Tyre technology is apparently not at a level that could facilitate a 500km/h top speed for the Bugatti Chiron, according to a report. Test driver Andy Wallace revealed to Popular Mechanics that the 1500hp (1120kW), 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 Chiron is mechanically capable of breaking the magic 300mph (482km/h) barrier but […]
Day: 23 June 2017
Tesla Model 3 first test drives hit the road in the U.S.
A massive gallery for the Tesla Model 3 has been dumped ahead of the car’s official launch. These pictures, taken by Mark Ryan, are the candidate release versions of the Model 3 and show changes made to the vehicle since its March 2016 reveal at an event hosted by Elon […]
Polestar to make stand-alone EVs, separate to Volvo models
Volvo’s tuning arm Polestar will be spun off into its own brand with a line of dedicated electric vehicles not wearing the Volvo badge. A new logo will be used (above), which is a stylised X consisting of two inverted chevrons to denote the Polestar models. Volvo said, in a […]