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Volkswagen Tiguan will become an electric car in 2026. And it won’t have anything to do with the petrol Tiguan.
So far, Volkswagen has not been bold enough to replace all current iconic models like the Golf, Passat, Tiguan, Touareg with electric vehicles, but in the long term this is inevitable – from 2035, cars with harmful emissions (that is, with internal combustion engines) will be banned in Europe. In the meantime, Volkswagen will have clones. For example, along with the regular Golf, there is a purely electric one, and in 2026 there will also be an all-electric Tiguan.
The new model will be called ID. Tiguan. It will be built on the MEB-Plus platform: with similar external dimensions to the regular Tiguan, the electric car will be more spacious inside. And this is not surprising: electric motors are more compact than a conventional internal combustion engine, and the elements of the traction battery are placed in the base – under the floor, so there is more space in the cabin.
Technical details are not reported, but the electric Tiguan will probably be similar to the ID.4 and ID.5 crossovers (but probably already a new generation or after restyling – after all, there are still three whole years before the ID. Tiguan is released).
Well, the traditional Tiguan with an internal combustion engine is also not going anywhere: the company is preparing to release a crossover on an updated version of the MQB platform, it will be released this year.
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BYD cuts prices on 100 models to beat Toyota and Volkswagen
BYD is going to beat Toyota and Volkswagen by offering modern cars at very low prices. According to Bloomberg, the Chinese automaker has reduced prices on more than 100 of its electric and hybrid models.
For example, BYD’s new generation-changing Seagull hatchback now costs less than $10,000, while the manufacturer’s best-selling electric sedan, the Qin Plus, costs less than $11,000.
BYD announced the beginning of an era called “electricity is cheaper than oil”, when hybrid and pure electric models become as affordable as traditional models with internal combustion engines, or even cheaper.
In total, BYD has already relaunched more than 70 models with lower prices. According to Bloomberg, only the newest Yangwang supercar worth 233 thousand dollars has not fallen in price so far.
By lowering prices, BYD wants to convince drivers to ditch gasoline cars and switch to electric vehicles and hybrids. This aggressive pricing policy poses a real threat to Toyota, Volkswagen, Nissan and other manufacturers.
Previously, BYD Auto officially announced the production of its 7 millionth new energy vehicle, which turned out to be the Denza N7.
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This is Moskvich 5. The finished cars were photographed live
The Moskvich 5 crossovers (renamed Sehol X6/JAC JS5) appeared at the finished product site of the Moskvich automobile plant in Tekstilshchiki, as reported by the insider telegram channel Autopotok.
Back in mid-March, information appeared that the first cars had appeared at the Moskvich finished product site. Then the information was not confirmed by anything. Now there is photographic confirmation.
Earlier, the Moskvich press service reported that the assembly of the Moskvich 5 crossovers should begin in 2024; such cars are not yet on sale.
Car dimensions: 4505 x 1850 x 1698 mm, wheelbase size is 2665 mm. It is known that the car is equipped with a 1.5-liter turbo engine with a power of 149 and 184 hp, transmissions are a CVT or a 6-speed robot with two clutches. The drive is front-wheel drive.
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Both the new generation BMW M5 sedan and station wagon will be able to travel up to 70 km without using an internal combustion engine.
BMW CEO Oliver Zipse said that the BMW M5 sedan and station wagon in the new generation will become hybrids and will be able to drive without using an internal combustion engine.
More precisely, the new generation BMW M5 cars will be able to travel on electric power for up to 70 kilometers on the WLTP cycle. Residents of small towns will be able to avoid using fuel at all during their daily trips.
The cars will receive a battery with a useful capacity of 18.6 kWh, and the weight of the sedan will increase to 2443 kilograms, which will make it almost as heavy as the current BMW X5 M crossover.
The sedan will go into production in July, and the station wagon will be put on the assembly line in November.
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