Frank Markus

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Frank Markus

BYD just fired another shot in China's EV price war — and investors are worriedChina's EV price war just kicked up a notch — and investors are worried. Shares in some of Tesla's biggest Chinese rivals fell sharply on Monday after a raft of price cuts announced by BYD fuelled fears over the country's brutally competitive EV industry. BYD stock closed 8.6% lower in Hong Kong, …

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Frank Markus

1 hour agoMany iPhones stolen in places as far apart as London, LA, and London end up in a single building in China, where they are resold or stripped for parts. One victim whose iPhone 15 Pro was snatched from his hands in the street was able to track its 6,000-mile journey to the place many locals in …

3 weeks ago | motortrend.com | Frank Markus

If you haven’t seen the video from 2004 of a Lexus LS400 performing a steeplechase jump, Google it and lament the fact this electromagnetic suspension—under development for 24 years by then—never ended up suspending a volume production car (it did cushion some heavy-truck seats). But Boston neighbor ClearMotion acquired the Bose Ride business in 2017 and has continued to develop the concept.

3 weeks ago | motortrend.com | Frank Markus

The Tesla Model Y is the world’s bestselling vehicle, and although in China the BYD Seagull snuck ahead of it last year, its popularity there has inspired numerous imitators. We’ve just driven the best of these, hailing from private new-energy vehicle maker Nio’s new Onvo subbrand. (That name stands for its mission to take families “on voyage.”) Might the Onvo L60’s electrical architecture innovations coupled with the lure of three-minute battery-swapping end up denting the Model Y’s global sales?

3 weeks ago | motortrend.com | Frank Markus

After six years of building executive sedans, shooting breaks, SUVs, and SUV coupes, rapidly growing Chinese automaker Nio launched its Onvo subbrand to sell more mainstream, family-oriented models. Onvo springs from “on voyage,” and its logo, which appears to us as a stylized “N,” is meant to resemble a meandering roadway. Following closely on the tire tracks of the Onvo L60, a Tesla Model Y fighter, is the L90 three-row SUV.