What is humankind learned from the great war. Because it learned anything about. Nine hundred eighteen not forgotten d w c november focus. Oh and welcome to drive with the need to be a motor magazine coming up smart e. Q. This nancy electric convertible. The new leader you touring quantity and quality. Plus the World Premiere of the out each are im. Here in San Francisco its been fifty one years since the hippies descended on san
francisco with their flowers and beats whats hip today is driving and liking car around town and our car man montas has found plenty in charging points and dean in mn dot. Com i intend to not say its a global trend that of course german car makers are aware of what is germans like to be thorough they tend to wait a bit before going public. Biz man on the. Opened in one Nine Hundred Fourteen to San FranciscoCivic Auditorium has hosted boxing matches Basketball Games Opera Performances and concerts by everyone from elmos to lady gaga and more recently showcases for automotive Visions Of The Future Alike Creek has gone out is the motto of this event presenting everything connected to allergies first all electric shiri. And then. A car with an Electric Motor would be pretty silly because youd have to
push the Audi Tron All Electric to be unveiled later has to emodus with different looks and different sizes and why. They wanted to reproduce or quatro system so firstly that means two Electric Motors we also wanted a modular design which the designers achieved by maximizing the synergies and identical pirates so that we could use a lot of parts for both the front foot and rear power trains that fought on the front motor has an output of One Hundred Twenty Five kilowatts the rear unit One Hundred Forty Five and one special is that power is always available the motor will not end up reducing its output when it overheats them up to install the Water Cooling System that makes it possible to control the temperature of the of the Thermal Management and that guarantees that a collar is continuously available to go through. The new drive Technology Opens up all new possibilities for the design to. You can see how all electric
cars have different proportions are looking toward the future will be giving cars a far more targeted market positions two examples are not zero for long journeys the audi icon and this one is for pure driving enjoyment and both can only be designed this way because there are all electric cars and. In a further engineering advanced the icon combines all Electric Power with antonymous driving for now lets look at the newly trying one Electric Motor is not enough nor are just batteries. That all those components have to be fitted together of Course Amount is points out there are various options first you take an existing car remove the Combustion Engine and fuel tank and install the record motor and batteries in their place plus the Necessary Electronics shouts. Out second option you start from scratch so the. Everything is configured to the requirements of an electric car in terms of the actuals and body gate on fosco also the gate service the audi option at the front and back you have a card so the modular longitudinal system which are already available in house that includes a very good axle suspension then you create a new middle section and insert the batteries and then add the emo theirs at the front and rear. Out he came up with Something Special for the evenings presentation of the eater on a white show with hundreds of drones so what about all that new design freedom. And means to be instantly recognizable as an entity but i closer look reveals just how much it differs from a q seven or q five starting with the most important element is a single frame which no longer has an air inlets we end word of the color scheme so now its light and not dark we also wanted the car to have attractive contours as
this is the first all Electric Audi we have to take customers along on the journey one that other cars will be joining us short intervals stops and. The million rising people with a Design Transition Car by car. Each run is packaged in the body of a class that in germany at least does not have the best environmental reputation its an s. U. V. Position somewhere between the q five and q seven. And germany were more skeptical of such cars with the global reach and with the really big demand for Immobility Use the us for this car is ideal also in terms of its size and pasties as faults a golfing theyre going to use again although. What also catches the go wing mirrors or rather cameras which sort of. When hans spoke of aerodynamics and
visibility. This is now sitting in the new audi eater and would love to stay put its all nicely put together including the cameras replacing the mirrors he will have to test them out on the road but will have to wait advance and syrup pm launches do in late twenty teen in germany it will cost just under Eighty Thousand euros although cheaper versions with different Motor Options will be added later will have less power but might have a slightly greater range and this additional about off if eli stone that im busy. Does about. Now on its Second Generation the x c sixty is volvos most important model the first generation of the compact luxury crossover s. U. V. Dominated the brand sales for nearly a decade with close to a Million Units built the n. C. Sixty Second Generation now has a new design and an expanded line of engines and equipment and t. Shaped Daytime Running Lights and the vertical grill present the new brand face of oval and the simulator ready of its big sister the x c ninety is striking. The Mat Chrome Wing Mirrors are part of the are designed trimline and profile of a smaller model is identified by its rising window line coherent proportions and timeless refreshed contours. Twenty zero pipes at the rear underline the s. U. V. Sporty character. Cheerier is typically well well know for. And neatly arranged. The instruments are digital cutting down on the buttons and switches with a large touchscreen incorporating most of the controls. Are just irani cant complain about the wall x c sixty suspension noting that its optimally adjusted for the corners proportions that drivers who prefer a sportier feel can set the drive mode to dynamic that ties on the suspension but not so stiff that the rides im comfortable its still smoothness over any rough patches by vic. Hes testing the n. C. Sixty four with a One Hundred Forty kilowatt Diesel Engine and it made speed Automatic Transmissionand makes the dash from zero to one hundred kilometers an hour in eight point four seconds global rates Fuel Consumption at five point one leaders per one hundred kilometers in germany the volvo x c sixty four with the are designed trim lists for just under Fifty Thousand euro. Its good to mention ronny knows there are people out there who swear by the volvo actually sixtys All Wheel Drive and regularly take it off the paved roads which is fine that there are others who wonder why they need All Wheel Drive when they do all their driving in town all those answer is to offer Front Wheel Drive as an option for the axiom sixty. Six is a statesman. The driver says have also been updated and expanded the volvo city Safety System includes Collision Avoidance and full auto braking these are triggered. The x c sixty takes another vehicle coming towards it in the
same lane the Automatic Braking will at least reduce the impact someone. Has a fit if ronnie describes the x. Hundred sixty is a well rounded package and right in the middle between an entry level as u. V. Like the x e forty and the big x e ninety so if the x. Hundred forty strunk is too small and the Front Wheel Drive not enough but the x. The ninetys too pricey the x. E. Sixtys might well be just right for you. Following the huge success of the i thirty n. Hyundai is now introducing an end version of the Fast Back Edition Like Weiss and two levels of output their standard version generates One Hundred Eighty Four kilowatts the performance edition two hundred to mei Thirty Fastback and hits the market in january twenty ninth. Some dreams
do come true the Nine Eleven Speedster Concept presented by porsche in the heritage version is going into production in twenty nineteen it was developed by the porsche Motor Sports Center in visonic near stuttgart in close collaboration with the porsche style and porsche exclusive monophonic tour. Were going to be testing the all Electric Drive smart bravos e. Q. But first lets have a look at the economics of Electric Power and its advent. Its a question of well says car review on hold and you have to be rich in the year after eight hundred Seventy Eight to afford Thomas Edisons light bulbs instead of a dim gas lamp. You have to be somewhat rich nowadays to drive an electric car in
this case at least Eleven Thousand years richer to drive a smart e. Q. Instead of its internal Combustion Engine version so is it worth the money as the value on some its a bundle is more to us when distancing thats what we think. Our test car is this bright red e. Q. With a bravo style package which in germany concert another Four Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Euros this little city car has its own lecturing drive accessories in the trunk. The interior matches the exteriors with the same bright red another eye catcher is the multifunction leather sport Steering Wheel the shift knob and hand brake lever are also trimmed in leather as Special Indicator tracks power usage and Battery Charge status was smart you can have a convertible and Electric Drive everybody style two or four door convertible or hatchback is available as an addition to the side bars can even be removed and
stowed in a specially provided compartment inside the tailgate. Owns us this kind of music is that an electric car shouldnt have to cost more than a Combustion Engine model because it dispenses with components like the Engine Exhaust Clutch and the expensive eight speed Automatic Transmission but it has other features they can add up financially the battery and the twenty two Kilowatt Charging Cable Cost in Eight Hundred Forty euros if people today dont have an idea of how far a charge can really take them so buy and hold suggest leasing an electric car which can be returned in two or three years and then purchasing a new car with the latest technology. The Bravos Version includes a Sports Suspension that holds the City Car One Centimeter closer to the asphalt the bravos package does not extend to the power train. In the regular electric
versions the power comes from a sixty kilowatt Electric Motor and produces One Hundred Sixty new meters maximum torquey mediately giving the car lots of get up and go e. Q. Has a top speed of One Hundred ThirtyKilometers Per Hour. As i know its noticed the abundance of Electric Power features but the roof for example uses Electric Power too and that comes at the expense of range lights but its. The smart q. s range on a single Battery Charge is officially between One Hundred Forty Five and One Hundred Sixty kilometers major Power Consumers such as the Air Conditioning and Radio Infotainment System can reduce that figure so its always good to know where the nearest Charging Station is. And i last night i know warns that even at a fast Charging Stations it can take four hours to refill a totally empty battery using
a regular Two Hundred TwentyVolt Household Outlets but it can be as much as six hours. While on the road the car selects various Recovery Levels automatically no matter what the Traffic Situation as a result they can Harvest Energy when the car is coasting for example and add a little to the range. Does not include the smart e. Q. Drives almost say in the way in excel the range from zero to sixty kilometers an hour in about five seconds now i know it returns to the topic of well the range is one thing v. Q. Does not have a wealth of smart claims One Hundred Sixty kilometers but in practice its more like One Hundred Thirty thats enough for most city driving but imagine taking someone to the airport and then coming back its winter so you have your lights on plus they heating and it gave you the radio and that short trip can rapidly turn into an Undesired Adventure Out of the hudson On One True LifeDoesnt Bother You and dot com does a ton of top show and so i dont tell you ill be on. V. W. Launched the to rake in Two Thousand And two and now here comes the Third Generation of its flagship s. U. V. While the body has grown slightly larger the Aluminum Steel construction has reduced the new models weight by around one hundred kilos its also got improved much on the safety and comfort for us. Buyers have a choice of three exclusively equipment lines. On the front of the court i guess one of my favorite deals and that because a we were able to develop a very nice and why the he at that gives the car a very strong identity we form a great the grill and then lights it creates Something Special if the collar of
copper and personality. Pulled contouring runs from the front down the sides a broad shoulder at the rear merges the Passenger Compartment to the lower body the contouring is continued in the taillights l. E. D. Strips. And the headlights likewise boost the latest l. E. D. Technology. Thats been under the headlights now come with your Matrix Modules with an array of the Light Sources over seventy allowed for the Matrix System which now enables the lights to adjust to Current Conditions the car is used to have just one light source which could be switched on or off now there are l. E. D. S. Which can be activated individually for each point on the road on the plus side if the headlights can spotlight on objects of interest to alert the driver the