TOKYO — Nissan Motor will tie up with a Chinese-owned battery maker, investing over 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) to build new battery plants for electric vehicles in Japan and U.K., Nikkei has learned. The Japanese automaker will start turning out batteries at two new plants, one in Japan and one in the U.K., as… Continue reading Nissan to build EV battery plants in Japan and UK
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German Handelsblatt: Software project: Advance into new business fields: Volkswagen enters traffic analysis 002137
VW software In Carmel, a city in the American Midwest, the software has been counting and analyzing traffic with cameras at streets, intersections and roundabouts for two weeks now. (Photo: Volkswagen) As part of the shift towards digital corporations, San Francisco automakers like VW are increasingly moving into areas that no longer have anything to… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Software project: Advance into new business fields: Volkswagen enters traffic analysis 002137
German Handelsblatt: Software project: Advance into new business areas: Volkswagen enters traffic analysis in the USA002136
VW software In Carmel, a city in the American Midwest, the software has been counting and analyzing traffic with cameras at streets, intersections and roundabouts for two weeks now. (Photo: Volkswagen) As part of the shift towards digital corporations, San Francisco automakers like VW are increasingly moving into areas that no longer have anything to… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Software project: Advance into new business areas: Volkswagen enters traffic analysis in the USA002136
Volkswagen Sharan taken off sale after more than ten years
Volkswagen has taken its seven-seat Sharan MPV off sale in the UK, ten years since it was introduced to the market. The move comes as part of a regional model year range update, though the Sharan will remain on sale in other global markets for “some time to come”, a spokesperson told Autocar. No direct… Continue reading Volkswagen Sharan taken off sale after more than ten years
Kia Niro
It’s hard to imagine a car more conspicuously of its time than the all-new Kia Niro. For a start, it is that most prized family-sized possession: a compact crossover – supposedly as useful as a double-decker pram and three times as covetable. And second, it’s got it’s finger on the ecological pulse when it comes… Continue reading Kia Niro
UK firm reveals 500bhp electric 964-generation Porsche 911
The 964-generation Porsche 911 has been reborn as a 500bhp, fast-charging sports EV by Oxfordshire engineering firm Everrati. With its petrol flat six swapped for a “state-of-the-art” electric motor and fitted with a raft of lightweight carbonfibre body panels, Everrati’s Signature 911 will crack the 0-62mph sprint in less than 4.0sec and promises “to elevate the driving… Continue reading UK firm reveals 500bhp electric 964-generation Porsche 911
Could This Be The No.1 EV Stock Of 2021?
While Tesla and Volkswagen compete for EV buyers, a winner of their battles for customers may be another billion-dollar company that doesn’t even make cars called Facedrive. That might come as a surprise after the banner year Tesla had in 2020. In just the last 12 months, Tesla has seen an incredible 503% gain in… Continue reading Could This Be The No.1 EV Stock Of 2021?
Carmakers Forced by Chip Crisis to Rethink Just-In-Time Ordering
(Bloomberg) — A century after automakers showed the world the value of assembly-line manufacturing, a shortage of semiconductors is teaching the industry a painful new lesson in what it takes to build a car. For most of its history, the industry has relied on a distinct approach to buying car parts, procuring components from suppliers… Continue reading Carmakers Forced by Chip Crisis to Rethink Just-In-Time Ordering
German Handelsblatt: Electric cars: Audi takes over Artemis development for autonomous e-car002134
“Artemis” project series With the project, Audi originally wanted to bring a fully networked electric Audi with new software onto the market at the end of 2024. (Photo: AUDI AG) Ingolstadt Audi takes the previously independent Artemis project team for the development of an autonomous electric car under its wing. The team had set up… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electric cars: Audi takes over Artemis development for autonomous e-car002134
M&M hopeful of demand rebound as Covid-19 cases recede in Maharashtra
With Maharashtra witnessing a consistent dip in Covid-19 cases since the past few days, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) which has a significant operational presence in the State is certainly ecstatic. According to Rajesh Jejurikar, Executive Director (Auto & Farm sectors) at M&M, while Q1 FY2022 has certainly been a washout, the situation is expected to… Continue reading M&M hopeful of demand rebound as Covid-19 cases recede in Maharashtra