Author: Marton Pettendy

After it almost became extinct, extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) technology is undergoing a resurgence, and not only in the shape of recent models from automakers including Ford, Mazda, Ram, Genesis, BYD, Deepal and Leapmotor.No less than two powertrain suppliers recently revealed recent EREV systems that could be retrofitted to existing battery-electric vehicles (EVs), effectively turning EVs into hybrids and eliminating one in every of the largest handbrakes on widespread EV adoption: range anxiety.Horse Powertrain, a three way partnership between Renault and Geely, used last month’s Shanghai motor show to disclose its Future Hybrid Concept, a compact hybrid powertrain designed for…

Registrations of interest at the moment are open for the hulking latest Foton Tunland V7 and V9 dual-cab 4×4 utes, which made their Australian debut in Melbourne on the weekend. Nonetheless, they’ll arrive later than previously advised, with their launch now due within the third quarter of this yr (July-September). Australian Foton distributer Inchcape, which also imports Subaru, Peugeot and Deepal vehicles Down Under, previously said each large electrified pickups would go on sale here in the primary half of this yr. No latest local details about either latest ute has been revealed, but Foton says those that register via…