Electric Cars Reviews

Tesla has officially announced the highly anticipated and much awaited Tesla Model 3 AWD and Tesla Model 3 Performance variants. The performance version of the Tesla Model 3 will be available earlier with production starting around July 2018 with the standard AWD versions starting soon after. Tesla has also announced prices on the Model S AWD and the Performance versions. While the standard AWD starts at $ 54,000, the Performance version will start at a whopping $ 78,000! And both these prices are without the autopilot function. The Tesla Model 3 AWD will look pretty much like the standard car but the performance version will have some very noticeable changes to both the exterior and the interior.

The 'connected automobile' has truly come of age. While in the past, one had to resort to mechanical upgrades like better brake pads, cross drilled and slotted discs and of course, weight reduction, to improve braking performance, Tesla has done it with a few lines of computer code. A new on-air update for the Tesla Model 3 has improved braking in the electric automaker's entry level offering by upto 20 feet under hard braking. Tesla's software team has done this by changing the characteristics of the Anti-lock braking system or ABS on the Model 3 and it is applicable to all the cars that are currently delivered and plying on the road globally.

The new Volkswagen plants in China will focus on bringing more sport-utility and electric vehicles for local production.

The new Nidec-PSA emotors will manufacture high-performance traction motor for electrified vehicles.

According to the report, a dynamic framework to design, implement, run, monitor and evaluate each phase of production and adoption is required to boost the mass acceptance of electric vehicles in India

The Leaf electric vehicle managed to do what the Prius did back in the 1990s for Toyota. It showed the automaker's prospect of building a practical EV while keeping it affordable and easy-to-use. No wonder that the Nissan Leaf is a popular offering in its segment globally and the automaker has now sold over one lakh examples of the Leaf in its home country Japan. To commemorate the special occasion, Nissan has producee this one-off Leaf Convertible, bringing a dash of flamboyance to the electric car.

The electric racing contender will be competing in the Student Formula Competition in the UK next month, which is the world's largest Student motorsport event.

The Volvo FE Electric is designed for heavier city distribution and transport operations with gross weights of up to 27 tonnes.