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1. Renault Kwid Electric Unveiled at Shanghai, Will Come To India Too
Renault has unveiled the electric version of its popular small hatchback the Kwid. The Renault City K-Ze as the Kwid Electric is called in China was unveiled at the 2019 Shanghai Motor Show.
The car’s body is identical to the Kwid petrol variant that is currently on sale in India. It’s based on the same CMF-A platform and has been given some cosmetic changes to differentiate it. The Renault Kwid Electric or Renault K-Ze will first be launched in China and is likely to come to India and Europe too in 2020-2021.
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2. How To Keep Your Car’s Interior Cool Ft BTech Babua
Summer is here and so are the challenges that come with it. Biggest of them all being heat. And if you are a car owner, sometimes driving becomes unbearable if your car’s interior is not cool enough.
But, have no fear because Guruji is here. Here are some cool hacks to beat the heat and get the maximum output from your car’s AC in summer.
Firstly, your AC’s condenser needs to be clean. The condenser is situated right in front of the car, just behind the grill. So if you’ll pressure wash it then your car will get proper cooling. Also because that is the point of heat exchange for the AC.
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3. Hyundai Venue Unveiled Globally, India Launch on 21 May
Hyundai has finally unveiled its compact SUV, the Hyundai Venue. The Hyundai Venue is a subcompact SUV that will compete with the Maruti Vitara Brezza, Mahindra XUV300 and Ford EcoSport among others.
The Hyundai Venue makes its global debut at the 2019 New York Auto Show, while simultaneously it was unveiled to Indian media on board a cruise ship. Interesting choice of venue – the puns are always going to come fast and easy on this one.
That said, the Hyundai Venue debuts many firsts for the car maker. The design language gets a bump up, with the grille getting bolder, while the trend of DRLs moving higher and headlamps lower in the front gets carried on. This is likely to trickle to other Hyundai vehicles also.
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4. Former Volkswagen CEO Winterkorn Charged With Fraud in Germany
German prosecutors have charged former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn and four others with fraud and other offences in connection with the company's massive, multi-year effort to cheat on diesel emissions testing.
Prosecutors said in a statement Monday that Winterkorn knew about the deceptive practice since at least May 2014, and failed to put a stop to it.
That contradicts Winterkorn's testimony in the German parliament that he didn't learn of the problem until shortly before US investigators announced it in September 2015. Winterkorn resigned the CEO post days later.
The prosecutors said the defendants — all of them top Volkswagen managers — were part of an ongoing deception that started in 2006. The company has admitted installing software that could tell when the cars were on test stands for emissions certification.
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