Yasa continues to push electric motor boundaries
The Mercedes-owned electric motor company, Yasa, reckons it has built the world’s highest-density motor. Weighing in at 13.1kg, the UK firm says its latest axial flux motor produces 550kW. That’s 42kW per kg, over double the industry benchmark of 15kW per kg. Yasa says this is a new world record for motor power density, unofficially, across any sector, not just automotive. Prior to the company producing this, the most energy dense electric motor was the Equipmake HPM-400. That outputs 40kW per kg. Weighing 40kg, the Australian-produced...
Read moreDetailsHonda quirky EV concept fires up at Goodwood
The small electric car segment is gradually growing, and Honda wants to get in on the action with the Super...
Jaguar’s GT concept shown off at Goodwood ahead of launch
Jaguar's bold Type 00 concept made its UK public debut at the recent Goodwood Festival of Speed. The four-door GT...
Hyundai Ioniq 6 N debuts at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
Hyundai has revealed the Ioniq 6 N at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the fifth in its line-up. The new...
Bentley imagines an electric future with EXP 15
Bentley Motors has unveiled the EXP 15, a design vision that encapsulates the brand’s future while also referencing its Grand...
Mazda6e debuts in EuropeÂ
Mazda has officially released its second full EV (after MX-30), the Mazda6e. It is essentially the export version of Changan...
Leapmotor is adding smaller B10 electric SUV soon
Leapmotor’s first global medium SUV, the B10, will dot down here before the end of the year. It joins larger...
Big things coming from BYDÂ
Managing Editor, Richard Edwards, heads to China to check out what BYD has in store for us down here. And there is plenty. BYD has been warning of a massive product onslaught for some time. That time appears to be now, with NZ Autocar joining management in China recently to check out the models likely to dot down here next. Some are exotic (more on those in a bit) but the most likely in the near future are a little more, well, modest. At the front of that wave are three new models either confirmed or highly likely for NZ:...
Read moreDetailsVW ID 4 overhaul promises a generational update
Another big update for Volkswagen’s electric family SUV will bring it in line with the design of the upcoming ID...
Volvo EX60 confirmed for early 2026 launch
A teaser campaign is beginning for Volvo’s electric equivalent to its popular XC60 SUV. Known as EX60, it will provide...
Volkswagen ID 2 GTI will also come as a racy Clubsport model
Volkswagen is busy developing a GTI version of its ID 2 but insiders suggest it is also working on an...
New baby Skoda to offer epic amounts of space
Skoda’s new small crossover, Epiq, that sits below the Elroq and Enyaq, will offer class-leading space in the city car...
Passengers seem more prone to motion sickness in EVs
Electric vehicles now account for almost one in four new car sales globally but an unanticipated side effect is emerging,...
Honda Super EV concept is a super-tiny rival to VW’s ID.2
The successor to the slow-selling Honda e is the Super EV concept. It will be on show at the upcoming...
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