 in an all-electric world and first shown at the IAA Frankfurt International Motor Show in 2019.
CUPRA Tavascan Electric Concept wins 2020 Automotive Brand Contest.
CUPRA has already achieved great success in the competition with wins for the CUPRA e-Racer Concept in 2018 and the CUPRA Formentor Concept last year.
The award, run by the German Design Council, honours the best automotive brand and design achievements in the industry and is held in high regard throughout the industry. The prestigious award is judged by a panel of experts with backgrounds in the media, design and communications, along with those from universities, adding to the significance of the achievement.
“Winning the top award in the concept category for the third time in a row highlights the tremendous work, dedication and effort the whole CUPRA team put into crafting the CUPRA Tavascan Electric Concept,” said Alejandro Mesonero-Romanos, Design Director at CUPRA. “With each vehicle that we work on, we aim to communicate the fundamental essence of CUPRA, and this accolade is proof that we are achieving our goals.”
The Automotive Brand Contest is the only international design competition for automobile brands and has emerged as one of the most important events in the sector, making the victory – CUPRA’s third in succession – even more exceptional.
Exterior angles and interior calm
The CUPRA Tavascan Electric Concept marries sophisticated liquid metal paint that emphasises and accentuates its exterior design, with tone-on-tone carbon fibre and delicate copper details stress its expressive look.
CUPRA picks up top award at German Design Council’s Automotive Brand Contest.
The vehicle’s exterior brings muscularity and dynamism to the segment, but linked to the ability to reduce its environmental impact. The front design emphasises its electric personality with a low sitting illuminated CUPRA logo. Each vent delivers efficiency, allowing air to flow smoothly over the body, or internally to cool the battery pack. Its muscular wheel arches house 22” turbine alloy wheels, focused on shifting air cleanly, minimising resistance.
At the rear the diffuser provides functional aerodynamics, while also creating an emotional performance, heightened by the elegant, coast-to-coast rear light, that spans the width of the vehicle, and incorporates the CUPRA logo.
Inside, the cabin mixes material and technological concepts that create a space that provides the perfect balance between driver orientation and passenger comfort. Contrasting colours, structural carbon and dynamic approaches to technology and design provide a high-end, lightweight cabin.
Diffused LED ambient lighting, contrasting leather, carbon and Alcantara®, sculptural bucket seats, a floating dashboard, 12.3” digital instrument cluster and 13” infotainment display mix to offer form, function, comfort and.
Two motors – one integrated on the front axle, the second at the rear – provide a combined 225kW (306PS) of power to all four wheels, delivering performance, allowing the CUPRA Tavascan Electric Concept to reach 100km/h in less than 6.5 seconds.
Along with Marc ter Stegen, CUPRA has put together an elite team of champions who share the brand’s values: passion, determination and high performance, including award-winning race driver Mattias Ekström and four of the world’s best padel players, Fernando Belasteguín, Pablo Lima, Alejandra Salazar and Ariana Sánchez.
But that’s only part of the story. A 77kWh lithium-ion battery pack stores enough energy to keep the vehicle moving for up to 450km – a figure based on the stringent WLTP test cycle. The vehicle is based on the Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform and because the battery pack is housed in the floor, its centre of gravity is low, making it a truly dynamic drive.Eighty-four globally endangered hog deer are roaming grassland habitats, in the Prek Prasob Wildlife Sanctuary of Mekong flooded forest, in north-eastern Cambodia, according to the first camera-trap survey of the hog deer population, released yesterday.
Jointly conducted by the Ministry of Environment and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Jan, the survey result showed the presence of multiple fawns, indicating a reproduction of the rare spices is taking place in its natural habitats.
Axis porcinus, or hog deer, listed as a globally endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List, was once considered extinct, until its rediscovery in 2006, in Kratie, with their presence confirmed by camera-trapping.
Neth Pheaktra, secretary of state and spokesman for the Ministry of Environment, said, he is delighted and proud that the natural environment in Cambodia provides a safe haven for the survival of globally significant species, such as the hog deer, whose presence and reproduction have been confirmed in Prek Prasob Wildlife Sanctuary.
“Peace and political stability in Cambodia have created a favourable environment for the Ministry of Environment, communities, local authorities, and all development partners, to work together to manage and conserve the natural resources, and as a result, forests and wildlife are protected, while the number of some wildlife species have increased,” he said, at the launch of the survey result.
“It is critical that we continue strengthening our cooperation, for protecting and conserving the biodiversity in our protected areas, in support of building better local economies, especially through the development of ecotourism and for the benefit of ecosystems in Cambodia and the world,” he added.
Pheaktra urged all people living around the protected areas, to participate in natural resources and biodiversity conservation, stop poaching and snaring, cease selling and buying wildlife and bushmeat consumption, and take part in conserving rare wild animals, such as the hog deer, for the benefit of future generations.
Seng Teak, WWF Cambodia country director, said, the hog deer’s survival is threatened by habitat loss, poaching and snaring crisis, fueled by illegal wildlife trade.
“The current findings not only place Cambodia’s reputation on the global stage, it also highlights the global importance of the Mekong landscape, as critical habitats for both terrestrial and aquatic wildlife survival,” he said.
He added, concerted actions are urgently needed to protect the last refuge of this rare hog deer.
Prek Prasob Wildlife Sanctuary has a total area of 12,770 hectares.A motorcyclist in his 20s has died after colliding with a car that was involved in a police chase last night.
Police said the driver of a silver Ford Falcon failed to stop for officers in Seville Grove about 11.45pm on Wednesday, sparking a police chase that ended with the Falcon crashing into a motorcycle and pole on Leach Highway.
The 35-year-old female driver of the car was seen fleeing the crash on foot into bushes shortly before 12.30am today, police said. She was arrested after a short foot chase.
The motorcyclist was provided with emergency first aid by police and later paramedics. He was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital, where he later died.
Police Commissioner Chris Dawson described the fatal crash as “a real tragedy”.
“I extend my sympathy and condolences to the family of the motorcyclist,” he said.
Mr Dawson said the pursuit stopped and started up to six times.
The car was first spotted displaying false plates.
The female driver was arrested at the scene and is under police guard in hospital.
She was also wanted on an arrest warrant.
“Police pursuits are necessary in prescribed and very strictly controlled circumstances,” Mr Dawson said.
Major Crash is investigating the crash, as well as attempts made by police to stop the vehicle. It will be overseen by WA Police Internal Affairs Unit.Each week, Xpress highlights notable WNC crowdsourcing initiatives that may inspire readers to become new faces in the crowd. This week features Papadosio’s upcoming album and music videos, a six-by-24-foot mural to honor traditional Appalachian music and a new playground for a Caring for a Children facility.
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