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Opel Rocks-e, a weirdo zero emissions to do off road

Lukas Wenzhöfer, 26, is a student at the University of Design in Pforzheim/Baden-Württemberg and was one of the participants in Opel’s “Rocks-e Design Hack” competition. The brief was very interesting, consisting of proposing an extreme variant of the small Opel model based on the Citroën Ami. Finally, Wenzhöfer’s project turned out to be the winner and Opel, in reward, will make his proposal come true: the Rocks E-Xtreme. And what is the Rocks E-Xtreme? What the industrial design student did was transform the Rocks-e into a radical all-terrain vehicle. It looks like a remote-controlled toy car and also one of those buggies that race on dirt tracks in the United States. The axles have been widened towards the end...

Traffic on the December bridge: avoid the unexpected!

2 photos Enlarge Author: Autocasión December 05, 2022 3 One more year, the December bridge prepares us for Christmas. We tell you below what you should take into account so that you can travel without breakdowns, fines and unforeseen events during these days. Aim! The national holidays of the Constitution and of the Immaculate Conception (December 6 and 8, respectively) make up a december bridge that, although for some this year will not be complete -Friday is a working day-, it will allow many others to vacation for a large part of the week in coastal or mountain areas or in second homes. The DGT estimates the million trips that will take place until next Sunday on our roads at 13.5 and, to increase their safety, a new campaign is starting this Monday in which alcohol and drug controls wi...

Aston Martin already does its homework before the arrival of Alonso

Updated: 05 Dec 2022 | 20:18 05 Dec 2022 | 20:10 An adventure that is about to begin. In fact it has already started, but not officially. It is what they form Aston Martin and Fernando Alonsothat next season they will run together with the aim of becoming the big surprise on the Formula 1 grid. Much has been said about what the car will be like and the differences with the current one, which has only been able to be competitive in recent races. Dan Fallows, technical director of Aston Martin, has explained what is the strategy they are carrying out. And one word stands out above the rest: aggressiveness. “What we’re trying to do next year is adopt a very aggressive development strategybut take advantage of the lessons of this year”, has affirmed one of the bosses of the B...

Volkswagen ID.3, the first facelift of the German electric is coming

Although it is hard to believe, the ID.3, The first model of Volkswagen’s electric ID family will be four years old in 2023 since it was unveiled at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show and since it went into production at the end of that year, and seven since it was presented as a concept at the 2016 Paris Motor Show. For the same reason, Volkswagen is already preparing a half-life facelift, which will be released in the second quarter of next year, and even officially leaves us some digital sketches of what the future “people’s electric car” will look like. For now, the ID.3 is produced exclusively at the Wolfsburg plant, but due to its immense demand in all these years, the factories in Zwickau and Dresden will be added. In its first ...

“We both knew what awaited us with the Renault engine”

in this 2022 Fernando Alonso He has had enough of seeing mechanical problems in his car. Too many lost points that have prevented him from fighting near the top of the table. His adventure in Alpine is over and he is now beginning a new phase with Aston Martin. But the messages continue. Now it’s been Esteban Ocon the one who has spoken about the problems that Alpine has suffered, stating that everyone in the team already knew that this could happen. “The team’s strategy was always to have a fast engine to have a car competitive and aggressiveinstead of finishing the races in the back”, comments the Frenchman. “That was the objective, because the regulation is frozen, and we wanted to press from the beginning. That, obviously, raises reliability issues“,...

Bertone will return with a car inspired by the 1968 Alfa Romeo Carabo,

Bertone is one of the best-known Italian coachbuilders for its participation in iconic industrial projects for brands such as Alfa Romeo, Citroën, Ferrari, FIAT, Lancia, Lamborghini and Opel, and with emblematic models produced such as the Alfa Romeo Giulia Y Giulietta Sprintthe Citroën BX, XM and ZX, the Lamborghini Countach and Miura, and the Lancia Stratosamong others. And now, 110 years after its founding by Giovanni Bertone, the Italian conglomerate looks set to return with an all-new car. The return of the Turin firm stems from the brand’s own communication on social networks, where it has been announcing that something big is going to happen: “Bertone is back”He says. Bertone ...

Mercedes wants to charge you so that your electric accelerates more

Enlarge CDA December 05, 2022 0 Mercedes-Benz has launched a subscription that allows its EQE, EQE SUV and EQS models to have greater acceleration. The subscription model reaches the automobile and more and more brands (Tesla is a benchmark) are announcing plans in this regard. The latest has been Mercedes-Benz, which is going to offer a subscription service on-line in United States so that their electric cars accelerate more. For annual cost of 1,200 dollars (1,156 euros) Without taxes, the automaker will allow some of its electric cars to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h a second faster. Potency increase of between 20 and 24 percent This service will be available in the Mercedes-Benz EQE, Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV, Mercedes-Benz EQS and Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV, although for now It is only availab...

Red Bull, convinced that Lewis Hamilton will be his rival again in 2023

It has been an atypical 2022 for Mercedes. and especially for lewis hamilton. The seven-time Formula 1 champion has not been able to savor any victory. Yes, his companion in the silver arrows, George Russell. But that situation could turn around for next season. He believes so, nothing more and nothing less, than Marko Helmut, Red Bull adviser. In an interview with ‘Bild’, he predicted what the coming season at the Gran Circo will be like: “Ferrari is strong, but Mercedes will be even more so in general terms, especially with Lewis, who He’s still a top-level driver.” “I get the feeling that will win races again in 2023. Of course, I am not too concerned with them, we are in a good position. Also, with Max, we have the best driver on the grid,” he ...

Honda will have driving assistance from series in 2030

Honda has introduced the second generation of its Honda Sensing 360 and Sensing Elite driving assistance packageswhich will be available as standard on all its cars for sale (at least in the main markets) from 2030. Honda Sensing includes an extended verification range throughout the vehicle and helps mitigate blind spots to improve collision avoidance. Honda Sensing 360 will debut in China in 2024 and will feature new technologies to further reduce the burden on the driver by reducing the probability of collisions through the accurate detection of abnormal conditions occurring in the driver and the vehicle environment. Honda will also accelerate the advancement and popularization of Honda Sensing Elite, a variation that features advanced saf...

Halfgrid, the one-person transport system by suspended cables

One of the great mobility headaches is how to introduce a personal transport system in the center of large cities, beyond public transport. eye to halfgrid, a proposal by designers from a Bulgaria-based transportation design studio. These are individual capsules, just over the size of a person that move through the city through suspended cables and work with artificial intelligence. The idea is not new, it is about transporting a person to their destination on a different level from the ground, so as not to increase the congestion of the streets. Nothing that we have not seen with subways or even cable cars: a system where the sheaths are the ones that will move along those tensioned steel cables. This perspective is key, as it means that each capsule can be directed to different destinati...