Nissan PIXO – The Electric City Car That Actually Gets City Living

Nissan PIXO - The Electric City Car That Actually Gets City Living

Finally, a car designed by people who’ve actually navigated European cities without losing their minds. Remember when electric vehicles meant you’d have to choose between style, practicality, and not selling a kidney to afford one? Nissan’s just thrown that rulebook out the window with the all-new PIXO, a compact electric city car that proves great […]

Volkswagen Reveals the Electric ID.3 GTI, Its Most Powerful Series GTI Yet

Volkswagen Reveals the Electric ID.3 GTI, Its Most Powerful Series GTI Yet

Volkswagen has shown the near-production ID.3 GTI, a 240kW rear-drive electric hatch due for pre-sales in early 2027, in the 50th year of the GTI badge. The GTI badge has turned 50, and Volkswagen has marked the occasion by putting it on a battery-electric car. The ID.3 GTI has made its world premiere as a […]

Lexus & MSCHF Loop and Twist Two Electrified Models for NY Art Show

Lexus & MSCHF Loop and Twist Two Electrified Models for NY Art Show

Brooklyn art collective MSCHF has turned a Lexus RZ 450e and an RX 450h+ into two surreal “Form Cars” for MOTOMORPHOSIS, a three-day exhibition during New York’s Armory Week. Car makers usually spend years making their models look solid and planted. Lexus has now paid an art collective to do the opposite. Brooklyn-based MSCHF has […]

BYD Shark 6 Hack Exposes Password-Free Access to Ute’s Systems

BYD Shark 6 Hack Exposes Password-Free Access to Ute's Systems

A cybersecurity researcher gained remote control of a BYD Shark 6’s lights, wipers, doors and speakers after finding the vehicle’s access point had no password at all. In an Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) Four Corners program, a cybersecurity researcher has demonstrated how easily a BYD Shark 6 hybrid ute can be remotely accessed and manipulated, […]

BYD Hits 15,000 Vehicles in New Zealand

BYD Hits 15,000 Vehicles in New Zealand

In a VERY short time, BYD has quietly become arguably a household name across New Zealand. We’re talking about a brand that didn’t exist here four years ago now having 15,000 vehicles cruising our roads. That’s faster than you can say “range anxiety.” From Zero to Hero in Just Four Years BYD entered the New […]

Geely Starray EM-i AWD NZ Price and Specs

Geely Starray EM-i AWD NZ Price and Specs

Geely Starray EM-i AWD: The Hybrid That Gets New Zealand’s Mixed Terrain Memo. Arriving October 2026 | Starting at $55,990 + ORC New Zealand drivers have a unique problem that most car makers forget about. One moment you’re navigating Auckland’s urban sprawl, the next you’re tackling gravel farm roads, then you’re bombing down the motorway […]

Tesla Confirms Cybercab Display Tour for Australia and New Zealand

Tesla Confirms Cybercab Display Tour for Australia and New Zealand

Tesla Australia and New Zealand has announced an eight-city static display tour for its driverless Cybercab, starting in Sydney this month and finishing in Auckland in 2027. Tesla’s Cybercab is coming to Australia and New Zealand, but don’t expect to book a ride just yet. Tesla Australia and New Zealand confirmed on September 15 that […]

MG Unveils Plug-in Hybrid+ and Solid-State Battery Roadmap

MG Unveils Plug-in Hybrid+ and Solid-State Battery Roadmap

MG has detailed a new Plug-in Hybrid+ powertrain, a semi-solid-state SolidCore battery and an expanded driver-assistance programme, including a motorway autopilot system due in 2027, as part of a technology roadmap unveiled in London. MG has laid out a technology roadmap covering its next generation of plug-in hybrids, a new solid-state battery, and an expanded […]

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