Audi has more than fulfilled its CO2 fleet target for Europe in 2020 on the basis of preliminary figures. With a calculated average of 101.5 g/km, the company lay well below the legally required value of 105.6 g/km. This result corresponds to an improvement of around 20 percent compared to the average of the previous… Continue reading @VW Group: Audi more than fulfilled the CO2 fleet targets for Europe in 2020
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Renesas, NXP and other chipmakers raise prices on surging auto demand
TOKYO — Japan’s Renesas Electronics, the Netherlands’ NXP Semiconductors and other chipmakers are raising prices on semiconductors that go into cars and telecom equipment as they attempt to maneuver out of a squeeze created by soaring demand and limited foundry capacity. Some observers expect chip shortages for another six months, a drought that is likely… Continue reading Renesas, NXP and other chipmakers raise prices on surging auto demand
Asia’s chip crunch slams the brakes on carmakers’ COVID recovery
TOKYO/TAIPEI — Recovering demand for cars should make this a great time to be selling to the automotive industry — but for a Japanese executive at an affiliate of one of the country’s biggest software developers, it is deeply frustrating. The software he sells for cars is useless without computer chips to run it. And they are… Continue reading Asia’s chip crunch slams the brakes on carmakers’ COVID recovery
Audi boss takes on Tesla from his living room
Motorbike fanatic Markus Duesmann is drawing up VW’s tech master plan while tackling a pandemic and chip shortages Go to Source
@VW Group: Bugatti refines 3D printing perfection with accuracy as fine as 0.1mm
Imagine ultra-lightweight components that are as strong as a reinforced concrete column. Now this is possible, thanks to technology led by innovative Bugatti engineers. The newly developed 3D-printed pushrod – a pressure-loaded coupling rod in the chassis area – weighs just 100 grams and can transmit forces of up to 3.5 tonnes. The hollow titanium… Continue reading @VW Group: Bugatti refines 3D printing perfection with accuracy as fine as 0.1mm
@VW Group: 2022 Volkswagen Taos video walk-around
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@VW Group: Volkswagen Passenger Cars over-fulfils European CO2 fleet targets for 2020
Based on preliminary figures, Volkswagen Passenger Cars has exceeded the ambitious European CO2 fleet targets for 2020 and produced around six million grams fewer CO2 than required by law. The passenger car fleet of new vehicles in the European Union achieved average CO2 emissions of 92g/km – the legal CO2 target for the brand was… Continue reading @VW Group: Volkswagen Passenger Cars over-fulfils European CO2 fleet targets for 2020
@VW Group: E-offensive gains traction: Volkswagen Group significantly reduces CO2 fleet average in the EU
The Volkswagen Group’s e-offensive is gaining traction: deliveries of electric models in the EU including the UK, Norway and Iceland increased more than fourfold in the year now ended to a total of 315,400 electric vehicles (2019: 72,600). The proportion of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in-hybrids (PHEVs) in the total deliveries rose to 9.7… Continue reading @VW Group: E-offensive gains traction: Volkswagen Group significantly reduces CO2 fleet average in the EU
@VW Group: Porsche provides start-up investor APX with additional capital
01/21/2021 Porsche is expanding its role in the growing digital start-up sector. Together with media and tech company Axel Springer, the two are significantly increasing the total investment amount available to their joint venture, APX. With the additional capital, the Berlin-based investor will now be able to fund new and existing portfolio companies with a… Continue reading @VW Group: Porsche provides start-up investor APX with additional capital
@VW Group: Marc Lichte: “Aesthetics arise from efficiency”
“The most beautiful car I have ever drawn.” Marc Lichte, Head of Audi Design, chose these words in the fall of 2018, when the brand presented the Audi e-tron GT concept as a show car in Los Angeles. Two years later, the first fully electric gran turismo from Audi is about to celebrate its premiere… Continue reading @VW Group: Marc Lichte: “Aesthetics arise from efficiency”