When Tobias Watzl comes home from work, he occasionally sits down in front of the Playstation to relax. However, the 28-year-old sees the games differently to most players. “Sometimes I wonder, for example, how the developers managed to get a certain reflection or texture – instead of defeating my enemies,” he says with a laugh.… Continue reading @VW Group: The gaming software driving vehicle development002881
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Audi debuts A6 e-tron concept on new EV platform, plans 2022 release
Audi has just shown the future of their electric sedans with the A6 e-tron concept, which debuted at the Shanghai auto show today. The sedan is based on a new platform that Audi is calling “Premium Platform Electric” or “PPE” for short, developed in collaboration with Porsche. This platform will enable Audi to offer several… Continue reading Audi debuts A6 e-tron concept on new EV platform, plans 2022 release
German Manager Magazin: Tesla: Elon Musk offered Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess the executive chair000728
Out of his admiration for the US electric car maker Tesla makes Volkswagen-Chef Herbert Diess (62) makes no secret: internally as well as publicly, he regularly praises the competitor, often combined with an invitation to his own people to take an example from the efficiency and speed of development of the Californians. Sometimes the impression… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Tesla: Elon Musk offered Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess the executive chair000728
German Manager Magazin: Rimac: This is what the new headquarters of the electric car manufacturer looks like000727
He is often called “The Elon Musk des Balkans “- Mate Rimac (33) doesn’t really like the comparison. On the one hand, because the most famous Croatian entrepreneur has a” huge respect for Elon “, as he says. On the other hand, because the creator of fully electric PS monsters everything other than a mass… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Rimac: This is what the new headquarters of the electric car manufacturer looks like000727
@VW Group: Audi A6 e-tron concept – the next e-volution002879
Sporting the Audi A6 emblem, the concept car underscores its place in the brand’s luxury-class model series. This model has represented the brand in one of the world’s highest-volume segments since 1968 – initially, and until 1994, as the Audi 100. First the Sedan, Avant, and allroad, then later the Sportback – which was introduced… Continue reading @VW Group: Audi A6 e-tron concept – the next e-volution002879
@VW Group: Four world premieres and PPE technology – Audi at Auto Shanghai 2021002878
For the first time the presentation of AUDI AG at Auto Shanghai 2021 is taking place with two partners at a shared trade-fair stand. Audi and its Chinese partner companies FAW and SAIC are showing no fewer than four world premieres: the brand-new Audi A6 e-tron concept vehicle and the all-round updated Audi Q5L, in… Continue reading @VW Group: Four world premieres and PPE technology – Audi at Auto Shanghai 2021002878
German Handelsblatt: Interview with Diess and Starace: No more bureaucracy – VW and Italian energy supplier Enel are pushing the pace with the Green Deal001864
VW boss Diess and Enel CEO Starace (r.) “Instead of promoting future technologies in a simplified manner, the EU is tripping itself through bureaucratic hurdles.” Düsseldorf Europe’s industry is demanding more speed and support in the restructuring of transport and energy supply. Too many decisions in favor of the European Union’s (EU) Green Deal “still… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Interview with Diess and Starace: No more bureaucracy – VW and Italian energy supplier Enel are pushing the pace with the Green Deal001864
German Handelsblatt: Interview with Herbert Diess and Francesco Starace: No more bureaucracy – VW and Italian energy supplier Enel are pushing the pace with the Green Deal001859
VW boss Diess and Enel CEO Starace (r.) “Instead of promoting future technologies in a simplified manner, the EU is tripping itself through bureaucratic hurdles.” Düsseldorf Europe’s industry is demanding more speed and support in the restructuring of transport and energy supply. Too many decisions in favor of the European Union’s (EU) Green Deal “still… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Interview with Herbert Diess and Francesco Starace: No more bureaucracy – VW and Italian energy supplier Enel are pushing the pace with the Green Deal001859
@VW Group: Automobili Lamborghini: sales soaring, record first quarter002875
Sant’Agata Bolognese, April 16, 2021 – Automobili Lamborghini closes the first quarter of 2021 with another record achieved. The Sant’Agata Bolognese super sports manufacturer delivered 2,422 cars from January to March, marking its best results ever. The increase in sales was +25% over the same period of 2020 and is 22% higher than the first… Continue reading @VW Group: Automobili Lamborghini: sales soaring, record first quarter002875
@VW Group: E-offensive in China continues to gain momentum: World premiere of the ID.6(((ID.6 CROZZ/ID.6 X – The car will not be available in Germany.)))002875
The Volkswagen brand is driving its electrification offensive in China at full speed. The third model in the ID. family, the ID.6, has now been unveiled at the Auto Shanghai. Two versions of the fully electric family SUV are available: The ID.6 CROZZ is being manufactured in the north of China and the ID.6 X… Continue reading @VW Group: E-offensive in China continues to gain momentum: World premiere of the ID.6(((ID.6 CROZZ/ID.6 X – The car will not be available in Germany.)))002875