Exclusive: Rimac developing solid-state battery for Bugatti

New battery tech and lightweight, potent powertrains could transform EVs Rimac Technology, the Croatian car maker’s stand-alone engineering division, will “build Rimac out from its position as a start-up” by revolutionising the EV world with solid-state batteries, more power-dense packs, high-performance powertrains and more, its chief operating officer, Nurdin Pitarevic, has

How Chinese brands' influence over Europe could shrink

"Brainpower is the new horsepower" in China, but the logic doesn't necessarily apply in Europe A visit to the Guangzhou motor show recently threw up an important question: does China's accelerated development point to the future of automotive globally or merely its own?  China is leading on battery tech but its gung- ho,

Company car tax ‘easement’ creates loophole for luxury PHEVs

Plug-in hybrids that emit more than 50g/km could be reclassified as emitting 1g/km under Treasury's new system The Treasury’s "easement" protecting plug-in hybrid drivers from incoming company car tax hikes has opened a loophole for the highest-emitting and most luxurious models, Autocar has learned.  New Euro 6e-bis emissions rules came into force across the

A car like the Bugatti Veyron may never happen again

Record-breaking hypercar set the standard for all-out performance in the early 2000s Two decades ago, Autocar drove the Bugatti Veyron for the first time – and it blew us away. “The noise – a peculiar cacophony that sounds a bit like two TVRs on full reheat plus an industrial-strength air hose –