Electric car from VW An electric vehicle from VW stands on a new climate roller test bench at the Lower Saxony Research Center for Vehicle Technology (NFF). (Photo: dpa) The main owner, Porsche SE, has slightly increased its capital stake in Volkswagen. The share in the subscribed capital of Europe’s largest car company is now… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car group: Major shareholder Porsche SE increases capital stake in Volkswagen004283
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Volkswagen CEO sees tight race with Tesla for e-car crown by 2025, article with image
Volkswagen Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Herbert Diess speaks at ‘Motion. Autos, Art, Architecture’, an exhibition exploring parallels between the automobile and the art world, at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, in Bilbao, Spain, April 6, 2022. REUTERS/Vincent West Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register FRANKFURT, May 9 (Reuters) – Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) faces a tough… Continue reading Volkswagen CEO sees tight race with Tesla for e-car crown by 2025, article with image
VW CEO thinks they can sell more electric cars than Tesla by 2025 – is it even possible?
Herbert Diess, the CEO of the Volkswagen Group, believes that the German automaker can sell more electric cars than Tesla by 2025. Is that goal even possible? When it comes to all-electric vehicle sales, everyone is trying to catch up to Tesla, but the automaker has a big lead, and it’s not slowing down. With… Continue reading VW CEO thinks they can sell more electric cars than Tesla by 2025 – is it even possible?
@VW Group: Nardò Technical Center: 10 years with Porsche005021
09/05/2022 The Nardò Technical Center (NTC), the South-Italian proving ground owned by Porsche and operated by Porsche Engineering, celebrates its tenth anniversary of the acquisition by the German sports car manufacturer today. Within this time, the NTC, covering over 700 hectares with more than 20 test tracks in the Apulian region, has transformed from a… Continue reading @VW Group: Nardò Technical Center: 10 years with Porsche005021
VW boss admits speed of Tesla’s expansion surprised him
VW boss admits speed of Tesla’s expansion surprised him In terms of electric car sales, Herbert Diess says Volkswagen may not catch up with Elon Musk’s firm for a while Elon Musk attends the opening of a Tesla factory in Gruenheide, Germany, in March 2022. Photograph: Action Press/REX/Shutterstock Elon Musk attends the opening of a… Continue reading VW boss admits speed of Tesla’s expansion surprised him
German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: VW boss Diess sees close race with Tesla for market leadership004278
Herbert Diess The head of the VW Group sees Tesla as the main future competitor – and wants to achieve market leadership. (Photo: Bloomberg) Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess does not see the self-imposed goal of replacing Tesla as the world market leader in electric cars by 2025 as a sure-fire success. “It will be a… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: VW boss Diess sees close race with Tesla for market leadership004278
New UK company to build niche EVs
Watts will build a Porsche 356-inspired electric sports car at Cornwall, south west England Three automotive firms have joined forces to create “a new powerhouse in low-volume EV design, engineering and manufacturing” with headquarters in Cornwall and the West Midlands. The new company, Watt EV Holdings Ltd, is made up of Cornish firm Watt Electric… Continue reading New UK company to build niche EVs
New sketch of 2025 Volkswagen ID.1 unveiled
Plans for the pure-electric ‘ID.1’ supermini have been pushed back to 2025, but this new design sketch shows what Volkswagen’s rival to the Vauxhall e-Corsa and Peugeot e-208 will look like when it does finally arrive. This new sketch is our best look yet at the new all-electric ID model and we can see it’s… Continue reading New sketch of 2025 Volkswagen ID.1 unveiled
German FAZ: Honda succumbs to the folly003244
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German FAZ: The VW grandees stay behind the wheel003245
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