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Exhaust emissions at VW subsidiary: New day, new raid on Audi

Audi headquarters in Ingolstadt Prosecutors search the headquarters of the VW premium subsidiary. (Photo: AFP) New day, new raid: For the third time, the public prosecutor Munich II in the environment of Audi Business and private rooms searched. The action on Tuesday morning had it all. With a squad of 18 prosecutors alone, the investigators… Continue reading Exhaust emissions at VW subsidiary: New day, new raid on Audi

Electromobility: Nissan plans more than 20 new electric vehicles

Electric car Nissan Leaf 2018: six new electric and hybrid models 2018 and 2019 (Image: Nisssan) Building more cars in China means more, too electric cars to build. The Japanese automaker Nissan wants to expand in China and is therefore planning to increase its portfolio of electric and hybrid vehicles. Electric Nissan for China: The… Continue reading Electromobility: Nissan plans more than 20 new electric vehicles

Daimler puts 2.5 billion euros in new transporter

Tuesday, 06/02/2018 19:38 clock The vehicle manufacturer wants to invest 2.5 billion euros Daimler to boost its van sales. The money will be used for the market launch of a new Sprinter model, which was presented in Duisburg. The billions go into the development, the production and sales measures – partly the money has already… Continue reading Daimler puts 2.5 billion euros in new
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After diesel manipulations: raid on Audi

Audi headquarters in Ingolstadt Prosecutors search the headquarters of the VW premium subsidiary. (Photo: AFP) The manipulation of diesel vehicles was instrumental in the AudiHeadquarters in Ingolstadt. Now the prosecutors are moving in again. In a raid on Tuesday, both the AudiCentral as well as the work in Neckarsulm searched. The goal of the 18… Continue reading After diesel manipulations: raid on Audi

Scania & Haylion Cooperation

The two companies Scania and Haylion Technologies want to work together for the development of autonomous e-vehicles. Scania Haylion cooperation signing. Source: Scania The vehicle manufacturer and VW Daughter, Scania, has been working for some time on the automation and networking of trucks, The development of technology will be pushed together with the Chinese company… Continue reading Scania & Haylion Cooperation

Porsche doubles e-mobility investment to over six billion euros by 2022

ATLANTA, Feb. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Porsche has been putting together an unprecedented future development plan: By 2022, the sports car manufacturer will invest more than six billion euros in e-mobility, focusing on both plug-in hybrids and purely electric vehicles. The decision was made by the Porsche AG Supervisory Board at its most recent meeting. “We… Continue reading Porsche doubles e-mobility investment to over six billion euros by 2022

NVIDIA will power Continental’s self-driving car platform

Rick Wilking / Reuters German automotive components producer Continental has partnered with NVIDIA to produce a full-scale self-driving car platform. It will use the GPU maker’s autonomous vehicle hardware and software setup, DRIVE, to make a unified platform that prospective automakers and others can build their own self-driving cars upon. NVIDIA will provide the Xavier… Continue reading NVIDIA will power Continental’s self-driving car platform