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The American Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) annually presents video reports on car crash tests to the public on its YouTube channel. And the test results are not always positive. Last year, the institute ranked the five worst cars based on crash test results. The first place went to the Rivian R1S SUV, which was […]
Tesla has cut prices for its Model Y cars across Europe, a week after it cut prices in China, Reuters reports. The price decline, as well as downgrades from brokerages UBS and Wells Fargo, led to a nearly 3% drop in Tesla shares, which exacerbated the stock’s poor start to 2024. Tesla has reduced the […]
Cars equipped with the Android Auto software platform will help their owners find themselves in the parking lot. This system was able to save the parking space after arriving at the destination. The car’s geolocation will be available on Google Maps. Back in 2017, Google Maps for Android and iOS added a very useful option […]
Parking in the wrong place is a common occurrence in many countries around the world. China has come up with an original way to combat such violations. Parking in the wrong place makes it harder for other drivers to find a suitable place to stop. It can also create other difficulties in traffic. In China, […]
The chameleon car currently has 32 fixed shades, but the authors of the technology claim that their number can be unlimited. At the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show, BMW unveiled the X6 with Vantablack VBx2, a substance that absorbs more than 99 percent of visible light, creating the blackest black ever. For CES 2022, the iX […]
Euro NCAP has published the results of the latest round of tests in 2022, which includes 14 new models. Only four fell short of the maximum five-star rating. Today’s line-up includes three Chinese cars, superminis, family cars, SUVs, MPVs, pickups and four premium cars, including the newly introduced luxury Lucid Air from the US. Lucid, […]
Over the weekend, the average price of automobile gas (LPG) decreased by 1.2 hryvnias, and in some networks the price drop reached 5 hryvnias/liter. From July 1 to 4, retail chains reduced the price of liquefied gas by 0.5-5 hryvnias/l. This is evidenced by the data of the daily monitoring of retail market prices by […]
Tesla products rose in the rankings, while other manufacturers show a decline in sales. In the first quarter of 2022, Toyota Corolla continues to lead the world in new car sales. In second place was Tesla Model 3. Other models of the American brand of electric cars – Tesla Model S and Tesla Model Y […]
In early May, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine issued an order according to which cars can be imported only through three checkpoints. The ports of the Odesa region, where hundreds of cars remained, were not included in the lists of checkpoints. According to the Order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 354-r […]
During the first month of the war, Ukrainians imported and registered 8.3 thousand cars with mileage. According to Ukravtoprom, this is 15 times less than in March 2021. In percentage terms, the decline was 76%. Not the best situation in the primary market – only 546 cars, 16.5 times less than a year earlier. Most […]