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Mercedes-Benz plans to open the first plant in Yavor exclusively for the production of cars with an electric drive. Mercedes-Benz Vans is investing more than €1 billion ($1.05 billion) to build its first factory exclusively for electric vans in Javor, Poland. The company announced the approval of such conditions on Monday. The van maker has […]
Metropolitan networks of gas service stations have started converting gasoline electric generators to liquefied gas. Operation of generators on LPG is much cheaper than on gasoline. In addition, gas-powered engines pollute the air several times less. “Do you have a gasoline generator and a household cylinder? We have an offer. We are now refurbishing electric […]
Belarusian importer Nissan announced the exit of the Japanese car brand from the Belarusian market. This is reported by ‘Interfax-Ukraine’. A message appeared on the importer’s website that on November 23, the Nissan Motor company ‘ended its activities in Russia and the Republic of Belarus and is transferring its Russian assets to FDUP ‘NAMI’. ‘The […]
The Russian BMP-1AM ‘Basurmanin’ was captured by soldiers of the 1st battalion of the 95th separate assault brigade. The 95th Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told about the trophy car. The military showed a video of the tests. Ukrainian fighters emphasize that the trophy combat vehicle ‘Basurmanyn’ turned out […]
From December 12, trucks at the ‘Yagodin – Dorogusk’ checkpoint will be allowed to pass only according to the electronic queue. On the website echerha.gov.ua, on December 11 (Sunday) at 12:00, an entry in the electronic queue for crossing the border at the checkpoint ‘Yagodin – Dorogusk’ will be opened. During the day, from 12:00 […]
The German government is preparing 155-mm RCH 155 self-propelled artillery units for Ukraine. The RCH 155 is the world’s first self-propelled gun that can fire while moving. At the same time, the movement of the self-propelled installation has absolutely no effect on the accuracy of the artillery installation. This allows the ACS to be elusive […]
Hyundai M.Vision TO and M.Vision HI are completely autonomous and are not equipped with any controls. They were equipped with innovative rotary motor-wheels. The first photos of the Hyundai M.Vision TO and M.Vision HI concept cars have been published. Prototypes of self-driving cars will be presented in January at the CES show in Las Vegas. […]
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, […]
An electric car is a fairly significant consumer of electricity, and the minimum time for charging it with alternating current is more than 6-8 hours. This makes it impossible to fully charge an electric car, even with scheduled shutdowns, because the power is turned on every 4 hours. During the attack on November 23, there […]
OJSC ‘Ukrbusbusprom’ offers to start mass production of military buggies in Ukraine using units from broken police Toyota Prius. The Ukrainian research institute ‘Ukrbusbusprom’, which specialized in the development of buses, analyzed the military experience of many countries and proposes to launch mass production of tactical buggies of its own design TUR KB 02 ‘Mamai’ […]