Monterey, California where it also secured another lap record.The new insanely fast flagship of Porsche’s EV portfolio produces up to 1,092 hp (815 kW / 1,108 PS), and is blessed with a series of aerodynamic and chassis upgrades, in line with the legacy of Porsche’s GT-branded models. Furthermore, the optional Weissach package contributes to weight reduction by eliminating the rear seats and replacing them with a carbon fiber bulkhead, transforming the vehicle into a two-seater track-focused powerhouse.The Taycan Turbo GT features an upgraded iteration of the dual-motor powertrain utilized in the Taycan Turbo S.
In a notable development for motorsport, Reem Al Aboud, a trailblazing Saudi Arabian female Formula E racing driver, recently achieved a significant acceleration milestone, surpassing the current Formula 1 benchmark.
LONDON — Legacy automakers playing catch-up with EV leaders like Tesla are leaning on their Formula E electric racing teams for innovations to build better mass-production EVs with greater range and efficiency, or a lower price tag.
This is the Nissan Ariya Nismo, the high-performance version of the Japanese marque’s flagship EV. Unveiled at the Tokyo Auto Show, the new model is based on the Ariya e-4ORCE version and will initially launch in Japan this spring.The most obvious changes made to the Ariya are visual in nature. They start at the front where Nissan has tweaked the front bumper and made it look a little more aggressive thanks to an extended splitter with a red accent.
It's no secret that it's difficult for women to gain traction in motorsports, whether it's as a driver (fewer than 5 percent of elite-level pilots identify as female), or as an engineer or racing team member (between 10 percent and 20 percent in a top series like Formula 1). This week, Formula E team Mahindra underscored this gap by launching something it called «Ava Beyond Reality,» an artificially created, female-presenting «AI Ambassador» that was met with such negativity from the team's fanbase that the entire program was wiped from the internet in less than 48 hours.