Mobility Solutions is the largest Bosch Group business sector. It generated sales of 42.1 billion euros in 2020, and thus contributed 59 percent of total sales from operations. This makes the Bosch Group one of the leading automotive suppliers. The Mobility Solutions business sector pursues a vision of mobility that is safe, sustainable, and exciting,… Continue reading Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20 percent lower CO₂ emissions
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Inside the industry: These premium brands are in trouble
Electrification, connectivity, autonomy, fast-moving start-up companies, a global pandemic, Brexit, semiconductor shortages, changing consumer habits, new retail models, a Suez Canal blockage… The list of short- and long-term challenges facing the car industry today is extensive, occasionally bordering on farcical and for some potentially ruinous. Who is in trouble? Here are five that we rate… Continue reading Inside the industry: These premium brands are in trouble
VW Works Council Chair talks Herbert Diess and Tesla’s growing influence on German auto – Teslarati
By Simon Alvarez Posted on April 14, 2021 Tesla is not yet producing electric vehicles at Gigafactory Berlin, but the EV maker’s presence is already being felt in Germany’s auto sector. According to sociologist Andreas Boes, director of the Munich Institute for Social Science Research (ISF), Tesla has practically become the “elephant in the room”… Continue reading VW Works Council Chair talks Herbert Diess and Tesla’s growing influence on German auto – Teslarati
@VW Group: 20 years of Porsche in China002977
What China has been experiencing since the 1980s is nothing less than “the greatest economic upswing in the history of modernity”. This is how it is described by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education – an institution that is not prone to exaggeration. For 20 years now, China’s rise to become the second largest… Continue reading @VW Group: 20 years of Porsche in China002977
VW will design its own chips for self-driving cars
Volkswagen won’t settle for off-the-shelf computing power with its self-driving cars. As Reuters (via Autoblog) reports, company chief Herbert Diess told Handelsblatt in an interview that VW will design its own high-performance chips for autonomous vehicles. It was a matter of eking out the best possible hardware, Diess said — much like Apple and Tesla,… Continue reading VW will design its own chips for self-driving cars
Mulling things over: What next for Bentley coachbuilding division?
The Bacalar spearheads a new era at Bentley, one in which it hopes its coachbuilding division, Mulliner, will lead a personalisation charge to give customers ever-more exclusive cars (if the idea of ‘more exclusivity’ doesn’t sound like a paradox too far). Mulliner claims to be the world’s oldest coachbuilder, starting out around 500 years ago… Continue reading Mulling things over: What next for Bentley coachbuilding division?
@VW Group: Porsche is electrifying its managers002971
The Porsche Newsroom is a service provided by the Porsche Communication for journalists, bloggers and the online community. © 2021 Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG * Data determined in accordance with the measurement method required by law. Since 1 September 2017 certain new cars have been type approved in accordance with the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles… Continue reading @VW Group: Porsche is electrifying its managers002971
German Handelsblatt: Software, chips, solar energy: The autonomous movement: This is what VW is already prescribing the next revolution after e-mobility001984
Herbert Diess The VW boss wants to follow the example of Tesla and Apple. (Photo: Thomas Kuhlenbeck) Read on now Get access to this and every other article in the Web and in our app for 4 weeks free of charge. Further Read on now Get access to this and every other article in the… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Software, chips, solar energy: The autonomous movement: This is what VW is already prescribing the next revolution after e-mobility001984
VW, Audi and Skoda owners angry over fault in SOS warning system
The Volkswagen, Audi and Skoda group has been accused of knowingly selling cars with defective SOS warning systems that in some cases failed before the new owner had left the dealership. Since 2018 all new cars sold across the EU have been required to have an eCall system that automatically contacts the emergency services with… Continue reading VW, Audi and Skoda owners angry over fault in SOS warning system
Volkswagen Will Develop In-House Self-Driving Chip to Compete With Tesla, Apple – Observer
Volkswagen sold almost half as many electric cars as Tesla in 2020. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Although Tesla’s expensive and strictly in-house developed autonomous driving software has a long way to go to actually achieve self-driving, its German rival Volkswagen is going down the same path to build its own driverless capabilities. In an interview German… Continue reading Volkswagen Will Develop In-House Self-Driving Chip to Compete With Tesla, Apple – Observer