1 – Togg should prepare to expand to other European countries
Turkish manufacturer Togg hopes to start accepting pre-orders from the end of 2024. The T10X electric car will be accepted in countries other than TürkiyeThe electric SUV will make its debut in the summer of 2023. Togg’s first target foreign market is Germany, where the launch is scheduled for the fall. It will then be expanded to other European countries. Several Turkish media outlets, citing the Turkish manufacturer, reported that Togg wants to open order books in other European countries by the end of the year. All that was known so far was that the T10X will be available in Germany from the fall.
2 – Hyundai Instar world premiere
Hyundai revealed in January Casper small combustion vehicle can also be used as an electric vehicle The company wants to launch it under the name Hyundai Instar. The model had its world premiere at the Busan International Mobility Show in South Korea. The manufacturer positions the model as an A-segment vehicle “with a robust SUV design and variable interior.” The Korean company emphasizes that the small car uses “electric technology from Hyundai’s larger electric vehicles.” Essentially, the Hyundai Instar will be offered with two drive options. The entry-level electric car offers a 42-kilowatt-hour battery and a motor with a power of 71 kW. If you want to go further and need more power, you can choose a 49-kilowatt-hour battery combined with an 85-kW motor. Hyundai specifies a range of up to 355 kilometers according to the WLTP for this version.
3 – VW Plan ID. Sounds when battery gets small
VW Commercial Vehicles plans to develop electric vehicles ID Minibus. Talk about a new entry-level variant.Thanks to a smaller and cheaper battery, this version will be cheaper than the current model. As Chief Marketing Officer Lars Kraus announced in an interview, the new version will have a smaller 62-kilowatt-hour battery. However, Kraus did not provide any information on the market launch date or the price of the new entry-level version. Kraus left no doubt about VW Commercial Vehicles’ ambition to fundamentally electrify: “We believe that electric drive for vans will be the most popular drive in Europe in three to four years,” Kraus said. VW Commercial Vehicles plans to be 55% electric in 2030.
4 – Autonomous Nyos starts in Darmstadt
In the Darmstadt and Offenbach districts, The KIRA project is the first autonomous electric vehicleIt will drive in normal road traffic with automation level “Level 4”. A total of six autonomous cars from the Chinese manufacturer Nio will start operating in the near future. In fact, Deutsche Bahn announced that it will carry out the first tests of an autonomous electric shuttle in May 2023. However, due to the bankruptcy of the rail subsidiary CleverShuttle, which was also involved, the test runs announced last year did not take place. But now it can finally start: a test permit from the Federal Motor Transport Office has been issued. The first autonomous cars are already driving on the roads in the Darmstadt and Offenbach districts.