One of the biggest new auto industry trends our auto repair shop is excited about these days is the proliferation of electric vehicles. It seems like every car manufacturer is coming out with an electric option these days. And Jaguar is no different. The company...
Love Audis? Ready to go electric? How about giving up driving altogether, at least in bumper to bumper traffic when you’d rather be reading Grisham’s latest. Our Audi specialists have some good news for you. The car manufacturer plans to soon debut not one but...
Are you an Audi, VW or Porsche fan? Want to drive an electric car and say sayonara to the gas pump? Well, we’ve got good news for you. Our electrical specialists are certainly thrilled. The first details on the PPE electric car platform for Porsches...
European car fans who love Land Rovers and Jaguars as much as they care for the environment have something to celebrate: All new Land Rovers and Jaguars will be electrified by 2020. Jaguar Land Rover confirmed the move at its inaugural Tech Fest in September....
Now that Saabs are no longer being made, Saab fans had all but lost hope of ever seeing an electric Saab on the market. Maybe so, but thanks to the revival efforts of NEVS (National Electric Vehicle Sweden), which bought Saab, a production electric cars...
As Jaguar technicians, we see our fair share of cool cars, but we don’t often see a Jaguar Formula E Racing Car kind of cool. From Electrical Car Report: “This October, Panasonic Jaguar Racing will compete in the third Formula E season with the first...
A Peek Behind the Wheel and Engine of Volkswagen’s Electric Bus Volkswagen’s “gateway to the future” is actually an electrified blast from the past. Unveiled at the Las Vegas CES, VW’s Budd-e Concept is a futuristic take on the company’s iconic hippie microbuses of the...
Yep, you might pay $175,000 for a Porsche only to end up with squeaky brakes. If it has carbon ceramic brakes — a special high-performance option that replaces the common steel rotors and metallic pads with special cast rotors – you’ll end up with noisy brakes before too long. That’s because the noise is considered secondary to the stopping power. This makes sense if you are driving a racing machine. Hitting the nightclub? Not so much. It’s a good reason to skip the ceramic braking option. You’ll get great performance if you’re not racing, and you won’t have to worry about them wearing out too quick. Trust us. Ceramic brakes are not cheap to replace.
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