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 …
Road Trip to the future: Day 3
Sudeep Koshy writes about the electric cars being tested, charging stations being installed, and the positive influence being cast along the 1217 km of Electric Vehicle Road Trip across UAE and Oman that he is currently a part of. Sohar has remained a red dot on my map. Every time …
Electric Adventure: Across UAE and Oman in an EV
Unfamiliarity is the root of fear and doubt. It’s the same for the silent shadows in the deserted alleys and for the stealthily advancing technology of clean energy. Then there is the anxiety that stems from the knowledge of haplessness – the sheer absence of support beyond the urban confines …
FUTURE NOW: And now, electric planes!
The airplane is a Faraday’s cage and that is the reason why it is safe even when it gets several times by lightning (powerful electricity) throughout its flight. Now, we are talking about planes that fly on electric power: as below, so above. Commercial planes account for about 2% of …
Renault Zoe First Drive: Switching on an e-ra
It was about time. Questions about electric cars were getting harder to answer. Answers began with Tesla and didn’t get very far. Yet, a Tesla that everyone could put on their buying list rather than their wish list was still somewhat far. Nissan Leaf had moved to the second generation …
Britain to ban conventional cars by 2040
Britain is planning to ban the sale of new diesel and petrol cars by 2040 to encourage going electric. That seems far enough into the future, but is there enough time to address needs and implement the changes? This is not just about Britain’s pioneering move to save the earth. …
