The Israeli automotive market has been showing strong growth since the beginning of 2023, due to an increase in deliveries of cars. According to a report by the Automobile Importers Association published on March 2, 29,132 new vehicles were delivered to Israel in February 2023, up 15.2% as compared to February 2022...
On November 25, 2022, the jury of the international ‘Car of the Year 2023’ competition in Europe published a list of 7 finalists, five of which are fully electric, have an electrified version or are equipped with a hybrid system: Jeep Avenger, Nissan Ariya, Kia Niro, Volkswagen ID. Buzz, and Toyota bZ4X. And only tw...
The cost of Toyota models in Israel will increase: the website of Union Motors, the exclusive supplier of Toyota in Israel, has published an updated price list for 2023. Let’s make it clear from the very beginning that the increase is insignificant. For example, the popular Toyota Corolla sedan will increase in pric...
Everyone knows what an electric vehicle (EV) or electric vehicle (EV) is? Just in case, remember that this is a vehicle that is propelled by an electric motor powered by rechargeable batteries or other electrical energy (electricity) storage devices. This is a classic definition of electric vehicles, which hav...
2021 was a banner year in terms of sales, with more than 286,701 cars sold, surpassing the record set in 2016. In 2021, 290.9 thousand new cars were officially sold. More than a third of them are hybrids (including plug-in ones), the share of electric vehicles was 10.5 thousand, which is 7.5 times more than in 2020...
Knowledge of the past and its analysis help to look confidently into the future. Even though the Israeli automotive market ended 2022 with a 7.8% drop in new car shipments, the share of electric vehicles in total sales exceeded 10% for the first time. We hope that this positive trend will continue in 2023. Rememberin...
A samurai has no goal, only path. This path for Akio Toyoda was his work for Toyota Motor. Since 2009, the grandson of the founder of the auto giant served as president of the world’s main automotive company and directly managed a huge industry. However, from April 1, 2023, Mr. Toyoda retires, becoming a chairma...
The letters GH stand for Grand Highlander. This is Toyota’s new full-size SUV that debuted at the Chicago Auto Show in early February 2023. The Toyota Grand Highlander is a large SUV with a completely original body that shares the GA-K platform with the regular Toyota Highlander. In terms of size, the newcomer is eve...
The winner of the 2022 European Car of the Year competition has been named. As we predicted (although it was an easy guess), the first place was taken by an electric vehicle. For the first time in history, an electric Jeep won. 57 jury members from 22 European countries almost unanimously awarded the victory to th...
In October 2021, the American Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) changed the methodology for carrying out side crash tests: the mass of a movable barrier simulating a collision increased to 1.9 tons, and it now moves at a higher speed of 60 km/h instead of the previous 50 km/h. This is closer to th...
