[embedded content] The all-new Lotus Emira is a big car for Lotus. For one, it’s the end of something: the last petrol-powered sports car Lotus says it will make. And for two it’s the start of something, as the first all-new model to be introduced since Geely took over Lotus five years ago. Like the… Continue reading Video: Lotus Emira takes on the Porsche Cayman GTS
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New 2023 Polestar 3: 370-mile electric sports SUV unwrapped
The new Polestar 3 electric SUV has effectively been revealed in a new official image that shows it completely unwrapped ahead of a public debut in October. Polestar has issued a preview image that shows its upcoming Audi E-tron rival from the side – proving that this will be no mere adaptation of the firm’s existing Polestar… Continue reading New 2023 Polestar 3: 370-mile electric sports SUV unwrapped
Toyota GR Supra Manual 2022
What is it? Not content with building 2022’s finest sports car in the sold-out Toyota GR86, the Japanese firm is now offering a new version of Supra, one with three pedals. It seems the purveyor of the Toyota Prius and the Previa, and the undisputed volume champion of the automotive industry, has also become panderer-in-chief… Continue reading Toyota GR Supra Manual 2022
Car companies haven’t figured out if they’ll let Apple CarPlay take over all the screens
Apple can’t seem to build its own car, so it’ll just have to take over everyone else’s. At its annual WWDC event on Monday, the tech giant announced that the next generation of CarPlay will soon break free from the bonds that confine it to the main infotainment screen and spread to additional screens within… Continue reading Car companies haven’t figured out if they’ll let Apple CarPlay take over all the screens
German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Ultimatum: VW boss Diess must present a solution for the software chaos in three weeks004431
VW boss Herbert Diess The manager took over responsibility for the VW software division Cariad at the beginning of the year. (Photo: dpa) According to the website of the subsidiary Cariad, which was founded in 2020, the software from Volkswagen should be groundbreaking and groundbreaking. But after start-up investments of more than six billion euros,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Ultimatum: VW boss Diess must present a solution for the software chaos in three weeks004431
German Handelsblatt: Venture capital: Porsche goes on a start-up hunt in the USA004431
Der Sportwagenhersteller Porsche sucht verstärkt nach neuen Start-ups aus dem Mobilitätsbereich. Dafür kooperiert die Stuttgarter Volkswagen-Tochter mit dem Start-up-Inkubator UP.Labs aus den USA und investiert einen zweistelligen Millionenbetrag. Wie Porsche am Dienstag mitteilte, sollen bis 2025 sechs neue Unternehmen gegründet werden.Die Start-ups, die Porsche zusammen mit UP.Labs identifizieren und unterstützen will, sollen eine starke Bindung… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Venture capital: Porsche goes on a start-up hunt in the USA004431
Does the auto industry have an electric vehicle generation gap?
CHICAGO, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Against a backdrop of skyrocketing gas prices, ongoing concerns about climate change and an unprecedented push by the auto industry to launch more electric vehicles, consumer interest in Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) is also on the rise. According to the most recent Ipsos Mobility Navigator Study, almost one-half of… Continue reading Does the auto industry have an electric vehicle generation gap?
German Handelsblatt: Suppliers: Schaeffler founds hydrogen joint venture with Faurecia and Michelin004429
Klaus Rosenfeld The Schaeffler boss sees a long-term investment in the joint venture with Michelin and Faurecia. (Photo: imago images/argum) Schaeffler is increasing its commitment in the field of hydrogen drives. The German company cooperates with Symbio, a joint venture between the French suppliers Faurecia and Michelin. On Tuesday, the companies in Paris announced the… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Suppliers: Schaeffler founds hydrogen joint venture with Faurecia and Michelin004429
German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Ultimatum: VW boss Diess must present a solution for the software chaos in three weeks004424
VW boss Herbert Diess The manager took over responsibility for the VW software division Cariad at the beginning of the year. (Photo: dpa) According to the website of the subsidiary Cariad, which was founded in 2020, the software from Volkswagen should be groundbreaking and groundbreaking. But after start-up investments of more than six billion euros,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Ultimatum: VW boss Diess must present a solution for the software chaos in three weeks004424
German Handelsblatt: New mobility: This is how a small Greek island becomes the Volkswagen future laboratory004425
Sailing yachts and fishing boats bob in the picturesque harbour, around which whitewashed cube houses are grouped like rows in an amphitheater. A Venetian fortress towers over everything. An idyllic tranquility reigns on the Greek island of Astypalea. The 1300 locals are almost among themselves, only a few visitors stroll through the streets. The small… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: New mobility: This is how a small Greek island becomes the Volkswagen future laboratory004425