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Maserati’s New Grecale SUV Arrives In The UAE
The Italian car maker’s premium all-wheel drive vehicle boasts a wide selection of options and configurations.
Maserati’s new SUV — the Grecale — offers multiple engine types and capacities, from powerful internal combustion powertrains to hybrids. The premium Italian vehicles offer first-class driving dynamics and feature eight-speed automatic transmissions, all-wheel drive, and a variety of selectable drive modes, including Comfort, GT, Sport, Corsa, and Off-Road.
In the near future, a full-electric version of the Grecale will be released, known as the Folgore. However, at present, three models of the Grecale will be available in UAE showrooms:
- The GT, powered by a four-cylinder engine with mild hybrid assistance delivering 300 horsepower.
- The Modena, boasting a more powerful 330hp hybrid engine.
- The Trofeo, a high-performance model featuring a 3.0L,530hp (petrol) V6 based on the unit fitted to the Maserati MC20.
Jad Elias, Vice President of Maserati, Al Tayer Motors, said: “We are really excited to hand over the first batch of the all-new Grecale vehicles to our customers. We are sure they will enjoy the exceptional driving experience offered by this sporty, stylish, and compact SUV and look forward to seeing them in growing numbers on our roads soon”.
Hamdy Elshantoury, General Manager of Maserati Middle East & Africa, was equally excited at the arrival of the Grecale: “Maserati continues to accelerate audaciously into a brave new future with revolutionary new cars, innovations, and exclusive projects. The all-new Grecale SUV embodies Maserati’s all-Italian audacity in making luxury and exceptional performance part of the daily routine, transforming every journey into a unique driving experience”.
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The new Maserati SUV will be available from Al Tayer Motors and Premier Motors and comes with a three-year, unlimited kilometer warranty and a three year or 45,000 kilometer service package, which extends to 60,000 kilometers on the Trofeo.
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Google Releases Veo 2 AI Video Tool To MENA Users
The state-of-the-art video generation model is now available in Gemini, offering realistic AI-generated videos with better physics, motion, and detail.
Starting today, users of Gemini Advanced in the MENA region — and globally — can tap into Veo 2, Google’s next-generation video model.
Originally unveiled in 2024, Veo 2 has now been fully integrated into Gemini, supporting multiple languages including Arabic and English. The rollout now brings Google’s most advanced video AI directly into the hands of everyday users.
Veo 2 builds on the foundations of its predecessor with a more sophisticated understanding of the physical world. It’s designed to produce high-fidelity video content with cinematic detail, realistic motion, and greater visual consistency across a wide range of subjects and styles. Whether recreating natural landscapes, human interactions, or stylized environments, the model is capable of interpreting and translating written prompts into eight-second 720p videos that feel almost handcrafted.
Users can generate content directly through the Gemini platform — either via the web or mobile apps. The experience is pretty straightforward: users enter a text-based prompt, and Veo 2 returns a video in 16:9 landscape format, delivered as an MP4 file. These aren’t just generic clips — they can reflect creative, abstract, or highly specific scenarios, making the tool especially useful for content creators, marketers, or anyone experimenting with visual storytelling.
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To ensure transparency, each video is embedded with SynthID — a digital watermark developed by Google’s DeepMind. The watermark is invisible to the human eye but persists across editing, compression, and sharing. It identifies the video as AI-generated, addressing concerns around misinformation and media authenticity.
While Veo 2 is still in its early phases of public rollout, the technology is part of a broader push by Google to democratize advanced AI tools. With text-to-image, code generation, and now video creation integrated into Gemini, Google is positioning the platform as a full-spectrum creative assistant.
Access to Veo 2 starts today and will continue expanding in the coming weeks. Interested users can try it out at gemini.google.com or through the Gemini app on Android and iOS.
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