An Autocar op-ed says the ID.3 may be too late, but what about massive production numbers? In September 2019, we published an article comparing the VW ID.3 with the Renault K-ZE to check which one would be the EV for the masses. At that point, we still did not realize something an article at Autocar reminded us of: the electric Volkswagen is neither the cheapest nor the more efficient EV on the market. It also does not lead in terms of technology. How, then, will VW make it become the electric Beetle? The answer to that is scale. It took us the start of deliveries for the ID.3, the presentation of the ID.4 , and the first documented accidents with the electric Volkswagen to realize the German company’s plan, even if the German automaker had anticipated it more than once. Just as a reminder, Volkswagen said it intended to produce 1 million EVs by 2022 . Mind you that the goal is not to achieve that many electric cars by then. VW’s target is to deliver 1 million per year in two ye
Sand gets everywhere, especially when a 563-horsepower V12 is involved. $300,000 vehicles run through the desert all the time. They’re generally called race trucks or prerunners, trucking through the desert with the singular purpose of getting somewhere fast. One thing you don’t see is a Rolls-Royce Cullinan , which can easily cost well over $300,000 and is designed to isolate passengers from rough terrain as opposed to flying over it. However, the posh automaker is keen to tell you that you could romp through the desert in a Cullinan, if you really wanted. That's the focus of this curious video and photoshoot recently shared in an official press release, apparently just for the fun of it. This particular Cullinan isn't part of the company fleet – it's in the hands of a private owner who took to the desert dunes outside of Dubai for a bit of fun. And we must admit, the video does look like tremendous fun.