Knowledge | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
As part of its charging partnership with BYD, Shell has opened what it claims is the world's largest HPC park in China. In Shenzhen, 258 covered fast-charging points are now available. A considerable number of electric cars could already be charged during the test phase. The site near Shenzhen Airport has 258 public fast-charging points. While the facility operates under the Shell Recharge brand, it is run by a joint venture between Shell and BYD. The two companies entered into a global charging partnership last year. During its trial operation, the newcharge park in Shenzhen provided power to more than 3,300 electric cars daily. In addition to fast-chargers, the site offers shopping...
Knowledge | Posted by Si Thu Aung
Twenty-five vehicles are still in the fight for the 2024 North American Car, Truck, and Utility Vehicle Awards. Here are the lists of those which have reached the semifinals and are racing for this year's trophy. The jury chose the 25 out of a list of 52 and revealed them during the kickoff press event of the Detroit Auto Show at the Huntington Place Convention Center in Downtown Detroit. The lists include ten cars, ten utility vehicles, and ten trucks. This time, with the automakers striving to set up all-electric portfolios, more than half of vehicles still in the run feature an electrified powertrain. There are eight electric cars left in the semifinals: the...
Knowledge | Posted by Zarni Kyaw
(He buys expensive, limited-edition cars) (Tony Leung’s 15-year-old Range Rover Sports SUV. Photo: 总李谈车视频/YouTube) Leung has been very loyal to his 15-year-old Range Rover Sports SUV. The latest model of the car costs US$150,000-320,000 to buy today. (The Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series. Photo: 总李谈车视频/YouTube, Jerrie Lo) But if we were to pick one car from Leung’s multimillion-dollar garage, it would be his Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Black Series. According to the German automotive brand, a very limited number of this model were made, with only around 200 to 300 cars with right-hand drive. It is no longer made with...
Knowledge | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
A pre-independence car that carried India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and other freedom fighters is surprisingly ‘still working'. The vintage car is a 1939 model Chevrolet Master Deluxe and is now owned by a Kerala man. Mr TK Rajesh, who now owns the car, said, he would hold on to the car, despite several interested parties making offers for it as it has a proud history. It is one of the precious collections in his garage. “The car is still running well though it's not exactly fuel-efficient," Rajesh told Manorama News. The car had also taken India’s first PM to visit the Malampuzha dam in Kerala. The car has a rust-yellow paint,...
Knowledge | Posted by Si Thu Aung
The name of Xiaomi's first car has allegedly leaked, with the tech giant expected to unveil its vehicle in October or November. Xiaomi could become the first tech giant to launch an electric vehicle built from scratch, with rival Apple to follow in its footsteps in 2025 or 2026. Huawei is also involved in the car manufacturing business, but the company works with traditional carmakers and supplies the software to power smart capabilities. Xiaomi's first car could be called Modena, though previous reports indicated that the phone manufacturer refers to the project as MS11. Modena is an Italian city with a long history in the automotive industry, as it served as the home...
Knowledge | Posted by Zarni Kyaw
A deposit of lithium recently discovered along the Nevada-Oregon border may be among the world’s largest, having potentially huge implications for the transition to electric vehicles. Volcanologists and geologists from Lithium Americas Corporation, GNS Science, and Oregon State University reported their findings in a paper for Science Advances, published August 31. (A truck drives past brine evaporation ponds at Albemarle Corp.'s Silver Peak lithium facility, on Oct. 6, 2022, in Silver Peak, Nev. (AP Newsroom) The deposit exists in the McDermitt Caldera, a caldera approximately 28 miles long and 22 miles wide. It is believed that the caldera contains around 20 to...
Knowledge | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
Hundreds of Tesla Model 3s are piling up in a huge parking lot in Shanghai, not far from Tesla's plant. They are reportedly ready for shipment to Europe. Footage uploaded on YouTube shows hundreds of newly refreshed Model 3s, stored separately from the pre-facelift versions. Most of them are painted in white, but there are also red, blue, and black units. Not much diversity, is it?The one who uploaded the video captured during a drone flight claims that the cars sport EU logos. That is why they must probably be heading to Europe soon. The images were filmed near a no fly zone. Europe might become the first market where Tesla kicks off...
Knowledge | Posted by Hnin Ei Khin
After months of back-and-forth negotiations between America's three preeminent automakers and United Auto Workers, the nation's largest auto-industry union, a full-on workers' strike, which experts warned could be catastrophic for the sector, appears to be going full steam ahead. After the pre-determined cutoff date of Thursday, September 14th at midnight came and went without a single agreement between both parties, automotive plants across Mo-town are due to cease production as workers and employers slug it out at the picket line with no sign of remediation in sight. In a walkout that amounts to more than 12,700 employees in Detroit, from custodians to production floor...
Knowledge | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
Lennon bought his first Rolls-Royce, a secondhand two-toned maroon-and-black limo, in July 1964 to shuttle him to London from Kenwood, his newly purchased estate in the rural Surrey village of Weybridge. But that December he decided to upgrade this comparatively modest car for a coach that matched his fab status, and submitted an order for the most exclusive (read: expensive) Rolls-Royce model.“ Among the Phantom V’s more traditional amenities were the 6.23-litre V8 engine, black leather upholstery, cocktail cabinet with fine wood trim, writing table, reading lamps, a seven-piece his-and-hers black-hide luggage set, and a Perdio portable television. Slightly more novel was the...
Knowledge | Posted by Zarni Kyaw
Soccer star Mauro Icardi bought the world's most expensive car and one of the rarest Rolls-Royces out there. It is the super exclusive Rolls-Royce Boat Tail, which comes with a price of a quarter million dollars. The ultra luxury carmaker is only building three of those.Galatarsary striker Mauro Icardi reportedly spent around $25 million to get the Rolls-Royce Boat Tail delivered to his home, following the completion of his transfer to Galatasaray after spending last season on loan from PSG. The Argentinian soccer star kicked off the season with flying colors: he scored four goals in three league games and is enjoying a great shape. With a...