Author: Max Davies

Cost-of-living pressures are seeing some automobile owners delaying servicing for his or her vehicles and even attempting to do the work themselves. That’s in accordance with a study commissioned by servicing provider mycar, which found 60 per cent of car owners were changing their maintenance habits amid economic pressures and 77 per cent were performing some type of automobile maintenance themselves. The inaugural mycar Mobility Index was prepared to point out how Australian drivers are managing their vehicle’s maintenance requirements, while also examining the uptake of electrical vehicles (EV) and the role of technology in cars. Of the 2004 vehicle…

Delays with Volkswagen’s upcoming Scalable Systems Platform (SSP) and its electrical architecture will mean the next-generation Golf will reportedly launch later than expected. In response to German publication Manager Magazin, the market launch of the upcoming all-electric ID. Golf – as it could be called – has been postponed by 15 months to 2029. A big electric SUV on the SSP platform called the T-Sport has reportedly been delayed even further, to 2031 – three years later than originally planned. While the delay reportedly applies mostly to Volkswagen models, it might also affect some Audi vehicles. That might mean all…