Category: Automotive

IIT Madras’s race car team to make electric debut

Raftar launches one racing car each year for participation in the Formula Student championships, a Formula-style racing contest conducted across key tracks in the globe. IIT Madras’s multidisciplinary team building race cars to compete in global student-led ‘Formula’ championships has, for the first time, built an electric variant – RFR23 – which will be unveiled… Continue reading IIT Madras’s race car team to make electric debut

SIPs eating into luxury car sales: Mercedes

NEW DELHI: The luxury car industry has a new challenger – systematic investment plans (SIPs) – which give an easy entry to Indians into stock markets and debt savings through mutual funds. As inflows into SIPs continue unabated, despite volatility in stock markets, disposable incomes into aspirational and premium products such as cars are not… Continue reading SIPs eating into luxury car sales: Mercedes

A great rotation is brewing in Asia as investors shift from India to China, Korea

The nascent revival in North Asian equities is being touted as the start of a potential bull run as bets for China’s gradual reopening as well as the bottoming out of the chip industry intensify. Strategists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. expect Asia’s equity leadership to shift from Southeast Asia and India to markets like… Continue reading A great rotation is brewing in Asia as investors shift from India to China, Korea

@VW Group: Celebratory vibe surrounds the Taycan: production anniversary and kilometre kings006223

On 7 November, the 100,000th Taycan rolled off the production line. The milestone car left the assembly line about three years after production first started at the main plant in Zuffenhausen in September 2019. The Neptune Blue Taycan Turbo S is destined for a customer in the United Kingdom. “We are very pleased to have… Continue reading @VW Group: Celebratory vibe surrounds the Taycan: production anniversary and kilometre kings006223

@VW Group: Porsche fights for the manufacturer’s and driver’s titles at the season finale006222

The race In the GTE-Am class, the two Porsche 911 RSR fielded by Project 1 set the benchmark. The German customer team celebrated a one-two victory at the eight-hour race. At the end of a decade of factory racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC, the Porsche GT Team showed an impressive fighting spirit.… Continue reading @VW Group: Porsche fights for the manufacturer’s and driver’s titles at the season finale006222

@VW Group: Porsche Design and Sotheby’s auction two icons of design history006221

This December, together with the auction house Sotheby’s, Porsche Design is not only celebrating the 50th anniversary of the globally successful design brand, but above all the pioneering spirit of company founder Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. F. A. Porsche had already made design history with the legendary Porsche 911 when he founded his own design studio… Continue reading @VW Group: Porsche Design and Sotheby’s auction two icons of design history006221

@VW Group: New Formula E Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 celebrates world premiere006220

The Mexico City E-Prix on 14 January 2023 will be the first race for the Porsche 99X Electric Gen3. The arrival of the third vehicle generation at the start of next season heralds a new era for the world’s first electric racing series. 99X Electric Gen3 The new Gen3 cars such as the Porsche 99X… Continue reading @VW Group: New Formula E Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 celebrates world premiere006220

@VW Group: The ducktail: 4.5 kilometres per hour for all eternity006219

© 2022 Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG. *Data determined in accordance with the measurement method required by law. As of 1 September 2018 the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP) replaced the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC). Due to the more realistic test conditions, the fuel/electricity consumption and CO₂ emission values determined in accordance… Continue reading @VW Group: The ducktail: 4.5 kilometres per hour for all eternity006219