D he sports car manufacturer Porsche has suspended the sale of all new cars until further notice. The background to this is the changeover to the new exhaust gas measuring cycles WLTP and RDE, which entail stricter requirements both in the approval procedure on the test bench and in real day-to-day operation. They apply gradually… Continue reading Porsche stops selling new cars
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Porsche sinks in the exhaust fog
Porsche For the time being, it will not be able to sell any new cars that have been put together to order because the certification is stuck to the new emissions standard. These news has alarmed industry and politics, Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer has nachgehakt directly at Porsche, it is already suspected, here is… Continue reading Porsche sinks in the exhaust fog
Everything dummies
D he currently valid Russian joke goes like this: Putin I do not want to be a Czar, because there is only one coronation, but the inauguration of the President can be repeated endlessly. On May 7, it was Putin’s fourth time. Just in time for the ceremony, the parliament of the Chechnya republic proposed… Continue reading Everything dummies
Honda faces the real cost of Brexit in a former Spitfire plant
BMW UK plants: Mini, Oxford (4,000 staff); Rolls-Royce, Goodwood (1,700); engines, Hams Hall, Birmingham (800); bodywork, Swindon (850) Makes: Minis, all Rolls-Royce model HONDA UK plants: Cars and engines, Swindon (4,000 staff) Makes: Civic NISSAN UK plant: Cars and engines, Sunderland (7,000 employees) Makes: Qashqai, Leaf, Juke ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Such are the surreal options facing Honda… Continue reading Honda faces the real cost of Brexit in a former Spitfire
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Christine Todd Whitman: Oil industry is ‘peddling misinformation’ about electric vehicles
As states and cities push for more and more ambitious clean energy targets, the electricity that powers our lives will increasingly be derived from solar, wind, nuclear and other low- or no-emission or non-polluting energy sources. And battery recycling will become more common as economies of scale make it an increasingly profitable business. That will… Continue reading Christine Todd Whitman: Oil industry is ‘peddling
misinformation’ about electric vehicles
Tesla is asking Model 3 reservation holders for another $2,500 to order their cars
Buyers who confirm won’t immediately get a specific delivery date, but Tesla’s email says delivery could happen “in as soon as 2-4 months.” Tesla typically schedules delivery or pickup appointments within two weeks of the date they expect to deliver a Model 3 to a customer. The company has not yet manufactured a base-model version… Continue reading Tesla is asking Model 3 reservation holders for another
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Power boxes on wheels
D The Leipzig verdict on driving bans on diesel is postponed to Tuesday. For many small tradespeople and large suppliers, the situation is worrying as long as they still drive a diesel that could be affected by the planned closures. You would be fine with an electric delivery van. Only there was no or almost… Continue reading Power boxes on wheels
Electric car is so easy
A chim Kampker has little of a crazy professor. The 41-year-old was initially laughed at for his idea and declared crazy. In the conference room of Streetscooter in Aachen, he sips with a boyish grin on his coffee and tells about how he became the managing director of the largest manufacturer of electric utility vehicles… Continue reading Electric car is so easy