• خودروهای الکتریکی جدید هوندا برای چین دارای SUV و یک سدان جذاب است

    خودروهای الکتریکی جدید هوندا برای چین دارای SUV و یک سدان جذاب است

    هوندا و شرکت های شریک آن در چین سه مدل اول را در سری جدید خودروهای الکتریکی و کراس اوورهای جدید “Ye” خود در اواخر این ماه در نمایشگاه خودروی پکن – Auto China 2024 به نمایش خواهند گذاشت. این مجموعه شامل یک سدان شیک و کم شیب است. تا پایان سال آینده وارد بازار شود.

    انتظار می‌رود سه مدل دیگر سری Ye را تکمیل کنند و هر شش مدل تا سال 2027 وارد بازار چین شوند. مدل‌های جدید Ye P7 و Ye S7 قرار است در پایان سال 2024 به فروش برسند.

    هر دو شاسی بلند بر روی پلتفرم اختصاصی EV جدید توسعه یافته قرار خواهند گرفت و در دو نسخه عرضه خواهند شد – یک مدل دیفرانسیل عقب تک موتوره و یک مدل چهار چرخ متحرک دو موتوره. هوندا می‌گوید، هر دو مدل به دنبال «لذت رانندگی» طراحی شده‌اند.

    هوندا ادعا می کند که انواع RWD “هندلینگ اسپورت و واضح” را ارائه می دهند، در حالی که خودروهای 4WD عملکرد بهتری دارند و هندلینگ کمی پاسخگوتر خواهند داشت. جزئیات کابین خلبان تاکنون اندک است، اما کابین‌ها باید مجهز به یک صفحه ابزار LED و پانل‌های درب باشند «که در ارتباط با کمک‌های مجهز به هوش مصنوعی و سایر عملکردها تغییر می‌کنند».

    هوندا می‌گوید که سومین مدلی که به تازگی معرفی شده، سدان مفهومی Ye GT، نشان‌دهنده ملاحظات طراحی آینده برای طرح‌های EV آنها در چین است. به گفته این شرکت، صندلی راننده مطابق با حالت “کم و عریض” خود، برای غوطه ور کردن راننده در تجربه رانندگی طراحی شده است، مانند یک راننده مسابقه. عملکرد پویا “به طور کامل اصلاح شده است تا تجربه رانندگی نهایی را ارائه دهد که در آن راننده از حس اتحاد با وسیله نقلیه لذت می برد.” اما هوندا هنوز جزئیاتی از مشخصات پیشرانه ارائه نکرده است.

    این شرکت گفته است که محصولات Ye منعکس کننده ایده های طراحی “M/M” (Man Maximum، Machine Minimum) آن است، “که خواستار به حداکثر رساندن فضای موجود برای افراد و به حداقل رساندن فضای مورد نیاز برای اجزای مکانیکی برای افزایش کارایی است. فضای داخل وسیله نقلیه.»

    سری جدید با حروف چینی “烨” به معنای “درخشش درخشان” نامگذاری شد و همه از لوگوی جدید و سفید رنگ “H mark” برای نسل بعدی خودروهای برقی هوندا استفاده خواهند کرد.

    هوندا در حال حاضر سری e:N محصولات الکتریکی را در چین عرضه می کند و همچنین Honda e:Ny1 را در بریتانیا به فروش می رساند، جایی که قیمت آن 59000 دلار است.

  • Lotus Eletre

    Lotus EletreLotus is expanding beyond the world of lightweight sports cars by launching more mainstream vehicles, starting with an electric SUV known as the Eletre that was first shown in early 2022. Order books for the U.S. are finally open and the first customers can expect to take delivery in late 2024. Prices for this market start at $107,000 for the…

  • Spend $2 Million Dollars On The Only Tucker Convertible Ever Made Because You're Worth It

    Tucker

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    Preston Tucker was a visionary, and his cars are cool as heck. There were so many technologies developed for the Tucker 48 Sedan, like the center headlight that pivoted with your steering wheel and the quick-change drivetrain that could be swapped out in fifteen minutes. Back in 1948 this car’s powerful Franklin engine could push it from 0 to 60 mph in under 7 seconds. Tucker produced 58 frames and bodies, though just 36 sedans were finished before the doors to the factory were closed for good. This car, a convertible prototype, was begun but not finished in-period. And now you can buy it for a cool $2.4 million.

    According to the seller, this original Tucker prototype was uncovered and finished in 2010. It is built on an original Tucker 48 Sedan chassis with thicker steel box frame to eliminate chassis sag without a roof. The convertible top was modified by Tucker from a period General Motors convertible top, the doors were lengthened by Tucker engineers, and the windshield frame was shortened. Otherwise, it’s pretty standard Tucker fare, if there is such a thing as standard Tucker fare.

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    This is an interesting machine, and one that is damn near impossible to put a value on. Tucker automobiles have been selling into the millions for the last couple of decades, largely because of their ahead-of-the-times engineering and extreme rarity. Of the 58 original chassis built, some 52 complete cars exist today, with 16 having been built since the shuttering of the company. This one is alleged to be the last Tucker to be finished, as the parts and pieces just don’t exist to do any more “real” ones.

    If the rarity of a Tucker isn’t enough to appeal to you, maybe this one-of-one Tucker convertible will do it. You’ll never see another one like it, because they just don’t exist. Hell, you’ll hardly ever see another Tucker. I think I’ve seen ten of them, and I’ve had to really try to make that happen.

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    As a point of order, something I feel needs to be called out here, a mini-rant if you will. If you’re trying to sell a car on the internet for $2.4 million, hire a fucking professional photographer to capture the car for your listing. This magnificent car looks like a pile of dogshit because this cheap bastard didn’t feel like having the car trucked out to a gorgeous location for a pro snapper to capture its good side. Pony up, I promise it’s worth it.

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  • رانندگان داکوتای جنوبی کوتاه ترین مسیر رفت و آمد را در ایالات متحده دارند

    رفت و آمد تقریباً کمترین سرگرمی است که می توانید در ماشین انجام دهید. نشستن در ترافیک در دریایی از افراد بدبخت دیگر ممکن است به شما زمان زیادی بدهد تا به یک پادکست یا کتاب صوتی برسید، اما برای سلامتی شما عالی نیست و مطمئناً شما را به کارمندی مولدتر یا فداکار تبدیل نمی کند. آخرین خبر هفته Energy.gov ایالت‌هایی را با کوتاه‌ترین و طولانی‌ترین رفت‌وآمدها رتبه‌بندی کرد و نشان داد که برخی از مکان‌ها بسیار آسان‌تر از سایرین هستند.

    بر اساس داده‌های جمع‌آوری‌شده در سال 2022، داکوتای جنوبی کم‌جمعیت، میانگین کوتاه‌ترین زمان رفت‌وآمد را داشت. رانندگان در آنجا تنها در 18 دقیقه به سر کار می‌رسند و پس از آن همتای شمالی آن در شمال. مردم وایومینگ سومین رفت و آمد کوتاه را داشتند.

    10 ایالت با کمترین میانگین رفت و آمد:

    1. داکوتای جنوبی
    2. داکوتای شمالی
    3. وایومینگ
    4. مونتانا
    5. نبراسکا
    6. آلاسکا
    7. آیووا
    8. کانزاس
    9. آیداهو
    10. یوتا

    این زمان‌های رفت‌وآمد میانگین سفرهای یک‌طرفه است، اما کمترین زمان ۱۸ دقیقه‌ای کمتر از نیمی از زمانی است که مردم نیویورک پشت فرمان می‌گذرانند. در حالی که برخی از ایالت‌های روستایی، از جمله مین، به دلیل فواصل بین شهرها و مشاغل در رتبه‌های بالاتری قرار دارند، مکان‌هایی مانند داکوتای جنوبی احتمالاً به طور متوسط ​​پایین‌تر هستند زیرا مردم به جای رانندگی بین مکان‌ها، در شهر خود کار می‌کنند.

    نیویورک، مریلند و نیوجرسی در “صدر” لیست، طولانی ترین رفت و آمد را دارند. نیویورکی ها به طور متوسط ​​33.2 دقیقه را یک طرفه سپری کردند، در حالی که دو نفر دیگر به طور میانگین بیش از نیم ساعت را سپری کردند. با این حال، تعداد این ایالت ها باید با آگاهی از این که چند مرکز جمعیتی قابل توجه می توانند اعداد را تغییر دهند، مورد بررسی قرار گیرد.

    برای مثال، طبق داده‌های امسال، شهر نیویورک تقریباً 8 میلیون نفر دارد که بیش از 10 برابر جمعیت همپستد، شهر شماره 2 است. رانندگان در نیوجرسی به دلیل نزدیکی به نیویورک و فیلادلفیا رنج می برند، اگرچه این ایالت پرجمعیت ترین ایالت در این کشور نیز می باشد.

    در اینجا نمودار کامل یافته ها، برگرفته از داده های سرشماری ایالات متحده است:

    میانگین زمان رفت و آمد یک طرفه بر اساس ایالت:

    رانندگان داکوتای جنوبی کوتاه ترین مسیر رفت و آمد را در ایالات متحده دارند

  • SEMA Was Full Of Wild Concepts In 2002

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    SEMA Was Full Of Wild Concepts In 2002

    2002 Cadillac CTS M Concept

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    Inspired by it’s role in the Matrix Reloaded, the CTS M wore all black just as Neo, Trinity and Morpheus did in the films. Cadillac customized the CTS in a partnership with GM Performance. Outside it wore a special Ebony Diamond paint, black chrome grille, 19″ black chrome wheels, ground effects package and HID headlights and fog lights.

    No pictures were shown of the interior, but Cadillac said there were ebony leather seats with cashmere piping, Alcantara headliner, leather bound floor mats, ebony leather wrapped dash and black chrome trim used throughout the interior.

  • Rivian Figured Out How To Make Charging Suck Less

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    Rivian Figured Out How To Make Charging Suck Less

    Charging in the U.S. sucks. It’s getting better thanks to some massive new investments, but it’s still incredibly common to show up at a charge site and find the only available charger is broken. The Tesla Supercharger network is currently the best in the business, which helps explain why every automaker decided to switch to NACS, but even then, the rollout has been slow. Rivian’s solution? Simply gather data on all the chargers around the country and grade them so drivers have a better idea of where the broken ones are.

    The Verge reports that the latest software update Rivian recently released uses data gathered from customer cars to point owners toward chargers that actually work and avoids chargers that it thinks are broken. And while it’s a relatively simple idea considering how connected modern electric vehicles are, it’s also one of those things that’s so obvious, it’s hard to understand why it isn’t already commonplace across the entire industry.

    “Our North Star is charging and trip planning in EVs should just work. You should not think about it,” Wassym Bensaid, Rivian’s head of software, told the Verge. He later added, “Surprisingly, actually, there’s multiple chargers rated F. That was one of the ‘a ha’ moments as we went through the data.”

    And while you may not like the idea of an automaker knowing so much about your charging experience, at least Rivian is using the data it gathers to help make its customers’ lives a little easier:

    Every time one of our vehicles interact with the charger, we have a number of data which are uploaded to the cloud and that give us a very accurate understanding of the health of the session that the vehicle is having. So we get data related to not only the number of successful sessions, but then how many trials did you make? How was the payment? What’s the speed of interaction? What’s the overall peak performance that you have within a session? What’s the thermal derating behavior?

    To make the latest software update useful, Rivian has reportedly been gathering customer charging data for more than a year. There are only so many Rivians on the road, and it doesn’t have access to other automakers’ EV charging experiences, so it’s not going to be a perfect system, especially this early on, but at the very least, they’re trying. They’re also adding a customer feedback option that lets owners report bad chargers and highlight the ones that work the best.

    “Charging should just work,” Bensaid told the Verge. “And the more we get happy customers, the more we remove charging anxiety as a barrier for adoption.”

  • GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 مدل 2024 محدوده را اضافه می کند، قیمت را قبل از عرضه کاهش می دهد

    GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 مدل 2024 محدوده را اضافه می کند، قیمت را قبل از عرضه کاهش می دهد

    GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 2024 به طور رسمی تابستان امسال به فروش می رسد و GMC به تازگی اعلام کرده است که برد بیشتر و قیمت ارزان تری نسبت به آنچه که در ابتدا فاش شده بود خواهد داشت.

    این خبر به دنبال همان اعداد بیش از حد شورولت سیلورادو EV 2024 است که چند هفته پیش اعلام شد. به جای 400 مایل با یک شارژ کامل، Sierra EV 440 مایل تخمین زده شده توسط جنرال موتورز را طی خواهد کرد که وعده اصلی را تا 10% شکست خواهد داد. نه تنها فراتر از این خواهد رفت، بلکه جنرال موتورز نیز از زمان رونمایی در سال 2022 توانایی خود را افزایش داده است. حداکثر ظرفیت بکسل با 500 پوند به 10000 پوند افزایش می یابد و حداکثر ظرفیت بارگیری با 150 پوند به 1450 پوند افزایش می یابد.

    بهترین خبر قیمت Sierra EV است، زیرا اکنون قیمت آن 99,495 دلار (شامل هزینه 1,995 هزینه مقصد) به جای 108,695 دلار GMC در ابتدا خواهد بود. برای مقایسه، Silverado EV First Edition RST – همچنین یک مدل پرتاب کامل – 3000 دلار کمتر از GMC قیمت دارد. با این حال، ویژگی‌های اضافه‌شده Sierra مانند فرمان چهار چرخ، CrabWalk و کابین ممتاز بیشتر، استدلال قوی‌ای را نشان می‌دهد که ارزش پول اضافی را دارد.

    GMC می گوید که نمایندگی های آن در حال حاضر با دارندگان رزرو نسخه 1 برای تبدیل رزروهای خود به سفارش کار می کنند. اگر به دنبال یک نسخه کامل از Sierra EV و همه چیزهایی هستید که در مورد آن باید بدانید، مطمئن شوید که پوشش اولیه افشای ما را در اینجا بررسی کنید.

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  • Bespoke Revuelto shown at first Lamborghini Arena gathering

    Lamborghini earlier in April held its innaugural Lamborghini Arena, a gathering that ran for two days at Italy’s Imola Circuit and was open to both customers and fans.

    Around 6,000 participants and 380 Lamborghinis, from past and present, visited the racetrack, including the new Revuelto supercar.

    Lamborghini also marked the event with the unveiling of a speical Revuelto crafted by the automaker’s Ad Personam personalization department.

    The car’s exterior dons the contrasting colors of Grigio Hati (gray) for the main body and accents of Verde Scandal (green) and Nero Noctis (black). New carbon-fiber parts with a gloss finish were also used for the exterior, together with gloss-black wheels measuring 21 inches up front and 22 inches at the rear.

    Bespoke Lamborghini Revuelto unveiled during 2024 Lamborghini Arena

    Bespoke Lamborghini Revuelto unveiled during 2024 Lamborghini Arena

    The interior echoes the exterior colors, with Nero Ade (black) for the seats combined with Verde Scandal accent stitching. The same shade of green was used for the Lamborghini logos embroidered on the headrests. As an extra special touch, the rear bulkhead panel features a representation of the Imola Circuit together with the script “Lamborghini Arena 2024” in Bianco Leda (white).

    The Revuelto made its debut in early 2023, and while it may appear similar to its Aventador predecessor, it represents a ground-up redesign that in addition to electrification includes a new carbon-fiber tub, a new 8-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, and a newly developed V-12. Lamborghini’s plant in Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, also needed to be upgraded to accommodate production of the car.

    The powertrain consists of a 6.5-liter V-12 and trio of electric motors. Two of the electric motors are at the front axle and work independently, and the third is integrated with the rear-mounted transmission. Lamborghini quotes performance numbers of 2.5 seconds in the 0-62 mph run and a top speed of 218 mph. A 3.8-kwh battery also means a small electric range is possible. A similar setup, likely with a twin-turbocharged V-8 instead of the V-12, is expected to feature in plug-in hybrid successor to the Huracán due late this year.

  • Toyota Believes There's Room For Both The Land Cruiser And The 4Runner

    Toyota is continuing to break into the off-road SUV market with two massive drops: the all-new 4Runner and the all-new Land Cruiser. Both SUVs boast rugged off-road chops, they sit on the same TNGA-F truck platform, and they even share several similar components. Are there really distinct enough audiences to appeal to both of these highly similar machines? I had to find out.

    During Toyota’s big drive event for the Land Cruiser, Tacoma hybrid, new Camry and Crown Signia, I spoke to Kalifa Sprowl, senior marketing planner for the Land Cruiser, about the ultimate goals for the Land Cruiser, especially as it sits within Toyota’s greater body-on-frame landscape.

    “All of our vehicles have a certain personality that appeals to a certain type of buyer,” Sprowl said. “The 4Runner and Land Cruiser are interesting in that they play in such a growing segment, so we’re speaking to several different customers with our vehicles. The differentiating factor between the two is that if you want something more rugged and more off-road-y, something that has capability baked in and still a great overall style, you’re probably looking at the 4Runner versus the Land Cruiser. If you still want that capability and off-road confidence with a little more refined elegance, you’re looking more toward a Land Cruiser.”

    To better illustrate what Sprowl means, let’s take a look at the two TNGA-F SUVs side by side, starting with their similarities. Both feature Toyota’s turbocharged 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine paired with a hybrid system; as a result, both will make 326 horsepower and 465 lb-ft of torque. Both have 112.2-inch wheelbases and an eight-speed automatic transmission, and both vehicles offer four-wheel drive, though only the 4Runner has a two-wheel-drive option. Both have the same 6,000-lb towing capacity.

    Front 3/4 view of a green Toyota 4Runner

    Photo: Toyota

    The 4Runner is 1.1 inches longer than the Land Cruiser, which allows for an optional third row that the LC does not get, but the Land Cruiser has 5.3 additional inches of height compared to the 4Runner. The 4Runner has 9.2 inches of ground clearance, while the Land Cruiser gets a mere 8.0 inches.

    Underneath, both have double-wishbone front suspension and multilink coil rear suspension, plus electronic sway bar disconnects. But the Land Cruiser only has one form of suspension architecture between all of its trims, while the 4Runner has road-going models sprinkled in and amongst its beefy, off-road-specific suspension platforms.

    On the Trailhunter trim of the 4Runner, you can expect 32-degree approach and 24-degree departure angles, while the Land Cruiser has a 31-degree approach and 14-degree departure angles.

    Basically, styling aside, the biggest difference between the 4Runner and the Land Cruiser is that the Land Cruiser is a little more luxurious and not quite as gung-ho capable as the 4Runner. The Land Cruiser is designed for a more comfortable off-roading experience, while the 4Runner Trailhunter is going to give you a really dedicated, rugged experience. Considering how popular off-road SUVs are right now, there’s easily a market for both machines.

  • 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser, 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: Today's Car News

    A redesigned Toyota Land Cruiser starts sales this spring for less than $60,000, and we just tested one. The latest Land Cruiser is smaller and less powerful than before, but it’s also a lot lighter and this has resulted in significant efficiency gains.

    The Hyundai N performance division has launched its first electric vehicle in the form of the Ioniq 5 N, and we’ve also tested one. The high-performance electric compact crossover benefits from a widened track, a stiffer suspension, and larger wheels and brakes over the stock Ioniq 5. There’s also a lot more power.

    Aston Martin’s successor to the DBS has been spotted ahead of an expected debut in the second half of the year. The new car appears to share little design-wise with the DBS, but under the hood should be the same twin-turbocharged V-12 as found in the outgoing model, perhaps with more power.

    You’ll find these stories and more in today’s car news, right here at Motor Authority.

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