Tag: VW

Elon Musk Escalates Beef With Porsche’s Electric Car

Double Down Remember the Taycan, the all-electric Porsche that Tesla CEO Elon Musk publicly ridiculed yesterday? Now Musk is doubling down. In a Thursday evening tweet, Musk revealed plans to bring Tesla’s Model S to the Nürburgring, a notoriously difficult race track in Germany. It’s almost certainly a direct challenge to Porsche, which took its… Continue reading Elon Musk Escalates Beef With Porsche’s Electric Car

Porsche increases stake in Rimac to 15.5 percent

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Audi closes August with around 150,100 automobiles delivered

Audi delivered around 150,100 automobiles to customers worldwide last month. 2.5 percent less than a year ago. In August 2018, the sale of models in stock particularly in Europe had contributed to exceptionally high growth in deliveries. As such, Audi saw deliveries fall 4.7 percent on the home continent last month. Deliveries rose in North… Continue reading Audi closes August with around 150,100 automobiles delivered

Press Releases – ACEA appoints new Director General

Brussels, 6 September 2019 – The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Eric-Mark Huitema as its new Director General, with effect on 1 October. Mr Huitema will succeed Erik Jonnaert, who is stepping down as Secretary General after six years at the helm of the association, which represents the… Continue reading Press Releases – ACEA appoints new Director General

Elon Musk Ridicules Porsche for Calling Its Electric Car “Turbo”

Turbo Looks like German carmaker Porsche has hit a nerve. Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter Thursday to ridicule Porsche for calling one of the versions of its all-electric sports car “Turbo.” For the uninitiated, turbochargers are usually found in internal combustion engine vehicles, where they’re used to increase performance by pumping more compressed air… Continue reading Elon Musk Ridicules Porsche for Calling Its Electric Car “Turbo”

Volkswagen exec reaffirms commitment to diesel: ‘Now it is absolutely clean’ – Teslarati

By Simon Alvarez Posted on August 14, 2019 Recent comments from a Volkswagen executive suggests that the German automaker is not yet ready to fully let go of diesel-powered vehicles. The comments, which were related by Sebastian Willmann, Head of Diesel Engine Development at VW, were published by the veteran carmaker in a blog post… Continue reading Volkswagen exec reaffirms commitment to diesel: ‘Now it is absolutely clean’ – Teslarati

Volkswagen Received More Than 30,000 Reservations For ID.3 1ST

More than 30,000 customers pre-booked the ID.3 1ST. The first will be delivered in mid-2020. Volkswagen announced that it finally reached its goal of 30,000 reservations for the 1ST launch edition of the ID.3. The target was to collect 30,000 by the world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show and exactly that’s what was accomplished,… Continue reading Volkswagen Received More Than 30,000 Reservations For ID.3 1ST