Today, I’m talking to Volkswagen Group CEO Dr. Herbert Diess. Volkswagen is one of the two biggest carmakers in the world — there’s a battle every year between VW and Toyota for the top spot; they both sell around 10 million cars a year. To put that in perspective, Ford sells around 4–6 million cars… Continue reading How Volkswagen can reinvent itself as an EV company, with CEO Herbert Diess
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Rimac Automobili to become a standalone business as Rimac Technology
The Rimac Group is now fully operational, from January 1, 2022, as an umbrella company that incorporates Bugatti Rimac (active from November 2021) and the new standalone Rimac Technology business. The Rimac Group is the majority shareholder in Bugatti Rimac with a 55% stake and Porsche owning the remaining 45%. Rimac Technology – the sister… Continue reading Rimac Automobili to become a standalone business as Rimac Technology
VW’s global sales down 8 percent
VW’s electric vehicle sales did well in 2021 The company’s fossil fuel-powered vehicles saw a drop in sales even as EVs and plug-in hybrids grew by 97 percent and 33 percent, respectively. Volkswagen sales dropped around eight percent in 2021 as it battled the ongoing global semiconductor shortage. However, it recorded a substantial uptick in… Continue reading VW’s global sales down 8 percent
Volkswagen Group China’s component factory in Tianjin resumes some shifts
A Volkswagen logo is pictured during the Volkswagen Group’s annual general meeting in Berlin, Germany, May 3, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt BEIJING, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Volkswagen Group’s (VOWG_p.DE) China unit said on Tuesday its component factory in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin had resumed some shifts since Thursday last week. The component factory VW… Continue reading Volkswagen Group China’s component factory in Tianjin resumes some shifts
Exclusive: Noble returns with 550bhp, £150k M500 supercar – Autocar
This car is “very much a working prototype”, but fit and finish on the interior and exterior panels is extremely sound. The shape of this production-previewing M500 prototype is virtually the final design, subject to high-speed testing. Boutwood expects to add a little more angle to the rear wing, but the chassis has a largely flat underside,… Continue reading Exclusive: Noble returns with 550bhp, £150k M500 supercar – Autocar
‘The best car in the world is Korean’
When I first mooted the idea of asking some of the top dogs in the vehicle manufacturing, retailing and motorsport businesses to vote for their best cars of the year, I was warned off. The advice went a bit like this: the designers and engineers will only vote for the vehicles they designed; the high… Continue reading ‘The best car in the world is Korean’
Subaru unveils a 1,073HP electric race car
Subaru is still new to EVs, but that isn’t stopping it from unveiling more ambitious projects. Electrek reports the automaker has introduced two concept EVs at the Tokyo Auto Salon, including its first all-electric race car. The STI E-RA Concept hints at Subaru’s upcoming track vehicle with 1,073HP of total power from its four Yamaha… Continue reading Subaru unveils a 1,073HP electric race car
Car sharing platform Turo files to go public in U.S.
Jan 10 (Reuters) – Daimler AG-backed (DAIGn.DE) car sharing marketplace Turo Inc on Monday made public its filing for a stock market flotation in the United States and disclosed its finances for the first time, revealing a 207% jump in revenue. The San Francisco-based company confidentially filed for an initial public offering in August last… Continue reading Car sharing platform Turo files to go public in U.S.
@VW Group: Audi Supervisory Board: Changes to members representing employees004471
Alexander Reinhart (left) and Karola Frank (right) have been sitting on the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG for the employee side since January 2022. Two longtime employee representatives, Rolf Klotz and Helmut Späth, officially retired on December 31, 2021, and therefore also resigned from their positions on Audi’s Supervisory Board. Their successors have already joined… Continue reading @VW Group: Audi Supervisory Board: Changes to members representing employees004471
Tesla Supercharger stations in Texas to feature CCS connectors
Tesla has taken another step towards opening up its Supercharger network to other automakers’ EVs. Last October, Tesla launched a “Non-Tesla Supercharger pilot” at 10 locations in the Netherlands. Now the company has applied for grants from the state of Texas to install Supercharger stations with CCS connectors, which would be a first in the… Continue reading Tesla Supercharger stations in Texas to feature CCS connectors