If you needed more proof that Tesla is going to make its own battery cells, we’ve now learned that Tesla is building a pilot battery cell manufacturing line in Fremont and designing its own equipment to produce the cells. For a few months now, Tesla has been rumored to be working on making its own… Continue reading Tesla is building a pilot battery cell manufacturing line in Fremont – getting into the cell business
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@VW Group: New, innovative solution for ultra-fast charging electric vehicles
The establishment of a dense public network of ultra-fast e-vehicle charging stations can be realized much faster than previously assumed. E.ON and Volkswagen Group Components are giving a new impetus with the prototype of a new, flexible ultra-fast charging station that will be presented in Essen. By integrating a battery system, it will be possible… Continue reading @VW Group: New, innovative solution for ultra-fast charging electric vehicles
@VW Group: Nordic Combined
Feeling blue. With 382 PS from a displacement of four litres, a Sooner can easily hold its own on the race track, but most will probably be found in an urban environment. We Porsche enthusiasts all have our favourite era, whether it is the air-cooled variants, the F models, G models, the long-bonnet types the… Continue reading @VW Group: Nordic Combined
@VW Group: AudiStream: Virtual journey through the world of production at Audi in Ingolstadt
View the Audi A3 body shop on your screen; go to the Audi A4 assembly line with a mouse click: With AudiStream, Audi is the first manufacturer to offer interactive factory tours. Starting from Wednesday, February 12, interested parties can experience production processes of the brand at the Ingolstadt site online and in English language,… Continue reading @VW Group: AudiStream: Virtual journey through the world of production at Audi in Ingolstadt
@Mazda:Mazda North American Operations has filed a Part 573 defect notification with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for a safety defect, which exists in certain 2016 Model Year Mazda CX-5 vehicles
WASHINGTON, DC (February 2, 2020) – Mazda North American Operations has filed a Part 573 defect notification with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for a safety defect, which exists in certain 2016 Model Year Mazda CX-5 vehicles. In the affected vehicles, the LED-type daytime running lights may flicker or fail to illuminate while… Continue reading @Mazda:Mazda North American Operations has filed a Part 573 defect notification with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for a safety defect, which exists in certain 2016 Model Year Mazda CX-5 vehicles
Peugeot 508 Station Wagon: the road test of the 225 hp GT
TEST DRIVE OF THE WEEK A station wagon that knows how to be sporty and elegant. The Peugeot 508 Sw in the Gt version is a family car with dynamic lines. We tested it with the 225-liter 1.6-liter PureTech by Giulia Paganoni February 11, 2020 2 ‘of reading It is the car you wouldn’t expect.… Continue reading Peugeot 508 Station Wagon: the road test of the 225 hp GT
Daimler CEO Källenius presents future strategy: “The next three years will be a sack full of work”
Annual profit: slumped by a third. The dividend: from 3.25 euros per share to 90 cents. Employee bonuses: plummeted to around EUR 1,000 after around EUR 5,000 the previous year. Daimler’s head of office Ola Källenius, who has been in office since May 2019, has had a catastrophic start – you can’t say it otherwise.… Continue reading Daimler CEO Källenius presents future strategy: “The next three years will be a sack full of work”
Shell To Double Number Of Fast Charging Points In Germany
Shell has now doubled its initial announced plan to build 100 fast charging stations for electric vehicles in Germany. The new plan is to add 200 such stations, as well as increase the number of hydrogen filling stations in the country from the 80 it has promised thus far. The EV fast chargers will be… Continue reading Shell To Double Number Of Fast Charging Points In Germany
No PHEV Planned For All-New Hyundai Sonata
If you want to own a new plug-in hybrid Hyundai Sonata, you need to hurry and buy the outgoing model because the all-new replacement will reportedly not come with a plug. The previous generation Sonata debuted in 2016 and was refreshed in 2018 and now it’s being phased out by the all new 2020 Sonata.… Continue reading No PHEV Planned For All-New Hyundai Sonata
@Groupe PSA: New Opel Corsa-e: Interior Heating and Cooling via Remote Control
Warm up or cool down: remote control of interior temperature via “myOpel” app Democratization of technology: unique comfort-feature is standard equipment Plugged-in benefit: state-of-charge retained during preconditioning Rüsselsheim. The interior of the new Opel Corsa-e can be set at a pleasant temperature via the new “myOpel” app before the journey has even begun. Thanks to… Continue reading @Groupe PSA: New Opel Corsa-e: Interior Heating and Cooling via Remote Control