Refreshed X3, X4 arrive
BMW’s facelifted X3 and X4 have landed. Each vehicles sport minor beauty tweaks, an up to date infotainment system and a 48-volt delicate hybrid system.
A brand new X3 xDrive30e plug-in hybrid – with an electrical vary of as much as 50km – joins the vary too. Costs begin from $279,888 for the X3 and $309,888 for the X4.
Mazda makes first hybrid with Toyota
Mazda will launch its first full hybrid in 2022. The Mazda 2 Hybrid is a collaboration with Toyota and relies on the Yaris.
The automobile is powered by a 1,490cc 93hp three-cylinder petrol engine paired with a 59kW electrical motor for a complete system energy of 116hp. It accelerates from 0-100kmh in 9.7 seconds and has a claimed effectivity of three.3 litres/100km.
Like Toyota hybrids, the Mazda2 Hybrid runs in electrical mode when transferring off. There isn’t a phrase on whether or not the automobile can be obtainable in Singapore.
Over-the-air increase for Polestar 2
Polestar has launched a software program improve for the Polestar 2 Lengthy Vary Twin Motor in chosen European markets. The improve provides 50kW and 20Nm to the already high-output powertrain for a complete of 350kW and 680Nm – improving0-100kmh timing to 4.4 seconds.
The extra energy and torque are additionally obtainable as a lift between 70kmh and 130kmh, leading to much more fast acceleration within the mid-range. Accelerating from 80kmh to 120kmh takes simply 2.2 seconds – half a second faster than in the usual automobile.
Astra wagon to have 222hp as plug-in hybrid
Opel’s new Astra Tourer can be obtainable with a plug-in hybrid powertrain from launch. The compact station wagon provides as much as 1,634 litres of stowage when its seats are collapsed.
It options the model’s new Vizor face, extremely digital cockpit and authorized ergonomic seats. The eight-speed computerized plug-in hybrid variant packs 222hp.
Petrol and diesel variants are additionally obtainable, with outputs between 108hp and 128hp. The Astra wagon and the Astra hatch might arrive in Singapore by the top of 2022.
Tesla video video games on the transfer function probed
The US Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration is trying into a brand new function in Tesla vehicles which permits drivers to play video video games on a big touchscreen whereas the automobiles are transferring, in response to The New York Instances.
The online game function was included in a software program replace that Tesla launched over the summer season. Specialists have been involved that the video games might pose a security threat by distracting drivers. Information of the protection company’s inquiry was first reported by Bloomberg.
Tesla has provided video video games on its touchscreens – which dominate the dashboards of its vehicles and are used to manage many facets of the automobiles – for a number of years. However the authentic set of video games may very well be performed solely whereas the automobile was in park mode.
An over-the-air replace this summer season added solitaire and two different video games that may be performed by a driver or a passenger in full view of the motive force, elevating questions on security and the potential for distracting drivers.
