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Winter autonomy to better inform buyers of electric vehicles

Fuel vehicles have two. Why not electric vehicles? While you can easily know the average consumption of a petrol vehicle in the city and on the highway, it would be useful for future buyers to know the average autonomy of electric vehicles in summer and winter in advance. At the moment, manufacturers announce a single potential autonomy for each of their electric vehicles. And like fuel consumption, this autonomy is determined in almost ideal conditions. On the road, motorists mostly…
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Road test | Lucid Air: Much more than a response to Tesla

How to compete with Tesla? This question guides many strategic plans of manufacturers in the energy transition phase. The young American manufacturer Lucid, who is led by the former chief engineer of the Tesla Model S, is betting on the technical prowess of his large Air sedan to fuel rivalry and ensuring his progressive breakthrough in Canada. We have noticed how this ambitious Californian manages to swap her sandals against boots with large crampons. Sound design Photo provided by Lucid…
Electric Cars

Mini Countryman SE ALL4 | When the style takes precedence over efficiency

Do not tell us stories. The buyer of an electric vehicle cares little that it drives like a kart. Rather, it provides autonomy, energy efficiency and recharge speed. Not only does Countryman are not ticking all these boxes, but it is also expensive. The third generation countryman was the subject of a test bench in our pages last fall. It was then the version with an internal combustion engine. Here is the other countryman, who “carbide” only with electricity. This…
Lightning test | Does the Volvo Ex40 still have its place?

Volvo has recently offered the ex30, an electric subcompact SUV whose mission is to arouse the attention of more conscientious buyers financially. In parallel, the Swedish brand continues to offer its ex40 – previously called XC40 recharging – such an electric, but barely more imposing product. Can these two creations live well within the manufacturer's range? If the envelope remains small – at least according to contemporary criteria – the cabin maximizes the available volume rather well. The good clearance…
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BMW tests the physical limits of its future electric models

The German manufacturer has recently lifted a corner of the veil covering its next generation of electric vehicles called Neue Klasse. Employing a mule in camouflage, engineers are testing new on -board systems intended to instill driving pleasure in these new creations. Without presenting it in this way, the BMW Vision Driving Experience can give us a visual taste of the next 3 series, both in petrol and electrical livery. But in this case, it is the electric shutter that…
Electric Cars

Hydrogen enters the round

For several years now, car manufacturers have seen their future in the development of electric cars. But now hydrogen enters the round of fuels expected for a greener future, especially since this gas has many advantages. This is at least what the car manufacturer Toyota considers who, for many years already, has studied the way in which hydrogen could serve as fuel for internal combustion engines of its vehicle park. We think about it enough to seriously explore this option,…
Electric Cars

In winter, the heat pump changes everything (or almost)

The winter cold is the sworn enemy of the electric car. But equipped with a heat pump, the battery car runs longer in freezing temperatures. Basically, electric cars lose a fifth of their autonomy when mercury drops to zero, according to Recurrent, a company that collects battery performance data. Taking a place in an icy car is not pleasant, but it is by heating the passenger compartment that the battery is plus the most. However, according to Recurrent, the installation…
Volvo | The ex30 goes on an adventure

Volvo recently lifted the veil on a brand new Cross Country version of its smallest multiserment, the ex30. This makes it the very first electric model of the manufacturer to receive this treatment with off -road penchant. We are stingy with details for the moment with regard to the technical changes made. However, we know that it will be provided with a configuration at two engines, the same that is found in the serial livery of the ex30, producing 422…
Electric Cars

Kia Carnival HEV test bench | Look at her less, look at her better

The van segment is devastated, but the carnival resists. Like the Pacifica, Odyssey or Sienna, the Kia tries to survive in a market where consumers have eyes only for SUVs. Too bad, the carnival has better to offer them, in several respects. It is by multiplying the visual codes associated with utilities that the Kia carnival sought to seduce. And Kia endeavored to highlight them with barely contained exuberance: vertical grille, long hood, flat roof and headlights with complex contours.…
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Volkswagen | Golf GTI and R 2025 arrive in the spring

Volkswagen has announced that its golf gti and golf r compacts will finally land in Canada in the spring. This mid-term update from the illustrious German duo is so important that many already call it 8.5, in reference to the eighth generation of the model. The regulars will notice the slight reshaping which the only two delivereds offered in North America of the Compact on a tailgate. The logo will now be backlit and a bunch of diodes is integrated…