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@VW Group: Porsche expands its engagement in women’s tennis003171

The Porsche Newsroom is a service provided by the Porsche Communication for journalists, bloggers and the online community. © 2021 Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG * Data determined in accordance with the measurement method required by law. Since 1 September 2017 certain new cars have been type approved in accordance with the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicles… Continue reading @VW Group: Porsche expands its engagement in women’s tennis003171

@VW Group: Meschke: “Don’t be taken in by populists”003170

20/05/2021 Are bosses in Germany too shy when it comes to their political standpoint? Lutz Meschke, Member of the Executive Board at Porsche, believes so. In an interview, he challenges managers to position themselves more courageously when it comes to climate change, the coronavirus or immigration. Lutz Meschke, the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board… Continue reading @VW Group: Meschke: “Don’t be taken in by populists”003170

@VW Group: Artemis GmbH will drive the new innovation management at Audi003171

Artemis started out as a beacon project, and in the last few months has rapidly speeded up the transformation of the Volkswagen Group and especially of Audi. Alexander Hitzinger’s team set up the development of the innovative Artemis model outside the usual structures and processes, and in its conceptual phase it has laid the foundation… Continue reading @VW Group: Artemis GmbH will drive the new innovation management at Audi003171

@VW Group: Audi at the biggest motorsport festival of the year003170

The Nürburgring 24 Hours from June 3 to 6 is one of the most important races of the year for Audi Sport customer racing: With a track length of 25 kilometers, a 24-hour race duration and more than 120 participants, it is the race of superlatives worldwide. Audi Sport has clinched five victories with the… Continue reading @VW Group: Audi at the biggest motorsport festival of the year003170

Nissan to build EV battery plants in Japan and UK

TOKYO — Nissan Motor will tie up with a Chinese-owned battery maker, investing over 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion) to build new battery plants for electric vehicles in Japan and U.K., Nikkei has learned. The Japanese automaker will start turning out batteries at two new plants, one in Japan and one in the U.K., as… Continue reading Nissan to build EV battery plants in Japan and UK

German Handelsblatt: Software project: Advance into new business fields: Volkswagen enters traffic analysis 002137

VW software In Carmel, a city in the American Midwest, the software has been counting and analyzing traffic with cameras at streets, intersections and roundabouts for two weeks now. (Photo: Volkswagen) As part of the shift towards digital corporations, San Francisco automakers like VW are increasingly moving into areas that no longer have anything to… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Software project: Advance into new business fields: Volkswagen enters traffic analysis 002137

German Handelsblatt: Software project: Advance into new business areas: Volkswagen enters traffic analysis in the USA002136

Volkswagen Sharan taken off sale after more than ten years

Volkswagen has taken its seven-seat Sharan MPV off sale in the UK, ten years since it was introduced to the market. The move comes as part of a regional model year range update, though the Sharan will remain on sale in other global markets for “some time to come”, a spokesperson told Autocar. No direct… Continue reading Volkswagen Sharan taken off sale after more than ten years

Kia Niro

It’s hard to imagine a car more conspicuously of its time than the all-new Kia Niro. For a start, it is that most prized family-sized possession: a compact crossover – supposedly as useful as a double-decker pram and three times as covetable. And second, it’s got it’s finger on the ecological pulse when it comes… Continue reading Kia Niro

UK firm reveals 500bhp electric 964-generation Porsche 911

The 964-generation Porsche 911 has been reborn as a 500bhp, fast-charging sports EV by Oxfordshire engineering firm Everrati. With its petrol flat six swapped for a “state-of-the-art” electric motor and fitted with a raft of lightweight carbonfibre body panels, Everrati’s Signature 911 will crack the 0-62mph sprint in less than 4.0sec and promises “to elevate the driving… Continue reading UK firm reveals 500bhp electric 964-generation Porsche 911