Opel wishes “Merry Christmas!”: New Opel Mokka GSE Brings Festive Joy

• ‘Golden Steering Wheel 2025’ winner with V2L: Opel Mokka GSE powers Christmas tree lights
• OMG! GSE: Fastest all-electric production Opel brings rally feelings to the road

Opel is sounding in the festive season with the new Opel Mokka GSE. Thanks to V2L – vehicle-to-load – the newcomer not only delights sporty drivers, it also brings Christmas cheer. Due to this technology, no household power socket is needed to charge external devices such as e-bikes or power Christmas lights, the energy required comes directly from the battery of the new Mokka GSE. This is just one of the highlights that make the currently fastest all-electric production Opel and winner of the ‘Golden Steering Wheel 2025’ 1 award stand out.

Elsewhere, the new Opel Mokka GSE – which can already be ordered – delivers real OMG! GSE moments. It brings the motorsport feeling of the new Opel Mokka GSE Rally into everyday automotive life. With 207 kW (281 hp), the newcomer is just as powerful as its rally counterpart. And with the immediate torque of 345 Newton meters, it accelerates just as uncompromisingly completing the dash from 0 to 100 km/h in just 5.9 seconds. With a top speed of 200 km/h, it is currently the fastest all-electric production Opel. The sophisticated technology, which was also inspired by the rally car, contributes to the exceptional performance. For example, Opel Mokka GSE has a Torsen limited-slip differential as well as a chassis with specially designed axles and new hydraulic shock absorbers.

With these electrifying prospects, Opel wishes all its customers, their families and friends of the brand a merry Christmas and a healthy, happy and successful start to the New Year – looking forward to many more shared OMG! GSE moments!

[1] AUTO BILD issue 47/2025 and BILD am SONNTAG issue 47/2025, category ‘Small Cars’.

[2] A vehicle's values not only depend on the vehicle's efficient use of fuel, but are also influenced by driving behaviour and other non-technical factors.

GM Developing Wireless Pedestrian Detection Technology

• Wi-Fi Direct connectivity in vehicles could help increase driver awareness
• Efforts build on GM’s Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure technology                
  
  
  General Motors researchers are developing a promising driver assistance feature potentially capable of detecting pedestrians and bicyclists on congested streets or in poor visibility conditions before the driver notices them.
  The feature relies on Wi-Fi Direct, the Peer-to-Peer (P2P) wireless standard that allows devices like some smartphones to communicate directly with each other rather than through a shared access point like a cell phone tower.
  GM researchers have determined Wi-Fi Direct can be integrated with other sensor based object detection and driver alert systems already available on production vehicles to help detect pedestrians and bicyclists carrying smartphones equipped with Wi-Fi Direct.
  The automaker also is looking to develop a complementary app for Wi-Fi Direct capable smartphones that can be downloaded by frequent road users such as “bike messenger” or “construction worker” that will help Wi-Fi Direct equipped vehicles identify them.
  Wireless pedestrian detection is part of GM’s ongoing development of Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) and Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication systems that could provide advance warning about hazards such as slowed or stalled vehicles, slippery roads or intersections and stop signs.
  
  “This new wireless capability could warn drivers about pedestrians who might be stepping into the roadway from behind a parked vehicle, or bicyclists who are riding in the car’s blind spot,” said Nady Boules, GM Global R&D director of the Electrical and Control Systems Research Lab. “Wi-Fi Direct has the potential to become an integral part of the comprehensive driver assistance systems we offer on many of our Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, GMC, Opel and Vauxhall vehicles.”
  By eliminating the intermediate step required to reach a cell phone tower, Wi-Fi Direct allows devices to connect in approximately one second compared to conventional wireless systems that typically need seven or eight seconds to acquire location information and connect.
  “Wi-Fi Direct’s fast connections offer a distinct advantage in vehicle applications,” said Donald Grimm, GM Global R&D senior researcher of perception and vehicle control systems. “The quicker a vehicle can detect other Wi-Fi Direct users, the greater the potential for collision avoidance.”
  According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 4,280 pedestrians and 618 bicyclists lost their lives in collisions with motor vehicles in 2010. Both totals were down by as much as 25 percent since 1995, consistent with overall traffic fatalities. GM’s potential use of Wi-Fi Direct is one way the automaker is working to help further reduce the number of traffic fatalities.
  The Wi-Fi Alliance, the global industry association in charge of certifying wireless standards, claims Wi-Fi Direct devices can reach each other at a maximum distance of 656 feet or more than two football fields away. In addition to aiding pedestrian detection, this range could enable secure transfers of files such as MP3s or digital address book information between a home computer and the user’s Wi-Fi Direct equipped vehicle infotainment or navigation system.
  “As we move toward becoming a more connected society, having a self aware connected car will be increasingly important,” said Thilo Koslowski, vice president of automotive industry analysis at Gartner Inc., a leading information technology research and advisory company. “Not only can Wi-Fi Direct help vehicles seamlessly communicate with other consumer devices, it can also augment Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communications as well, which could lead to better traffic management and fewer accidents.”