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Porsche Porsche is capping off its updated 2025 Taycan lineup with a new model called the Turbo GT. It’s not only the most powerful version of Porsche’s electric sedan but the most powerful series production Porsche ever. A new rear electric motor with a more powerful pulse inverter dials the Taycan Turbo GT’s dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrain up to 777  horspower in its default state. Launch control further increases output to 1,019 hp, and a maximum 1,092 hp is available for up to 2 seconds, according to…

Stephen Edelstein / Digital Trends While best known for luxury cars, Mercedes-Benz is also a prolific maker of commercial vans. Since it first arrived in the U.S. in 2001, the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter has become a favorite of both delivery fleets and camping enthusiasts. And with Mercedes kicking its electrification plans into high gear, we’re finally getting an all-electric Sprinter van. The 2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter is an updated version of a model Mercedes was already selling in Europe but was considered…

2024 Polestar 2 EV MSRP $51,300.00 “The updated Polestar 2 is a nice EV, but not nice enough to justify its premium price.” Pros Distinctive design Well-tuned chassis Now gets up to 320 miles of range Cons Cramped-feeling interior Poor value Polestar, the…

Stephen Edelstein/Digital Trends With EV production ramping up, automakers can now shift attention to something more fun: making EVs that are engaging to drive, the kind that encourage you to take the long way home. Mercedes-Benz is putting its best people on the job. For more than 50 years, AMG has been turning Mercedes luxury cars into race cars and hot rods—and the performance division is now working its magic on EVs. We’ve already gotten AMG versions of the Mercedes-Benz EQS and EQE sedans, but AMG is now upping…

Reported By: Samreen PallLast Updated: June 14, 2023, 20:16 ISTAll-New Hero Xtreme 160R Launched in India (Photo: Mayank Gupta/News18.com)All-New Hero Xtreme 160R has been lunched in India. Lightest in its class, the bike comes with Bluetooth connectivity and impressive performance featuresHero MotoCorp has finally launched the all-new Xtreme 160R in the country today. The price starts at Rs 1.27 lakhs (ex-showroom) and goes up to Rs 1.36 lakhs (ex-showroom). The bike gets subtle design upgrades and new features.The…

The auto industry in a time of transition centered around electrification and connectivity. Even Lamborghini, long the wild child of the auto industry, has to take these trends into consideration. But Lamborghini always does things its own way. The Lamborghini Revuelto is the replacement for the Aventador supercar, and the latest in a long line of V12-engined dream machines that includes the legendary Miura, Countach, Diablo, and Murciélago. But the Revuelto is a plug-in hybrid — Lamborghini’s first — and includes…

Mercedes-Benz is one of the oldest automakers in existence, but it’s been among the quickest to launch a lineup of electric cars. It may not have the freshness of a startup, but what it does have are actual cars to sell to customers. The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV is the middle child of Mercedes’ electric SUV lineup, slotting between the entry-level EQB and the flagship EQS SUV, and targeting electric luxury SUVs like the Audi E-Tron, BMW iX, and Cadillac Lyriq. Like the EQS, the EQE SUV is based on an existing…

While some automakers are just beginning to get into electric cars, Hyundai’s EVs have already taken several evolutionary steps. From the Ioniq Electric to the Kona Electric to the Ioniq 5, the South Korean brand’s EVs have steadily become more sophisticated in tech and design. And Hyundai isn’t stopping. The 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 is a follow-up to the Ioniq 5, wrapping the earlier model’s hardware in very different styling. With the Ioniq 5 and most other EVs from mainstream brands are marketed as crossover SUVs,…

GM and Dodge have both issued timelines to stop selling gas-powered muscle cars and replace them with electric variants that will wear the same badges.American carmakers will lean on technology to keep the horsepower wars going among their electric muscle cars, a tectonic shift from the big, rumbling motors of the past.Muscle cars - long dominated by models such as Ford Motor Co's Mustang, the Stellantis-owned Dodge Charger and General Motors Co's Chevrolet Camaro - have played a crucial role in American culture with…

Last Updated: January 27, 2023, 16:40 ISTOn May 18, 2020, the WAG 12 locomotive conducted its maiden journey from Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay station to Shivpur. Running at a capacity of 12,000 horsepower, the model name stands for broad gauge (W), Alternating Current (AC), Goods traffic (G) locomotive, 12,000 hp (12)Did you know that apart from China, Russia, Germany, France and Sweden, India is on the list of countries manufacturing the most powerful locomotives in the world? For the first time in the world, only India…