Europe’s largest car manufacturing complex is launching a retraining campaign to train and develop production employees in electric mobility. Volkswagen, which is driving ahead with plans to convert its German plants to the production of electric vehicles, is upping the ante on skilling for EVs. Following on from the Zwickau and Emden passenger car plants,… Continue reading Volkswagen to train 22,000 production employees for e-mobility by 2025
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Volkswagen to train 22,000 production employees for e-mobility by 2025
Europe’s largest car manufacturing complex is launching a retraining campaign to train and develop production employees in electric mobility. Volkswagen, which is driving ahead with plans to convert its German plants to the production of electric vehicles, is upping the ante on skilling for EVs. Following on from the Zwickau and Emden passenger car plants,… Continue reading Volkswagen to train 22,000 production employees for e-mobility by 2025
Continental targets sustainability in tyres with recycled rubber, rice husk and plastic bottles
Continental targets sustainability in tyres with recycled rubber, rice husk and plastic bottles Technology and tyre company Continental is upping the sustainability quotient in its tyres. For some time now, the material experts and tyre engineers at Continental, which has targeted all tyres to be made of sustainable materials by 2050 at the latest, have… Continue reading Continental targets sustainability in tyres with recycled rubber, rice husk and plastic bottles
EKPO to develop and supply fuel cell stacks for a European carmaker
EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies GmbH (EKPO) has secured a contract from a European car manufacturer for fuel cell stacks to be fitted to a future series production vehicle. The agreement includes the development of a custom-made stack for the global OEM’s future mass-produced vehicle that is to be powered by a fuel cell. In addition… Continue reading EKPO to develop and supply fuel cell stacks for a European carmaker
Schaeffler supplies chainless drive for e-cargo bikes in Europe
Electric cargo and utility bikes are becoming an increasingly common sight in big cities, where they are the ideal solution for speedy, climate-friendly transportation and distribution of food, mail, medicine and more. To help with this trend, Schaeffler has partneried with two-wheeler electric drive specialist Heinzmann GmbH & Co. KG to develop an innovative chainless… Continue reading Schaeffler supplies chainless drive for e-cargo bikes in Europe
Schaeffler supplies chainless drive for e-cargo bikes in Europe
Electric cargo and utility bikes are becoming an increasingly common sight in big cities, where they are the ideal solution for speedy, climate-friendly transportation and distribution of food, mail, medicine and more. To help with this trend, Schaeffler has partneried with two-wheeler electric drive specialist Heinzmann GmbH & Co. KG to develop an innovative chainless… Continue reading Schaeffler supplies chainless drive for e-cargo bikes in Europe
Bentley W12 engine confirmed to bow out in 2024 with Batur
Bentley will end production of its famed W12 engine after producing the most powerful ever version for the ultra-limited-edition Bentley Batur. Production of the twin-turbocharged unit will stop in April 2024 as the British firm looks to accelerate its move towards its Beyond100 strategy, under which every Bentley model will be electrified by 2030. Bentley will now focus… Continue reading Bentley W12 engine confirmed to bow out in 2024 with Batur
New 400bhp Spartan arrives in the UK as a road-legal racer
An all-new, open-top track-day car has arrived in the UK for the first time after more than a decade of development in Australia – and it’s road legal. Known simply as Spartan, lightness and simplicity are at the heart of the car. The carbonfibre body, so strikingly redolent of Can-Am racers of the late 1960s, weighs… Continue reading New 400bhp Spartan arrives in the UK as a road-legal racer
From the archive: on this day in 1966
Audi sold 1.6 million cars last year and is instantly recognisable the world over, so it’s surprising to learn that it’s a young company. Audi made cars from 1910 until war broke in 1939. Come 1945, the occupying Soviets stole the assets of its parent firm, Auto Union, so execs had to go west and… Continue reading From the archive: on this day in 1966
Autocar magazine 22 February: on sale now
There’s a big match-up in this week’s edition of Autocar as we pit the Honda Civic Type R against each of its rivals. We also reveal the first ever hybridised Porsche 911 and uncover 2025’s biggest bargain. News Porsche is laying the foundations for the electrification of the 911 with the launch of a 700bhp… Continue reading Autocar magazine 22 February: on sale now