Audi’s new subscription service lets you swap vehicles twice a month

Audi is the latest luxury automaker to launch a subscription-based service to get customers who want to have access to a fleet of fancy cars but don’t necessarily want to own or lease one. The German car company’s service is called Audi Select, and it launches exclusively in Dallas-Fort Worth this week. For the set… Continue reading Audi’s new subscription service lets you swap vehicles twice a month

The steep career of Gunnar Kilian: The young Eminence of Wolfsburg

Gunnar Kilian (43) has rescued Herbert Diess (59). By the end of 2016 that was – and it may sound bizarre, after all, Kilian was Secretary General of the Works Council at the time and Diess led the board of the VW brand. But that’s just how Volkswagen works. And nobody understands Volkswagen as well… Continue reading The steep career of Gunnar Kilian: The young Eminence of Wolfsburg

UPDATE 2-Merkel to hold diesel talks as allies demand hardware fix

BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold a high-level meeting on Sunday to discuss whether to require the car industry to carry out costly hardware upgrades for older diesel vehicles to reduce inner-city pollution, government sources said. FILE PHOTO: Traffic signs which ban diesel cars are installed by workers at the Max-Brauer Allee… Continue reading UPDATE 2-Merkel to hold diesel talks as allies demand hardware fix

VinFast cars expected to be direct rival to Mercedes

VietNamNet Bridge – VinFast’s first two car models, one sedan and one SUV, will have selling prices of no less than VND1 billion, similar to luxury models Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi and Lexus. VinFast’s cars will be priced at no less than VND1 billion Commenting about VinFast’s car models, an expert said BMW technologies would be… Continue reading VinFast cars expected to be direct rival to Mercedes

Lunewave is pitching a new sensor offering better vision for autonomous vehicles

The investment arms of BMW and the Chinese search technology giant, Baidu, along with a large original equipment manufacturer for the auto industry and a slew of technology investors have all come together to back Lunewave, a startup developing new sensor technologies for autonomous vehicles. The $5 million seed round which the company just closed… Continue reading Lunewave is pitching a new sensor offering better vision for autonomous vehicles

VinFast – Follow The Birth Of A Car Company Using BMW Tech And Italian Design From Pininfarina

What is VinFast? With a vision of becoming the “leading vehicle manufacturer in Southeast Asia,” VinFast is the first Vietnamese car company and is led by James DeLuca, Former Vice President of Manufacturing at General Motors. The company has R&D and production facilities in Vietnam, yet most of the technology used for the cars VinFast… Continue reading VinFast – Follow The Birth Of A Car Company Using BMW Tech And Italian Design From Pininfarina

BMW and Daimler submit application to EU Commission: Car2go and DriveNow agree on merger

Getty Images / AFP DriveNow and Car2go: The merger is in the final meters After months of negotiations, they were able to clarify their issues: BMW Show stock market chart and Daimler Show stock market chart have submitted the merger of their car-sharing offers to the EU Commission for approval. In advance, the corporations had… Continue reading BMW and Daimler submit application to EU Commission: Car2go and DriveNow agree on merger

Subsidies for German battery cell factory: Merkel’s tedious pick-up maneuvers for electric cars

All articles and backgrounds 09/19/2018 Subsidies for German battery cell factory Merkel’s tedious pick-up maneuvers in e-cars DPA Economics Minister Peter Altmaier and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (both CDU) want a German battery cell factory Now the reaffirmation comes from the very top: Chancellor Angela Merkel stressed on Wednesday that in Germany a separate battery… Continue reading Subsidies for German battery cell factory: Merkel’s tedious pick-up maneuvers for electric cars

Paolo D’Ettore: Director LCV Business Unit Nissan Europe

Who is Paolo D’Ettore? Paolo is currently Director of the Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) Business Unit at Nissan Europe. He leads a team of 20 people across Europe and is responsible for the profit, sales, marketing, product planning and overall program management of the LCV range. The role is varied and can range from managing… Continue reading Paolo D’Ettore: Director LCV Business Unit Nissan Europe

BMW Will Shut Down Oxford Plant for a Month After Brexit Date

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