At its annual meeting Wednesday, Audi announced an ambitious plan to build 20 new electrified cars by 2025, most of them battery electrics,. The company says it will invest $47.6 billion (€40 billion) into these electrified cars, a new app platform for its cars, a new fleet of autonomous vehicles to be launched in 2021,… Continue reading Audi invests heavily in 20 electrified cars by 2025
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Detroit train depot lit up, but no Ford purchase news
The Michigan Central Station train depot on the western edge of Detroit’s Corktown was lit up Wednesday night. (Photo: Phoebe Wall Howard) Windows throughout the top half of Michigan Central train station were all lit up late Wednesday, the eve of the annual Ford Motor Co. shareholder meeting. Despite speculation that the board of directors could take action… Continue reading Detroit train depot lit up, but no Ford purchase news
Rolls-Royce boss Torsten Muller-Otvos on the new Cullinan
The hotly anticipated Cullinan is finally here, so we’ve caught up with the boss of the brand, Torsten Müller-Otvos, to gauge what impact it’s likely to have on his company. Just how important to Rolls-Royce’s future is the launch of Cullinan? It’s enormously important. Cullinan redefines the parameters of super-luxury travel. Our customers have been… Continue reading Rolls-Royce boss Torsten Muller-Otvos on the new Cullinan
Roll-Royce boss Torsten Mueller-Otvoes on the new Cullinan
The hotly anticipated Cullinan is finally here, so we’ve caught up with the boss of the brand, Torsten Mueller-Otvoes, to gauge what impact it’s likely to have on his company. Just how important to Rolls-Royce’s future is the launch of Cullinan? It’s enormously important. Cullinan redefines the parameters of super-luxury travel. Our customers have been… Continue reading Roll-Royce boss Torsten Mueller-Otvoes on the new Cullinan
Volkswagen reveals 286bhp Golf GTI TCR
Volkswagen has previewed a brawny 286bhp version of the seventh-generation Golf GTI with the unveiling of the TCR Concept at the annual Wörthersee fan meet in Austria. The new performance hatchback celebrates VW’s participation in the TCR (Touring Car Racing) championship, for which it provides factory support to privateer teams with a dedicated 345bhp track-based version of the… Continue reading Volkswagen reveals 286bhp Golf GTI TCR
Rolls-Royce Cullinan revealed: exclusive pictures of luxury SUV
Rolls-Royce has bitten the bullet. Officially it’s only three years since CEO Torsten Mueller-Otvoes revealed that his Goodwood-based company was planning a super-luxury SUV to sit at the very top of the SUV market to trump Range Rover, Bentayga and the rest. But by that stage the Rolls off-roader idea had been simmering for a… Continue reading Rolls-Royce Cullinan revealed: exclusive pictures of luxury SUV
Sedans: Peugeot upgrades its 508
No way to drop the sedan PSA sauce. “These cars have a real future. There is not only the SUVs in life ! At Peugeot, we will continue to develop, “says Laurent Blanchet, product director of the brand Lion, which comes out in September the new version of the 508, a model that had replaced… Continue reading Sedans: Peugeot upgrades its 508
Audi aims to sell 800,000 electrified cars in 2025
German carmaker Audi has announced that it plans to sell approximately 8 lakh electrified cars, including both fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars, in 2025. According to the company’s updated ‘Audi Vorsprung 2025’ strategy, it aims to enable about every third customer to decide in favour of an e-model by the middle of the next… Continue reading Audi aims to sell 800,000 electrified cars in 2025
Mercedes shows off its EQC electric SUV prototype
Daimler Mercedes really, really wants you to know that its EQ electric cars will soon become a practical reality. The automaker has shown off heavily camouflaged prototypes of its EQC SUV with word that the production model is on track to launch in 2019. Test mules already endured “tough” winter conditions in northern Sweden between… Continue reading Mercedes shows off its EQC electric SUV prototype
Audi A6 C7 And A7 Suspected Of AdBlue Tampering, Production Stops (Updated)
Audi has stopped production of its current A6 C7 model following accusations pointing to the presence of software written to manipulate emissions controls. According to Spiegel, both the A6 as well as the A7 Sportback TDI could be fitted with a previously unknown defeat device. If that proves to be true, more than 30,000 vehicles… Continue reading Audi A6 C7 And A7 Suspected Of AdBlue Tampering, Production Stops (Updated)