electric car

Changan is the newest car brand in PH

Last Wednesday, in the midst of a Signal 3 Typhoon named “Ulysses” and amid the most challenging time for the local auto industry and the economy as a whole, Changan Motor Philippines, Inc. (CMPI), the country’s official…

Chery Philippines charges into the EV market with the Arrizo 5e 

Last Friday, Chery Philippines held a virtual launch of the Chery Arrizo 5e Electric Vehicle. This is the EV version of its conventional Arrizo 5 compact sedan. The conventional internal combustion engine powered Arrizo 5 was introduced as a concept car…

Nissan Ariya goes from concept to road-going car

Last November, Nissan unveiled the Ariya Concept Car at the 46th Tokyo Motor Show together with the IMK EV Concept Car and its Leaf RC race car. It was all about full electrification and in a short…

Porsche Taycan is now in the Philippines

The much talked about Porsche Taycan, the brand’s first fully-electric, four-door sports car Porsche Taycan is now in the Philippines.  Launched at the 2019 Frankfurt Show, it started life as the Mission E Concept Vehicle in 2015.…

Sony reveals Vision-S electric car at CES

Sony has revealed a concept car at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The car is meant to showcase the company’s capabilities in electronics, particularly the sensors that make up much of the active safety…

GAC unveils 1000-km range electric car concept

Chinese carmaker Guangzhou Automobile Group Motor Co Ltd (GAC) unveiled today the ENO 146 concept car, their latest EV study. The swoopy EV was revealed at the 2019 Guangzhou Auto Show. The ENO 146 boasts of active…

Toyota launches 305ps RAV4 Prime

Toyota has launched the most powerful and quickest RAV4, the RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid. RAV4 Prime features a 305ps powertrain, giving it a 0-100kph time of just over 5.8 seconds. Fuel efficiency is impressive, too, at a…

BMW introduces i4 electric sedan

With the first purely electrically powered model for the premium mid-range, BMW is transferring the brand’s characteristic core features to the age of locally emissions-free mobility – Fifth-generation BMW eDrive to be introduced for the first time…

Tesla Shares up 13% After Update on Profits

Tesla shares raced higher in after-hours trading Wednesday following the company’s announcement that its factory in China had started production and quarterly financial results that beat expectations. Shares in Tesla climbed more than 20 percent after the…

Nissan reveals torquey 300hp+ Leaf prototype at Tokyo Motor Show week

Aside from unveiling the Aria and IMk electric vehicle (EV) concept cars, Nissan invited some regional media to test a variety of its EV cars at the proving grounds of Grandrive, Nissan’s proprietary test track located just…