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Rolls-Royce has unveiled the unique Cullinan Cosmos, a car inspired by the beauty of space. The centrepiece is the first fully hand-painted 'Starlight Headliner' ceiling.
Kia K4 is produced in Mexico, where the sedan and hatchback are also assembled for the USA. But only the five-door version with other engines and transmissions will be brought to Europe.
Dacia has unveiled a commercial version of the new Duster in the UK - the crossover has been converted into a van. Prices start from £22,995 (€26,520) excluding VAT.
The new generation Eclipse Cross is an exclusively electric crossover for Europe. Production will start at Renault's plant in France, with sales starting at the end of 2025.
Mercedes-Benz has decided to return more of the familiar physical keys to its cars. As the company's head of software Magnus Östberg told Autocar, statistics show that buttons are more convenient for many customers than fully touchscreen controls.
One person was hospitalised as a result of the incident
In car park P44 opposite the LabCampus at Munich Airport, the largest public charging park for electric cars in Bavaria and one of Germany's largest.
Production of Jaguar Land Rover vehicles remains paralysed for more than two weeks following a major hacking attack on 31 August. Vehicle assembly is not expected to resume until 24 September at the earliest and the downtime is costing the company millions of pounds every day.
The Renault 4 electric crossover is now available in a commercial Van version. Instead of the rear seats, it has a plastic tray with load securing loops.
The electric pick-up has passed the tough crash tests of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and confirmed a high level of occupant protection. However, problematic headlights and low-visibility seatbelt reminders prevented it from claiming the Top Safety Pick honour.
Volkswagen is once again pushing back the launch dates of key electric vehicles. According to Handelsblatt, production of the electric ID. Golf and ID. Roc in Wolfsburg will not start until 2030. Initially, the ID. Golf was planned for 2028, then 2029, and ID. Roc was expected in 2029. Now the first crossover on the new SSP platform will be released ID. Roc in the summer of 2030, followed by the ID. Golf.
Toyota is launching a production version of the e-Palette multi-purpose electric car, first shown back in 2018. In Japan, the model can already be ordered at a price starting from 29 million yen (around €168k).
The contract production is organised according to the SKD (semi-knocked down) scheme - the cars are first assembled in China, partially disassembled and then sent to Austria where they undergo final assembly.
Tesla has abruptly removed the rear-wheel-drive Cybertruck (RWD) version, which cost $69,990 and had a range of up to 350 miles (563 kilometres) on the US EPA cycle.
Future Aston Martin models will be the first cars to feature the new Pirelli Cyber Tyre system, developed with Bosch Engineering.
