In Brussels, the black-red federal government wants to advocate for a longer future for dual-drive cars and at the same time promote the purchase of purely electric cars and plug-in hybrids in Germany. The coalition committee agreed on Friday night to once again set up a purchase premium and to make a total of three… Continue reading German FAZ: Up to 5000 euros subsidy for the electric car010294
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German FAZ: Volkswagen breaks away from the designer of the time machine010296
As soon as you enter Italdesign’s headquarters in northern Italy, you encounter automotive history. Immediately in the entrance area, visitors come across the “DeLorean DMC-12” with its emblematic gullwing doors, a car that was designed in the early 1980s by designer and company founder Giorgetto Giugiaro and achieved Hollywood fame in the classic film “Back… Continue reading German FAZ: Volkswagen breaks away from the designer of the time machine010296
German FAZ: Billing starts at 010295
Škoda from the Czech Republic, once taken under its wing by Volkswagen shortly after reunification, has long since established itself on the German car market. With a good 165,000 new registrations in the first three quarters of 2025, the brand from Mlada Boleslav is in fourth place in Germany. Only parent VW, BMW and Mercedes-Benz… Continue reading German FAZ: Billing starts at 010295
German FAZ: VW is setting up a kind of second Wolfsburg in China010294
The people who are supposed to pull the VW car out of the software mess are mostly around thirty, male and almost exclusively Chinese. They sit shoulder to shoulder in open-plan offices with hundreds of people. Many lines of computer code can be seen on the screen in front of them, and there is often… Continue reading German FAZ: VW is setting up a kind of second Wolfsburg in China010294
German FAZ: Tachograph 010290
Another compact SUV from China At the Guangzhou Auto Show 2025, Changan presented the compact electric SUV Q05, which is scheduled to come to Europe at the end of 2026 under the model name E06. Visually, the newcomer follows the usual style of the class: an aerodynamically smoothed outer skin with pronounced curves, narrow lighting… Continue reading German FAZ: Tachograph 010290
German FAZ: My first 10,000 kilometers in the electric car010292
The evening was now a year ago. It was a whiskey tasting in Sachsenhausen. The interlocutor, who was previously unknown to me, was sure: “After four years you can forget the battery in an electric car.” These cars were also full of disadvantages in other ways: too few charging stations, poor resale, and too little… Continue reading German FAZ: My first 10,000 kilometers in the electric car010292
German FAZ: “We only hear rumors from the competition”010291
It’s not a good time for experts and futurists in Formula 1. At the third-to-last race of the season this Saturday (local time, 5 a.m. CET in the F.A.Z. live ticker for Formula 1 and on Sky), Lando Norris will start from pole position; he could be another step closer to the world title. But… Continue reading German FAZ: “We only hear rumors from the competition”010291
German FAZ: Ford builds last car in Saarlouis 010290
In the end it happens faster than expected. After 55 years, the last car rolls off the assembly line at Ford in Saarlouis this Friday (November 14th). “We simply finished the program earlier,” said Ford works council chairman in Saarlouis, Markus Thal, to the German Press Agency. On the last day, around 100 Focus cars… Continue reading German FAZ: Ford builds last car in Saarlouis 010290
German FAZ: Volkswagen breaks away from the designer of the time machine010286
As soon as you enter Italdesign’s headquarters in northern Italy, you encounter automotive history. Immediately in the entrance area, visitors come across the “DeLorean DMC-12” with its emblematic gullwing doors, a car that was designed in the early 1980s by designer and company founder Giorgetto Giugiaro and achieved Hollywood fame in the classic film “Back… Continue reading German FAZ: Volkswagen breaks away from the designer of the time machine010286
German FAZ: My first 10,000 kilometers in the electric car010288
The evening was now a year ago. It was a whiskey tasting in Sachsenhausen. The interlocutor, who was previously unknown to me, was sure: “After four years you can forget the battery in an electric car.” These cars were also full of disadvantages in other ways: too few charging stations, poor resale, and too little… Continue reading German FAZ: My first 10,000 kilometers in the electric car010288