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In Rome the Formula E rages and I had the unique opportunity to drive one of these cars in preview. A few days ago in Magione. And not just any single-seater, but one of the most successful: the DS Techeetah gold and black of Vergne and Lotterer. The same car that had won the race in China, before Rome. Yes, just one of the new 2nd generation single-seater with engines powered to 200 kilowatts (270 horsepower), battery capacity greater than 54 kilowatt-hours that allow you to play the entire race of 45 minutes without charging or changing cars like last year...

Independent driving, a focus on electric cars, a Formula 1 show in the city and even an innovative yacht with an automotive design by Nadir. These will be the delicious ingredients of an already very rich dish that will be served at the 5th edition of Parco Valentino, which will take place in Turin from 19 to 23 June. The event, which once again promises to be a great motor festival able to encapsulate all the colors of passion, was presented yesterday in the Hall of Honour of the Castello del Valentino,...

The first PHEV of the Prancing Horse has some great numbers and it could only be like that. A sedan with a Formula 1 single-seater heart It is the first plug-in hybrid Ferrari in the history of the Prancing Horse...

Manufacturers accelerate on the electric car, a crucial date for the breakthrough set in 2025. Super-billion-dollar investments and marketing under pressure to advertise the new products coming soon. But the clientele of these cars warm for the moment of the car with the...shock. In 2018, 4,948 electric cars (0.3% of the total) were sold in Italy, mostly absorbed by the fleets. In the first four months of the year there were 2,345 out of a total market of 714,509 registrations. On Europe, too, there is no electricity on the three steps of the sales podium among the Top 10...

Do you like the electric car? Does the electric car sell? Is the electric car a bluff as someone titles it to nine columns? How are things really? The official data tell us of a market in continuous growth even if with numbers still very small. In June, Unrae figures tell us of 1,445 electric cars sold against 445 in June 2018. The total for the first 6 months of the year reached 4,967 units with a market share of 0.5%. Tesla Model 3 (372), Renault Zoe (351), Smart Fortwo (185) and ForFour (114) and Nissan Leaf (104) are the only ones to exceed 100 units in June...

The Frankfurt Motor Show was a depressed one, forcibly electric - and therefore still far from the reality of the market and of current mobility - and cut short by the absences of most of the manufacturers who no longer consider it interesting to invest in exhibitions that seem to have done their time. Someone, like Renault, chose to be in Frankfurt anyway, having an important product to present (specifically the new Capture), but only with a very sad external stand in the style of an electoral tent,...

Monstrous investments and dozens of new models coming in, but the market is not ready. But manufacturers don't stop: that's why The car no longer speaks of aesthetics, nor of style or speed. Electrification has been the watchword for at least a couple of years, but if until recently it was a hypothesis or a little more, now it seems that there is nothing else in the minds of manufacturers. At the Paris Motor Show, which closed on Sunday after ten days of (little) passion and (much) perplexity, it is impossible to take a step without running into a battery-operated car...

Enrico De Vita, one of the most experienced automotive journalists, was the guest of the programme "A conti fatti", hosted by Giuliano Giulianini and broadcast on Vatican Radio. The subject, much debated in this period, concerned the concentric attack on the diesel engine, which seems to be destined to be the scapegoat of several administrations unable to address and solve the problem of pollution. De Vita, just as many of his illustrious colleagues (see some of their speeches at the bottom of this page) have failed to listen, has defended the most recent diesel engines with various arguments...

I saw the race in Rome on TV, I appreciated the effort and commitment of the drivers and I don't find the criticism of the category justified at all. Whether it's diesel or push petrol, it's always about competition, always about skill and risk. That's why I appreciate and applaud the drivers who get involved, invent overtaking on tracks that have little track. So I do not accept these criticisms, as I do not accept them on the lack of noise. It's electric, what do you want me to do? But have those who criticize ever seen an F...

If you read the second part, it means that you have already read the first part. I hope you enjoyed it. I wish you a pleasant reading of the second part. But such an important anniversary, seventy years of a manufacturer born with only one model, cannot be explained with passion alone. On Porsche cars they felt many, some true, very true, others mythical or imaginative: let's understand the reasons for such a success. Starting with a list of the most famous (some of them even crushed), such as "the...

History is made up of numbers. For the car, other factors also count: technology, form, performance, safety and quality. Not for all manufacturers: the few who have gone down in history have built models with a long life and great charm, often reinforced by sporting successes. Some brands, and Porsche is one of them, have added something more: imagination and the ability to dare, always looking ahead. It was the year 1948, on the 8th of June of seventy years ago, the first Porsche was born. A name that has gone down in history and that can boast numbers in every sector...

On July 11, 1899 the Fiat (Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino) was born and towards the end of the year the first model, the 4HP, was built. Thus began the great adventure in the shadow of the Mole Antonelliana. A year later he opened the factory in Corso Dante where they were made omnibuses, industrial vehicles and marine engines but also trams. Then in 1907 the first diesel engine and the one for aviation were built with the first Farman 5B reconnaissance airplane, followed in 1922 by the first flight of the A...