To his credit, Jenkins didn’t sidestep the question. He believes PIF had been shopping around, looking at EV startups for a while. Lucid set themselves apart, Jenkins told me, with the company’s previous work on high-performance batteries. “Our involvement in the Formula E racing series was a good proof-of-concept for our capability in energy storage with our battery technology. I’m happy to say that we very much align on this common understanding that electrification is necessa
Clearly, my descriptive adjectives were failing me as I reveled in the thrill of acceleration. I spent about ten minutes putting the Model 3 through its paces, Ryan fiddling with some settings and scoping out the interior as it might apply to his l
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Thanks to its advanced impact protection, the Tesla Model 3 got a stellar score of five stars in crash-test safety ratings. As it doesn’t have an engine at the front, the empty aluminum and steel at the front of the car draw the shock of a crash. Also, it received top marks in several other safety areas, such as its roof strength and driver-assistance sys
The Mazda MX-5 Miata has consistently been one of the best driving and most popular sports cars to ever hit production. It’s small, light weight, perfect 50/50 weight distribution and high level of feedback make it an absolute dream to drive. For those who want a bit more out of their Miata, the aftermarket industry follows their popularity. With anything from various suspension upgrades to turbo LS engine swaps , the sky is the limit for the little roadster. One company, however, has decided to do something different and turn the popular sports car into the perfect driver’s
As for the Saudis, Jenkins believes, “They’re very much hedging for the future, knowing that this is going to accelerate and the world will transition to sustainable and renewable energy and that electric mobility is an inevitable outcome, globally. T hey wanted to be part of that and it’s been a great common synergy for both of u
The Tesla Model 3 has an insanely long range. In only 15 minutes, you can recharge the battery to run for a total of 172 miles. Range has always been an issue in electric cars, but it seems like Elon Musk and his team have found a solution for this. Every minute of charge, the battery gains a range of 15 mi
Back in 2008, Top Gear aired an episode of presenter Jeremy Clarkson getting the opportunity to test the first Tesla Roadster . Clarkson started by demonstrating how quick it was compared to the Lotus Elise it was based off of, and proceeded to rip the entire car apart, thereby basically concluding that electric cars are dumb and will never catch on. Fast forward to now, and you have companies such as Ford making insane electric sports cars like the Mach-E 1400, and showcasing just how awesome electric car game DLC|Https://evinsightzone.Com/ cars can be. A little over a week ago, Ford and Vaughn Gittin Jr. took the Mach-E to Goodwood Festival of Speed to showcase its performance. And now, we’re getting a closer look at this amazing ride, including details surrounding American rapper T-Pain’s involvement with the car’s so
“What’s nice about electrification is that you’re able to expand the attributes beyond internal combustion. So you’re able to go much farther with performance than ever before. You’re able to give people more space without making the car much larger, give them more cargo capacity. Just the overall technical experience is next-level. Oh, and by the way, the car is zero-emissio
A Model 3 might not be the best fit for Ryan’s life but it definitely would not work for me. Nonetheless, I’m left tempted, teased, and a bit torn between my love of internal combustion and the silent joy of getting sideways in a roomy four-door that can autonomously drive itself to the ski slopes and b
With all this talk about EVs being the future, it’s easy to get caught up in what a lot of companies are really trying to do. Gittin Jr. mentions that he and Ford aren’t necessarily trying to replace internal combustion cars with this vehicle, but simply using it to educate people about there being other opti
Gittin Jr. gets to talking about what the vehicle is like to drive and how it compares to his Formula Drift Mustang. Gittin Jr. mentions that when he first felt the immense acceleration, he thought that something was actually wrong because it felt so unnatural to