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New Skoda Octavia vRS gains 242bhp PHEV option for 2020

Skoda’s longest-serving sporting model, the Octavia vRS, has moved to a new generation and, like its Volkswagen Group siblings, will be the first to feature a plug-in hybrid powertrain. The Czech brand has released details of only the vRS iV plug-in version so far, which has a 1.4-litre TSI turbo petrol engine mated to a… Continue reading New Skoda Octavia vRS gains 242bhp PHEV option for 2020

New Dacia SUV will be Europe’s most affordable EV

Dacia has previewed its first electric vehicle with the Spring Electric concept – and promised that the production version, due in 2021, will be the most affordable EV sold in Europe. As expected, the Spring Electric’s design is based heavily on the Renault City K-ZE electric crossover that Dacia’s parent company designed primarily for the… Continue reading New Dacia SUV will be Europe’s most affordable EV

2021 E-Class will use capacitive sensing to check for hands on the wheel

Mercedes-Benz has just unveiled the 2021 E-Class, and like many of its German luxury siblings, it will come equipped with the company’s latest driver-assistance features. But the new E-Class also changes how the car registers whether the driver is paying attention while using those features, as Mercedes-Benz is introducing a new wheel with capacitive sensing.… Continue reading 2021 E-Class will use capacitive sensing to check for hands on the wheel

VW subsidiary: the first of its kind – Cupra unveils the Formentor

Aggressive look The Cupra Formentor should also underline the sportiness of the brand. Matroell Cupra is the name of Seat’s sporty label, which so far has dynamic variants of well-known series from the Spanish series VWDaughter sells. But Cupra should now become its own brand. A claim that the Spaniards now want to live up… Continue reading VW subsidiary: the first of its kind – Cupra unveils the Formentor

Autonomous vehicles: Waymo raises $ 2.25 billion from outside investors

Waymo wants to move up a gear. The Alphabet subsidiary specializing in driverless cars announces, on Tuesday, a colossal round of funding of $ 2.25 billion. Carried out for the first time with external investors, this fundraising aims to allow the company to expand on a global scale. The private equity firm Silver Lake, the… Continue reading Autonomous vehicles: Waymo raises $ 2.25 billion from outside investors

Michael Perschke: ‘We don’t believe another luxury brand will wholeheartedly embrace electrification by 2025’

At 90, Pininfarina is ready to ruffle a few feathers. The Mahindra-owned design house is morphing into a high-end automaker whose goal is to conquer territory held sacred by some of its past clients. Michael Perschke, the CEO of Automobil Pininfarina says the brand’s first shot is a 1900bhp EV named Battista and a salvo of SUVs will follow… Continue reading Michael Perschke: ‘We don’t believe another luxury brand will wholeheartedly embrace electrification by 2025’

UAW boss accused of embezzlement gives feds big smiles, bear-hugs ahead of guilty plea

Detroit — A senior United Auto Workers official accused of helping embezzle more than $1 million in union funds greeted federal prosecutors and agents with big smiles and bear-hugs Monday before he was scheduled to plead guilty. Edward “Nick” Robinson, a close aide to former President Gary Jones, left a private meeting with prosecutors on the first floor of… Continue reading UAW boss accused of embezzlement gives feds big smiles, bear-hugs ahead of guilty plea

Renault Retail Group to sell 10 dealerships in France

Renault is selling off dealerships in the factory-owned Renault Retail Group in France as it prepares for online sales. The carmaker is selling off 10 dealerships and its Grenelle site in Paris between now and 2024 to prepare for what it described as a “backdrop of a deep-seated transformation” in the automotive market. Renault said… Continue reading Renault Retail Group to sell 10 dealerships in France