Car news today: Kia lobs pricing for its EV5 electric midsize SUV, Tesla goes all in with new autonomous Robocab, and more – 14 October 2024

Thanks for becoming a member of us this Monday 14 October 2024. Severely in automobile records this day: Kia Australia confirms pricing for EV5, its first electrical midsize SUV, and Tesla at lengthy final debuts its robotaxi called the Robocab, but there may be silent no signal of the promised low-ticket EV.

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• Kia EV5 pricing and spec announced
• Tesla debuts its autonomous automobile called Robocab
• Audi debuts Q6 E-tron in Sportback body vogue
• Ram 1500 Hemi V8 in runout six-pot replacement nears
• Reviewed: 2025 Cupra Ateca V

Kia EV5 pricing lobs for Australia, begins from $56,770 driveaway

• Kia Australia has announced pricing and specification for its all-electrical EV5 midsize SUV, with costs to open up from $56,770 driveaway for the sinful Air.

• The Air lengthy fluctuate has been priced at $63,990, whereas the dual-motor Earth will ticket $68,990. The flagship GT-Line dual-motor has been confirmed to open up at $75,990, all of that are driveaway costs.

• The cheapest Air makes exercise of a 64.2kWh battery pack and a entrance-force electrical motor that produces 160kW/310Nm. It has a WLTP electrical fluctuate of 400km, whereas its lengthy-fluctuate sibling with the next 88.1kWh battery has essentially the most fluctuate of the lineup, rated at 555km (WLTP).

• Twin-motor EV5s will ticket very a lot more energy and torque, rated at 230kW/480Nm.

• That puts the EV5 competitively priced across the identical because the Tesla Mannequin Y, which begins from $55,900 sooner than on-aspect road costs. Learn more at our standalone memoir right here.

Tesla debuts its lengthy awaited Cybercab… but there’s silent no inexpensive EV

• Tesla has announced its lengthy-awaited fully-autonomous Cybercab and Robovan devices.

• With a truly stripped motivate interior and no steerage wheel in leer, the Robocab will reportedly promote for below USD$30,000 (AUD$44,600) when it goes on sale to the final public in two years.

• Relating to the Robocab’s quirky styling, Elon Musk said at the open occasion that “we desire to commerce the study of the aspect road … the lengthy jog must silent study just like the lengthy jog,” he said.

• Automobile News has reported that Elon Musk wrongly predicted that there would be one million Tesla robotaxis on the aspect road by 2020. The more lifelike aim now may per chance well per chance be “sooner than 2027” per Musk.

• Despite the records on essentially the most contemporary autonomous devices, Tesla is silent but to speak a more inexpensive ‘Mannequin 2’ that would be more cost-effective than essentially the most contemporary Mannequin 3.

Audi debuts Q6 E-Tron in Sportback bodystyle

• Germany luxury automaker Audi has globally printed the coupe SUV model of its electrical Q6 E-Tron, the Sportback.

• An habitual different with traders globally and likewise available in the Q4 E-Tron and better Q8 E-Tron, the Sportback variant is no doubt a coupe-vogue model of the peculiar wagon body.

• The Q6 E-Tron Sportback will offer the sequence of two battery packs: a 75.8kWh usable battery or the next 94.0kWh usable battery. Most fluctuate for the mannequin is a claimed 636km (WLTP).

• Three energy outputs will be available, along side the sequence of rear- or all-wheel force. 225kW, 285kW or 360kW (SQ6) tunes will be available. Prime tear for the S model is a sprightly 4.3 seconds.

• The Q6 E-Tron Sportback is scheduled for a turn-of-the-three hundred and sixty five days 2024/2025 open in Europe, with an Australian open expected to exercise.

Ram 1500 Hemi V8 in runout mode as six-cylinder replacement nears

• Hemi V8-powered RAM 1500 pickups are now in runout mode in Australia sooner than a swap to six-cylinder energy.

• Free on-aspect road costs are now available as share of the runout deal that sees the ute priced from $114,950 for the 1500 Mountainous Horn, as a lot as $156,950 for the 1500 Puny.

• The lengthy-standing V8 can ticket its roots motivate to the 1950s, currently present in the construct of a 5.7-litre energy unit turning in 291kW/556Nm.

• “Overall Manager, RAM Vans Australia Jeff Barber, said: “whereas we now relish though-provoking records forward for what’s going to energy future Ram vehicles, as soon as these history-making Hemi V8s are long gone, they’re long gone”.

• It’s extensively expected that unique 3.0-litre twin-turbo inline-six engines available in the US will safe a dwelling in a facelifted Ram 1500 in Australia, though neither the powertrain nor facelift has been formally locked in for Australia.

Cupra Ateca V reviewed

• Chasing Autos journalist Olek Novak’s written evaluate of the 2025 Cupra Ateca V changed into published, including his ideas on essentially the most inexpensive Ateca to open in Australia.
• Novak stumbled on the sinful Ateca to be a quality all-round SUV expertise, fun to force, rather helpful and stable price for money.
• Novak neatly-known some aspects to give a increase to, resembling its final-generation abolish, ragged-college cabin, muted efficiency and that there will be no unique-gen replacement.
• All in all, reviewer Novak said this of the Cupra Ateca V: “The Ateca is aging gracefully” and that it affords “an SUV expertise that is decently helpful, massive and pleased, for a pretty seductive sub-$50K ticket on aspect road”.

READ: Hyperlink to written evaluate

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