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Motorsport

Mate Rimac Shows Behind-The-Scenes Photos Of Bugatti’s New V16 Engine

Bugatti introduced on Thursday morning plans to exchange its flagship quad-turbo W16 engine with a new V16 hybrid powertrain. The firm launched a brief sound clip alongside the announcement teasing what the engine will sound like, and now, because of Bugatti-Rimac CEO Mate Rimac, we’re in a position to take an extended at some behind-the-scenes improvement images of the facility plant.

The Croatian CEO shared a handful of images to Facebook on Thursday afternoon exhibiting improvement of the V16 engine, together with images of the block, the crankshaft, and the pistons.

 

Though the V16 is perhaps information to us, it has been within the works for at the very least 14 months, in line with Rimac. The CEO claims these images had been taken in November 2022, and that the corporate already had operating engines testing on dynos on the time.

“It was very hard to keep quiet about such an amazing development,” Rimac mentioned on Facebook. “And there are many more such surprises waiting with the rest of the car! I am incredibly proud on what the team has managed to pull off and not go crazy with me over the last years.”

 

Aside from the V16 hybrid powertrain, we do not know a lot about Bugatti’s subsequent hypercar. It would be the first fully new product launched by the model since Rimac’s and Porsche’s takeover of Bugatti in 2021, which noticed Rimac take a 55-percent stake, whereas Porsche claimed the remaining 45 %.

With improvement of the V16 thus far alongside, we would not have to attend for much longer to see what kind of automobile it’s going to name house. The inside combustion engine is way from useless. Color us excited.

Motorsport

Pagani Huayra R Evo Gets Pop-Out Roof Panels And A 900-HP V12

Pagani on Thursday revealed new supercar known as the Huayra R Evo, a brand new, much more ferocious model of the Huayra R observe automobile that launched in 2021. Pagani has made a number of enhancements to the mannequin whereas giving it pop-out roof panels that enhance the automobile’s aerodynamic downforce when eliminated.

The automobile packs an up to date model of the Huayra R’s naturally aspirated, 6.0-liter V12 engine known as the V12 R-Evo. It makes 900 horsepower and 567 pounds-feet (770 Newton-meters) of torque, a rise of fifty and 14 (20), respectively. The additional ponies comes from a brand new trumpet design for the consumption manifold, new camshafts, and a tweaked exhaust system.


Motorsport

At $48,795, The All-Electric Prologue Is Honda’s Most Expensive Car Ever

Honda on Thursday introduced pricing and an EPA-rated vary estimate for its all-electric Prologue SUV, confirming a beginning value of $48,795 (together with $1,395 vacation spot) and a most vary of 296 miles.

The Prologue might be out there in 5 trims, with single-motor front-wheel drive and dual-motor all-wheel drive fashions out there. If you wish to get essentially the most vary in your cash, you will should go for both the EX or the Touring fashions with front-wheel drive. Adding AWD to both trim will price you $3,000 additional, and take away 15 miles of vary, in line with the EPA. The top-of-the-line Prologue Elite begins at $59,295 and comes with all-wheel drive as normal. It’s rated at 273 miles of vary by the EPA, the least of any trim. Presumably, that is due to a selected wheel and tire package deal that saps vary. Honda declined to make clear when reached by Motor1 by way of e mail.

It’s price noting the Prologue is priced far beneath its closest sibling, the $56,715 Chevrolet Blazer EV. That automotive makes use of the identical battery pack however comes with its single motor on the rear, reasonably than the entrance. It’s additionally rated at 324 miles of vary, 30 miles greater than the Honda.

Here’s a full breakdown of the trims and pricing for the Prologue:

Trim Drive Configuration MSRP w/ Destination EPA Rating On A Full Charge EPA MPGe Ratings City/Hwy/Combined
EX Single Motor (2WD) $48,795 296 Miles 107/91/99
EX Dual Motor (AWD) $51,795 281 Miles 101/88/95
Touring Single Motor (2WD) $53,095 296 Miles 107/91/99
Touring Dual Motor (AWD) $56,095 281 Miles 101/88/95
Elite Dual Motor (AWD) $59,295 273 Miles 99/84/92

Prologues outfitted with the one front-mounted electrical motor are rated at 212 horsepower and 236 pound-feet of torque, whereas dual-motor AWD variations get 288 hp and 333 lb-ft of torque. No matter which trim you go for, the motors are powered by an 85-kWh lithium-ion Ulitum battery pack sourced from General Motors. There’s additionally multi-link suspension in any respect 4 corners.

Honda is guaranteeing no Prologue purchaser is wanting for charging choices, providing them a selection between three totally different charging profit packages upon supply. All three choices embrace totally different quantities of credit to EVgo and Electrify America stations, with consumers having the selection to incorporate various kinds of charging kits or a credit score in the direction of the set up of a house charger as wanted.

Here’s a full breakdown of the advantages out there:

Prologue Charging Packages Option A Option B Option C
Charging Equipment Home charging station (stage 2) Portable charging equipment (stage 1 and a pair of) –
Installation Credit $500 $250 –
EVgo Charging Credit $100 $300 $750
Electrify America Introductory Charging 60 kWh 60 kWh 60 kWh

Honda says deliveries of the Prologue will start in March. 

VolvoCars

Invitation to Volvo Cars’ presentation of the fourth quarter and year-end report 2023

Volvo Cars will publish its fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 monetary outcomes on Thursday, 1 February 2024 at 06:00 UK time (07:00 CET). 

At 07:00 UK time (08:00 CET), President and CEO Jim Rowan, CFO Johan Ekdahl and Deputy CEO and Chief Commercial Officer Björn Annwall will host a livestream for media, buyers and analysts. The displays will likely be held in English and adopted by a Q&A session.

We look ahead to your participation. See under detailed info: 

07:00 UK time (08:00 CET)          Presentation for media, buyers and analysts 
 
Link: https://live.volvocars.com 
If you tune in from China, please use this hyperlink: https://live.volvocars.com.cn

It will likely be potential to ask questions throughout the Q&A session following the primary presentation. To take part, you’ll be able to both use the chat perform on-line to sort your query or you’ll be able to name in. To name in, members have to register and can then obtain the dial-in particulars and particular person PIN.

Link to register

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Volvo Cars in 2022 
For the complete 12 months 2022, Volvo Car Group recorded an working revenue of SEK 22.3 billion. Revenue in 2022 amounted to SEK 330.1 billion, whereas world gross sales reached 615,121 automobiles.  

About Volvo Car Group 
Volvo Cars was based in 1927. Today, it is without doubt one of the most well-known and revered automotive manufacturers on the earth with gross sales to clients in additional than 100 international locations. Volvo Cars is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm alternate, the place it’s traded underneath the ticker “VOLCAR B”. 

“For life. To give people the freedom to move in a personal, sustainable and safe way.” This goal is mirrored in Volvo Cars’ ambition to grow to be a totally electrical automotive maker by 2030 and in its dedication to an ongoing discount of its carbon footprint, with the ambition to be a climate-neutral firm by 2040. 

As of December 2022, Volvo Cars employed roughly 43,200 full-time workers. Volvo Cars’ head workplace, product improvement, advertising and administration capabilities are primarily positioned in Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo Cars’ manufacturing crops are positioned in Gothenburg, Ghent (Belgium), South Carolina (US), Chengdu, Daqing and Taizhou (China). The firm additionally has R&D and design centres in Gothenburg, Camarillo (US) and Shanghai (China). 

Motorsport

EV Jeep Wagoneer Hits 60 In Just 3.5 Seconds, Has 600 HP

Jeep introduced Thursday it plans to launch its first US-bound electrical car, the Wagoneer S, within the fall of 2024. To associate with the announcement, the model launched a brief teaser video, a single picture of the automotive, and a few spectacular stats: 600 horsepower and a 0-60 time of “around” 3.5 seconds.

The Wagoneer S is solely a battery-electric car, says Jeep. It’ll include Jeep’s 4xe-branded all-wheel drive as customary, together with the corporate’s all-terrain administration system.

There’s no phrase on battery dimension, trims, motor tech, or pricing for the Wagoneer S proper now. We suspect Jeep will trickle out extra particulars as the autumn 2024 on-sale date approaches. The SUV will go on sale within the US first earlier than hitting “key markets around the world” in a while.

Jeep says the design of the Wagoneer S has been “driven by aerodynamic efficiency.” The lone teaser picture reveals a head-on shot of a extra streamlined, much less blocky construction than we might usually see on a Jeep. The two blade-like aspect inlets on both aspect of the decrease bumper remind us of the gadgets discovered on one other upcoming, US-built electrical SUV, the Lucid Gravity. The firm’s signature seven-slot grille is LED-lit, whereas the rear finish will doubtless function a stable LED mild bar, if the transient glimpses proven within the teaser video are something to go on. In truth, the automotive appears to look close to similar to the idea Jeep confirmed again in 2022:


Motorsport

Ford Sold 31 GTs In 2023

Ford launched its gross sales numbers for 2023 on Thursday, confirming it bought a grand whole of 31 GT supercars final 12 months. An organization spokesperson confirmed to Motor1 the GT ended manufacturing in March of final 12 months, as deliberate.

The small variety of GTs in-built 2023 correlates to the replace from Ford in August 2023 saying it had extended production of the twin-turbo V6-powered supercar from 2022 to finish the final batch of automobiles. 

Ford initially deliberate to construct simply 1,000 GTs by way of 4 years of manufacturing in collaboration with racing agency Multimatic. The firm added another 350 units to the production run to satiate demand in 2018, with plans to finish manufacturing in 2022.

It’s not clear why Ford prolonged manufacturing into the primary few months of 2023, although we guess provide chain constraints with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic had one thing to do with it. A spokesperson declined to share any images or particulars on the ultimate manufacturing GT when reached by Motor1, but when the Shmee150 YouTube channel is to be believed, the final GT is chassis N260-J211, painted in Antimatter Blue and paired with graphite wheels and purple brake calipers, delivered to a non-public collector in Detroit, Michigan in May.

Ford despatched off GT manufacturing with the LM Edition, revealed in October 2022. All LM Edition GTs had been painted in Liquid Silver, with both purple or blue accents. All 20 examples additionally included a bit of the Ford GT race automotive that completed third at school on the 24 Hours of LeMans in 2016.


Motorsport

Honda’s 2.6 Million-Vehicle Fuel Pump Recall Is The Year’s Largest

A gasoline pump recall issued on Thursday impacts roughly 2.6 million Acura and Honda fashions from the 2017 via 2020 mannequin years within the United States.

Honda has found the gasoline pump impeller in a big handful of its automobiles will not be molded accurately. This could cause the piece to deform and intervene with the gasoline pump physique, which might trigger the piece to cease working. The engine would then be starved of gasoline and cease working. Honda has no studies of crashes or accidents from this drawback. The repair entails changing all the pump. 

Because of the scale of the recall, Honda says it would not have sufficient alternative gasoline pumps to repair all the affected automobiles directly. So the corporate is notifying homeowners in phases. The first letters to homeowners exit in early February, and extra bulletins come out because the automaker has new components out there.

A Honda spokesperson informed Motor1 that changing the gasoline pump takes two to a few hours, however the time varies relying on the car. “It’s too early in the process for [Honda] to provide an accurate time frame when sufficient parts will be available for all affected models, but we’re working to improve supply as quickly as possible,” the spokesperson mentioned.

Owners who do not wish to watch for the mailed notification can see if this recall impacts their car by checking the car identification quantity (VIN) at Acura, Honda, or by calling (888) 234-2138. You may go to the NHTSA’s website and search by mannequin or VIN. A full checklist of automobiles affected may be seen under.

This is the largest single recall by an automaker in 2023. It surpasses Tesla’s current marketing campaign, affecting simply over 2 million automobiles to update the Autopilot software so as to add extra controls and alerts in an effort to make the system safer.

These automobiles are affected:

Motorsport

What People Who Actually Drove The Cybertruck Are Saying

Tesla Cybertruck deliveries began with a big event on Thursday. The company only delivered a few pickups, so they won’t be seen everywhere just yet. Due to the lack of a press department at Tesla, only a few publications have had the chance to test drive the Cybertruck. However, those who did seemed to be impressed. Let’s see what they think of the Cybertruck.

“It’s exterior is actually the least outrageous part of Tesla’s new creation.”

Jason Cammisa’s in-depth review delves into the features of the Cybertruck. He explains that the truck is more than just a lifted Model S with a metal body. The review covers the battery technology, steer-by-wire system, and the update to a full 48-volt architecture. Cammisa also highlights its impressive speed, agility, and safety features. He is particularly impressed with how it drives and handles, despite the unconventional steer-by-wire system. Additionally, the steel construction makes it extremely rigid and safe in the event of a crash.

“The Cybertruck is a rolling sci-fi film prop from the dark recesses of Elon’s brain that makes little sense but takes edgy and wedgie to a whole new level.”

Top Gear features an interview with Tesla’s Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen and Vice President of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy. They discuss the Cybertruck’s development process, including its inspiration from the Spy Who Loved Me submarine Lotus Esprits. While the truck can stop subsonic bullets, Moravy refrains from claiming it’s fully bulletproof. The review emphasizes the truck’s stiffness and impressive acceleration for its weight.

“There are some surprising things about it; some features that are really cool; things I think truck people are really going to like, but also some concerns I have, some surprises.”

Marques Brownlee, who drove a pre-production Tesla Cybertruck before its debut, highlights some concerns with the vehicle, such as large or uneven panel gaps and the practicality of handle-less doors in icy conditions. Despite the concerns, he acknowledges the truck’s cool features that truck enthusiasts are likely to appreciate.

Motorsport

2025 Lucid Gravity Promises Up to 440 Miles of Range, Sub-$80K Starting Price

After years of teasers, Lucid on Thursday finally revealed its first SUV, the Gravity. The all-electric utility vehicle promises a maximum range of over 440 miles and a starting price under $80,000, with production expected to begin in late 2024.

Lucid says the Gravity is a luxury electric SUV without compromise. Inside you’ll find seating for up to seven people or, with the second and third rows folded, more than 112.0 cubic feet of storage space available. The Gravity can handle over 1,500 pounds of payload, and tow up to 6,000 pounds. Without a trailer attached, Lucid claims the Gravity can sprint to 60 mph in just 3.5 seconds. 

That sports-car-like acceleration is thanks to a new platform developed from the ground up based on the company’s 900-volt electrical architecture. Lucid describes the battery pack as smaller, lighter, and more sustainable, capable of adding up to 200 miles of range in roughly 15 minutes. It’s connected to in-house designed electric motors the company claims are the most power-dense currently in production.

The Gravity can impress off-road, too, with an optional air suspension system Lucid calls Zero Gravity. It can automatically raise and lower itself based on various terrain needs, according to the company. For those who would rather adjust ride height manually, the system offers the ability to do so.


VolvoCars

Invitation to Volvo Cars’ presentation of the third quarter 2023

Volvo Cars will release its financial results for the third quarter of 2023 on Thursday, October 26 at 06:00 UK time (07:00 CET).

At 08:30 UK time (09:30 CET), President and CEO Jim Rowan and CFO Johan Ekdahl will host a live stream for media, investors, and analysts. The presentations will be conducted in English and will be followed by a Q&A session.

We look forward to your participation. See below for detailed information:

08:30 UK time (09:30 CET) – Presentation for media, investors, and analysts

Link: https://live.volvocars.com

If you are tuning in from China, please use this link: https://live.volvocars.com.cn

It will be possible to ask questions during the Q&A session following the main presentation. To participate, you can either use the chat function online to type your question or call in. If you choose to call in, please register to receive the dial-in details and individual PIN.

Link to register

For further information, please contact:

Volvo Cars Media Relations

+46 31-59 65 25

media@volvocars.com

Volvo Cars Investor Relations

John Hernander

+46 31-793 94 00

investors@volvocars.com