MOTOR & SPORT

BYD also has another variant – the T3 – which is a cargo carrier sans the second and third row seats, and with its windows replaced by metal panels.

Today’s car industry is preoccupied with EV technology. Until recently, the top end of the high value EV market was hogged by Tesla.

Build Your Dreams (BYD) is one of the largest producers of batteries for electronics and has been delving into automobiles in recent times. Readers living in the UK, Europe and Singapore may have travelled in BYD’s popular ‘e6’ electric taxi. Although we’ve travelled in them, we haven’t had a chance of being behind the wheel as the company aims primarily for fleet and taxi sales.

As a brand leader, Mercedes-Benz is set to raise things up a notch in terms of comfort and technological innovation. Industry eyes are on the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class that’s likely to be unveiled in a few months.

ercedes-Benz has been around for as long as the motorcar; it’s a company that went from producing quality products, which inspired others, to a brand that meant ‘unreliable’ at the beginning of this century. But lately, the manufacturer has upped its game and is showing the industry how cars should be made!

Ingenious ways of using technology are being unveiled with regular frequency and the progress in the car manufacturing industry is exhilarating.

AGE-OLD INNOVATIONS Innovations over the decades COMPILED BY Dyan Seneviratne This column usually dwells on the latest innovations in motor technology that are being embraced by […]

The Mitsubishi Mirage, which was also known as the Colt up to the fifth generation, was first released in 1978 as a hatchback version of the Lancer sedan and wagon.

Predictive vehicle technology using AI and machine learning will play an integral role in the future of the motor industry as predictive capacity is becoming more predominant in cars to customise the driving adventure.