This is the best-selling electric car in Spain and comes with a historical record. This is the MG4, a model that has managed to sell in our country no less than 372 units to be placed as the best-selling electric car of the month of April in Spain. In addition, it is the first time that an MG model leads a sales ranking in our country, thus reaching the second position in the ranking of electric car sales so far this year. With 959 units, the MG4 is the second best-selling electric car this year, in which we have been four months, and the best seller in the month of April. The brand says that it is due, among other things, to the fact that it has become a “cult car”. It is the first MG model based on the new intelligent platform MSP (“Modular Scalable Platform”), an...
2 photos Enlarge CDA May 05, 2023 0 Volvo has filed a patent that attempts to prevent technological theft of its cars through a series of checks. Car thieves are constantly updated and the lock pick trick already seems from Prehistory. Now they use technology and access to their “four-wheel victims” they do capturing the codes that are exchanged between smart keys and cars. Given this, Volvo has filed a new patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that adds digital protections designed to stop modern car thieves from taking your vehicle. Most stolen vehicles today fall victim to the digital duplication of the data transmitted from their own keys. The process consists of waiting for the owner to attempt to unlock the vehicle and jam signal. 2 photos Volv...
Laurent Rossi, Alpine’s great ‘boss’ was very critical of how things are going at the beginning of the season. Neither Esteban Ocon nor Pierre Gasly they have even come close to the middle zone of the Formula 1 grid. And that caused comments such as that there were “amateur things” in the management. Now Otmar Szafnauer, Alpine F1 director, has reacted to these words. He did it in Miami, where for the first time his two drivers finished in the points (Gasly was eighth and Ocon ninth). “I saw that something of that came out in the press, yes, but I haven’t had time to read it. It has not been an easy start to the season. I don’t know, maybe that’s why he made those comments…”, said the one from the French team. He prefers not...
In favor of caring for the environment, efforts are being made through new technologies and advanced recycling processes. But Not everything needs to be so sophisticated, there are also simple ideas that allow you to make better use of resources and generate less waste. This is what Subaru is doing, which began making reusable grocery bags out of leftover fabric that is normally thrown away at the airbag factory. The airbags are made of a special fire-retardant and waterproof fabric, also designed to withstand the passage of decades. In addition, being made of a soft material, the bags can be folded into a very compact square and take up little space when not in use, making them perfect for having this second life. Grocery bags (a...
3 photos Enlarge CDA May 06, 2023 1 Arval has denounced that the Spanish car park is getting older: 70 percent more than 15 years ago. Month by month, sales of new cars in Spain offer us figures that are not very encouraging for the automotive sector. And this, apart from affecting manufacturers, has a harmful effect on drivers: the Spanish car park is old and this trend has become more acute in recent years. This is confirmed by the data provided by Arval, citing figures from ANFAC (Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers), in which it shows that in the last 15 years, the average age of Spanish vehicles has gone from 8.3 years in 2008 to 14 years in 2023, which represents a 70 percent increase in the age of the park in the last fifteen years and a new record. A trend tha...
what amount of doubts awakened the decision by Fernando Alonso in summer 2022. The decision to leave Alpine. Deciding not to renew for a team that was the top pursuer of the Red Bulls, of the Ferraris and the Mercedes. Not to continue with the French… and to sign by Aston Martin. To set course for a team that, at that time, was ninth just ahead of Williams. For a team that Saturday yes and Saturday was also among the top favorites to fall in Q1. That in the race he was going better, but not enough to, coming out so low, score juicy points. Yes, how much doubt there was. How risky it seemed. AND how well it has turned out for Alonso. Because risking has been equal to winning. It has been the same as the saying goes. Because, finally, Alonso has what he has longed for since 2012. He ha...
BYD has been slow to deploy in Europe, but once the decision is made, it wants to do it forcefully. A few months ago it introduced its initial wave of models, a trio consisting of the BYD Atto 3 compact SUV, the BYD Han sedan and the BYD Tang seven-seater SUV. They are already on sale in Spain and will soon be accompanied by the two new cars that the company is going to present at the car barcelona. The idea for this second phase is clear: launch models that complete the range below, electric vehicles with a more contained price and that compete directly with the general market proposals. The chosen ones have been BYD Dolphin and BYD Seal. Both are representatives of the Ocean family and sport the new “Ocean Aesthetics” design language. They use the e-Platform 3.0a scalable architecture th...
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The Honda NSX is one of the most exclusive supercars of the world. Although it came out back in 2017, the truth is that there are few units of this Japanese that surprised the world with its hybrid propulsion system that made it achieve very outstanding performance. Now he is going to join one of the most peculiar races in the world in a somewhat striking way. It’s about a Honda NSX and a halfthat is, the car itself pulling a trailer shaped like the back of it… It has been the work of Acura, the brand under which the NSX is marketed in markets such as the American. They have created it to run the One Lap of America, a career that goes back several decades in time. In 1984 it was a kind of successor to the clandestine Cannonball that was done without following any speed limit an...
Until the last day of 2023, all those who buy an electric car and meet the requirements of type of vehicle, price… will be eligible for government aid. However, presenting the application is not synonymous with being a beneficiary of the discount because in many cases there is no longer a budget… We will tell you what is the situation of the Moves III Plan and, above all, how much money is left. The bases of the third edition of the aid plan for the purchase of efficient vehicles establish that they can be requested until December 31, 2023. Also that the total budget will be 800 million euros (First, 400 million euros were activated and given the high demand there was an extension). The total endowment is distributed among the autonomous communities based on their number of inh...
Enlarge Author: Autocasión May 08, 2023 0 The number of drivers denounced during the last speed campaign carried out by Traffic in our country increases. Road safety or tax collection? Between April 17 and 23, the General Directorate of Traffic carried out a special surveillance and control campaign focused on speed. The results have just come out and, once again, the number of reported has increased with respect to the same campaign carried out in July of last year. Indeed, this data should alert us that the responsibility behind the wheel continues to be conspicuous by its absence in many cases. However, the number of checkpoints has also grown (almost 25% more), which makes us ask ourselves again if the objective is to increase road safety or if the DGT premium is a collection effort. B...