Tag: Daimler

Which Chinese EV should you buy?

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Electric vehicles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Forget the Year of the Snake, as far as the automotive world is concerned, 2025 is the year of the Chinese car. Towards the end of 2024, China’s share of the global electric-vehicle market reached… Continue reading Which Chinese EV should you buy?

@niche: TICK, TICK, TICK.003746

Detroit. Now that this industry is being immersed in chaos theory, where it’s tariffs one day and a reprise the next, it’s clear that the clock is ticking on the very existence of the auto business in this country, for every manufacturer. The very idea that trade agreements between the U.S., Canada and Mexico could be arbitrarily blown… Continue reading @niche: TICK, TICK, TICK.003746

Trump tariffs fuel US auto anxiety

The long lead-time in the auto industry means the cars resulting from current investment decisions may not hit the market for four or five years. A flood of presidential trade policy announcements has kept US automakers on edge since Donald Trump returned to the White House last month. While some signature threats — like 25%… Continue reading Trump tariffs fuel US auto anxiety

German FAZ: Like the Mercedes boss for his luxury strategy, battles008760

When CEO Ola Källenius shows the Mercedes Cla as the hope of his company on the occasion of the balance sheet press conference, this will happen at a traditional time. Almost for the day exactly annually the birth of the Mercedes-Benz brand. On February 18, 1925, the Daimler motor company and the Benz & Cie… Continue reading German FAZ: Like the Mercedes boss for his luxury strategy, battles008760

Jeep Drivers Bombarded With Ads for Extended Warranty on Their Center Console Displays

The smartphone-ification of cars continues to unleash new horrors of tech-inflected capitalism. Just ask Jeep drivers, who are suffering through an extremely intrusive way the automaker is pestering them to buy an extended warranty: pop-up ads that take up the entire infotainment screen of their vehicles, our sister site The Drive reports. In a post… Continue reading Jeep Drivers Bombarded With Ads for Extended Warranty on Their Center Console Displays

German FAZ: Gedribbelt008755 for steam

Cooking and cooking fry are currently the favorite product of the manufacturers. Because the demand for hot air fryers continues to increase. Philips advertises with a premiere. The Steam Airfryer 5000 Series Dual Basket for 320 euros initially distributes classically hot air in one basket. But if necessary, it can be cooked with steam in… Continue reading German FAZ: Gedribbelt008755 for steam

German FAZ: Gedribbelt008755 for steam

Cooking and cooking fry are currently the favorite product of the manufacturers. Because the demand for hot air fryers continues to increase. Philips advertises with a premiere. The Steam Airfryer 5000 Series Dual Basket for 320 euros initially distributes classically hot air in one basket. But if necessary, it can be cooked with steam in… Continue reading German FAZ: Gedribbelt008755 for steam

Check the spec: Finding the forbidden fruit on car configurators

Recently, we featured a road test of the new Audi S5, and the process of writing it gave me an excuse to engage in an underrated pastime: playing with car configurators. All in the name of research, you understand. Not time-wasting. Not at all. The thing with cars like the S5 is that you don’t just have to… Continue reading Check the spec: Finding the forbidden fruit on car configurators

Uncovering the magic of French cars at Rétromobile 2025

There’s something fascinating about French cars – this intangible quality that’s able to turn a humdrum machine into something rather compelling.  It’s a tricky one to pin down, but if one is to tap the source of that famed va-va-voom anywhere, it’s surely Rétromobile. Held on the outskirts of Paris, down the road from Parc… Continue reading Uncovering the magic of French cars at Rétromobile 2025