I suppose it was about as depressing as it was inevitable when Rolls-Royce announced that it too was going into the SUV game. The company that has steadfastly manufactured extreme high-end vehicles for the world’s well-heeled would pander to the demands for vehicles in that segment of the market as well.
Our newest Automologist, ATHERTON, really, really likes Alfas, and the first SUV from the brand has gotten him no less excited.
“I remember a time when humans used to drive cars” is a phrase that we will be using in the future, and Automologist MAC brings us news that that future is near.
About a year ago, we wrote about a brand new company coming out of Taiwan that may just reshape the future of electric propulsion in cars, and it doesn’t even make cars; no, it makes Scooters. (Read also: Is this the Tesla of Scooters?) Well, just twelve short months later, Gogoro has announced a JV with Japanese giant, Sumitomo, to launch its battery-sharing scooter service in Japan, and compete head-to-head with industry giants such as Honda.
In a move that is designed to boost the local economy, the ultra-conservative kingdom of Saudi Arabia is finally changing its laws on female drivers and allowing women to drive in the kingdom, thus ending a long-standing policy that, to say the least, cast a very unflattering light on the country’s treatment of the fairer sex. What most reports have failed to mention though, is just how this small step for mankind could dramatically impact the fortunes of the Arabian economy, and perhaps further afield too.
Greenpeace, the environmental group more commonly known for saving whales, has boarded and occupied a vehicle carrier ship, in an attempt to block its shipment of Volkswagen cars from being delivered to the UK.