Tawasul, prominent taxi-service provider in the emirate of Abu Dhabi has added 907 Camry Hybrid Electric Vehicles to its fleet, while Arabia Taxi placed a massive order for a thousand. Tawasul has a long-term vision of converting its entire fleet to environmentally-friendly taxis, in order to accelerate the implementation of …
VW electric car on the pinnacle of Pikes Peak
The Pikes Peak climb has been a tradition of the adventurous for more than a century – 102 years to be exact – out of which 96 times, the ascent has taken place. 19.99 kilometres may not sound much but pack it with 156 corners and a treacherous path, suddenly …
Audi e-tron: Because you know it’s all about the drag
We know how important drag or drag co-efficient is for sports cars. So it is for SUVs; and electric SUVs, too. So the Audi e-tron is going 360º to chisel out the best possible aerodynamics and keep the drag coefficient as low as 0.28. The better an electric car’s aerodynamics, …
CNN Supercharged: Can simulators win a race?
An opportunity to drive on track is not to be missed. Be it in a Formula 3000, a 488 GTB, an Audi TT or a Rotax Kart. While some find the track a brilliant way to hone their speeding skills without attracting a fine, there seems to be a dependable …
First ever Electric Ferrari beats 308 GT Classic
The road to ‘Electric’ is a one-way. Perhaps not absolutely so yet, but the idea of taking classic cars into the future by converting them, abandoned ones particularly, into electric vehicles is a fascinating one. But when it is a Ferrari in question, and that too the all-time favourite 308 …
Audi e-tron Vision Gran Turismo: The game gets real
When E-mobility is beginning to make its mark in the urban lanes and the racetrack, an all-electric Audi leaps from the virtual races onto being a race taxi on the Formula E tracks. Last Saturday, when a race taxi showed up at the Formula E race in Rome, it was …
Three days to Jaguar all-electric SUV
Jaguar’s first ever electric vehicle will bring us another pace closer to an electrified automotive world. New all-electric I-Pace will be unveiled in a live global broadast on the 1st of March, at 6 pm GMT (10 pm UAE time), five days in advance of its official public debut at …
Range Rover Sport ascends to Heaven’s Gate
99 dizzying turns. 999 daunting steps. The sound of it is that of a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage that absolves you of all sins and assures you a place in heaven. As for the Range Rover Sport Plug-in Hybrid, it sure did absolve the SUV from any aspersions of being a tame, …
1217 km electric journey reaches finish line today
Across winding mountain roads, beautiful coastal stretches and desert landscapes, the Electric Vehicle Road Trip Middle East would have covered over 1200 km by the time the participants cross the finish line at the Sustainability City, Dubai, today (January 26th) at 2.00 pm. All are welcome to attend the community …
UAE 8th best prepared for autonomous vehicles
The 2018 KPMG Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI) evaluates the preparedness of 20 countries. It is hardly a week since the Future Mobility Conference took place in Abu Dhabi. As I write this, the Global EVRT (electric vehicle road trip) is somewhere in its second stage, moving towards its conclusion …
