For around four years, Elon Musk (52) has been offering Tesla models with “Full Self-Driving”, the “full potential for autonomous driving”. Although Model 3 and Model Y are still a long way from truly autonomous driving, marketing master Musk still tells the story of the approaching robotic car. The complaints about the supposed autopilot are also increasing in Germany. My colleague Jonas Rest researched: Tesla’s lawyers sometimes react extremely boldly to the allegations
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China decides the weal and woe of many automobile manufacturers; the country is also by far the largest market for electric cars. According to the Stuttgart research center, 14.6 million electric models and plug-in hybrids have been sold there to date ZSW
calculated 53 percent of global sales. When it comes to new registrations, Stromer combustion engines are used in China overtake soon. It is all the more problematic that international brands, with the exception of Tesla, only sell their e-models there with limited success.
Deepdrive of the week: No signs of car fatigue
“Despite the climate debate, congested inner cities and the supposedly autocritical Generation Z – there can be no talk of car fatigue in Germany,” write analysts from Deutsche Bank Research in one analysis
. Between 2014 and 2023, the number of cars in this country increased by 11 percent to 48.8 million. Not only the number, but also the average age of the vehicles increases by 2.4 to 10 years in the same period. For the time being, the trend towards driving longer is likely to continue, the analysts expect: due to high interest rates and a lack of entry-level electric cars.
The Q6 e-tron should be a liberation for Audi after the long wait for new models. Due to the mess at Volkswagen’s Cariad software unit, the SUV is coming two years later than planned, and it should be ready in spring 2024. The car can now be seen at least once with foil. The is a “tailored suit”, leaves Audi
knowledge, with which one can “still remain vague, but already consciously concretize certain things”. There are easier tasks than selling a slack.
I wish you an eventful week.
Sincerely yours, Christoph Seyerlein
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