In June 2022, the Chinese IT giant and China’s leading search engine Baidu introduced the first electric vehicle from the Jidu Auto sub-brand, the Robo-01. Geely provided its SEA electric modular platform. The Jidu Robo-01 is a high-tech electric SUV with an integrated autonomous driving system, a real AI-powere...
Jidu was created in April 2021 by the Chinese IT giant Baidu (55%) and China’s largest automotive holding Geely (45%) to develop and produce smart electric vehicles. The new company applies Baidu’s best practices in the field of artificial intelligence and network services, as well as the latest SEA modular platform...
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its Sustaineer concept van, which followed the previously introduced Vision Van and Vision Urbanetic. The Sustaineer concept van from Mercedes-Benz Vans Department is nothing more than the production e-Sprinter electric van that shows us what we can expect in the future. Sustaineer mean...
The Ford Edge Plus is a local car for the Chinese market, based on the popular Ford Edge within the 2020 restyling. The 2019 version, which is sold in Israel, has received a 3-row passenger compartment and modernized equipment, becoming another Chinese Ford Edge. For the sake of decency, the car was given the Plu...
The Ford Explorer, the former mid-size SUV, has turned into a full-size SUV, which is currently available in Israel. But in the very near future, the tireless ‘Explorer’ will become compact and electric! The new Ford Explorer EV is developed by the German division of Ford for Europe. Surprisingly, the electric SU...
Israel already has one representative of the Wey ‘coffee’ family: the Coffee 01, a premium SUV with a plug-in hybrid system with a capacity of 476 hp and an electric driving range of 149 km, priced from 269,900 shekels. In March 2023, the brand introduced another plug-in hybrid, the Wey Lanshan, the new flagshi...
We are looking forward to seeing the new flagship SUV from Lexus in Israel, the luxurious and large Lexus LX 600. Keep in mind, the ‘600’ index in the SUV’s name does not mean that it will have a 6-liter engine. In fact, the new generation body-on-frame SUV is equipped with a much more modest 3.4-liter engine...
The Volkswagen ID.4 GTX is a sports version of the Volkswagen ID.4 with all-wheel drive and two electric motors, produced from April 2021. At the premiere, held at the Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, the ID.4 GTX effortlessly climbed a ramp at an incline of 37.5%. This was done in order to underline the capabilitie...
On March 15, 2023, Volkswagen introduced the concept of the future mass-produced electric car. The idea is in the ID. 2all name itself, which means ‘ID. to all’. The Volkswagen ID. 2all is designed to show what the future ‘people’s’ electric car will be like, which is expected to appear no earlier than 2025. Perhap...
When a smartphone maker decides to build a car, the result is a ‘smart’ electric SUV. This is the first model by Aito to receive Huawei’s HarmonyOS Smart Cockpit. The “mobile living space” includes a “smart” driving system, network connectivity and cloud technology. Prices in China start at 39,000 dollars....
The price is a topical issue that worries everyone who wants to have a personal vehicle, especially in Israel, where prices for new cars are usually higher than the European average. Hyundai remains the traditional leader of the Israeli market, not least due to the fact that it offers relatively cheap models: in 2023...
The IM LS7 is an electric SUV from a new Chinese electric vehicle brand, IM, unveiled in late 2022. The name IM stands for Intelligence in Motion. The electric vehicle will be produced by the newly created company Zhiji Auto, founded in 2021 by SAIC (it owns the trademarks Roewe, MG and Maxus) with Internet gian...
Only the country of rickshaws and maharajas, where poverty and luxury are neighbors, could give birth to a simple and cheap car that won the hearts of millions of Indians. The Tata Tiago is a compact 5-door hatchback, one of the most popular models of Tata Motors. It is quite natural that it served as the basis fo...
