Since 2018, Audi Brussels has been manufacturing the Audi e-tron, the first full-electrical model from the brand with the four rings. Today, the 100,000th Audi e-tron left the site’s finishing line. The anniversary car is a Daytona grey Audi e-tron Sportback 55 S line Quattro, scheduled for delivery to a Belgian customer soon. The new… Continue reading @VW Group: Audi Brussels completes manufacture of the 100,000th Audi e-tron002910
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@Toyota: Toyota Gazoo Racing Hyped for Hypercar Debut
Toyota Gazoo Racing will begin a new era with its GR010 Hybrid Hypercar at the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, the opening round of the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) on 1 May. A direct successor to the legendary Group C period of the 1980s and 1990s, the spectacular LMP1 era has reached… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Gazoo Racing Hyped for Hypercar Debut
German Manager Magazin: Daniela Cavallo becomes head of the VW works council and top worker leader in Wolfsburg000759
Generation change at the head of the powerful Volkswagen works council: After 16 years in office, works council chief Bernd Osterloh (64) is stepping down. His tasks – including the seat on the supervisory board – will be taken over by his previous deputy, 46-year-old Daniela Cavallo, as the VW group works council announced on… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Daniela Cavallo becomes head of the VW works council and top worker leader in Wolfsburg000759
@VW Group: Volkswagen survey shows American SUV owners and shoppers ready to embrace EVs002904
Apr 22, 2021 Survey of 1,000 SUV owners and 500 SUV shoppers found most haven’t driven an EV, but most are more interested than they were a year ago Six in ten shoppers in the market for an SUV say they will consider an EV Four in five say more EVs on the roads can… Continue reading @VW Group: Volkswagen survey shows American SUV owners and shoppers ready to embrace EVs002904
@VW Group: Evolving to the next level: New Polo is one of the first in its class to offer partly automated driving002903
With more than 18 million units built, the Polo is one of the world’s most successful compact cars. Now, in a world premiere, Volkswagen is set to unveil the next evolutionary stage of the Polo; presales will start in May already. The design, technologies and specification matrix of the bestseller have had a comprehensive update,… Continue reading @VW Group: Evolving to the next level: New Polo is one of the first in its class to offer partly automated driving002903
@VW Group: ŠKODA releases exterior design sketches of the new FABIA002903
Two of the design sketches show the clear, modern and dynamically drawn lines of the new ŠKODA FABIA. The fourth generation will be 111 millimetres longer and 48 millimetres wider than its predecessor. This is the first time the new FABIA will be based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Transverse Toolkit MQB-A0. In addition to… Continue reading @VW Group: ŠKODA releases exterior design sketches of the new FABIA002903
How to create a hypercar from scratch – Q&A with Zenvo Automotive – just-auto.com
Troels Vollertsen From the quiet town of Præstø sprung Denmark’s only car manufacturer – a created of limited edition hypercars that’s now establishing a worldwide dealer and service network. Matthew Beecham caught up with Zenvo Automotive founder Troels Vollertsen to find out how the engineering innovator went from a small workshop to 1,000 bhp and… Continue reading How to create a hypercar from scratch – Q&A with Zenvo Automotive – just-auto.com
German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Volkswagen recruits former State Secretary Suder from Leyens as IT director
Katrin Suder takes over the management of the newly created IT department at VW. This gives the former advisor and public servant a key position. Go to source
MG offers £750 discount for electric car converts
MG has launched a new campaign which it hopes will incentivise the uptake of electrified vehicles. Between now and 26 April, anyone who test drives the MG ZS EV, MG 5 EV or MG HS Plug-in Hybrid will get £750 off the price of those cars. MG’s latest deal is in addition to the government’s… Continue reading MG offers £750 discount for electric car converts
Arrival Developing Electric Vehicles Without Assembly Line
“This is about getting the best, optimal delivery vehicle for us,” Mr. Wake said. Globally, UPS operates a fleet of about 120,000 vehicles, and around 13,000 of them use alternatives to diesel engines such as batteries. In addition to UPS, BlackRock and the South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia have invested in Arrival. Electric vehicle… Continue reading Arrival Developing Electric Vehicles Without Assembly Line