VW Groups Vows To Launch 75 EVs By 2029

VW ID.3 production started earlier this month. Volkswagen Group tweaked its short- and long-term plans today, announcing even more focus and investment in vehicle electrification. While the revised short-term plan, through 2024, has the company investing €60 billion in electric mobility, hybrids, and more, the long-term plans call for the company to launch 75 electric… Continue reading VW Groups Vows To Launch 75 EVs By 2029

Ghosn case: twelve months of suffering for Renault and Nissan

Posted on Nov 17, 2019 at 6:00 pm It was a Monday, just a year ago. November 19, 2018, the automotive world is brutally plunged into total amazement. Carlos Ghosn, the icon of the sector, the man who has straightened Nissan and who alone manages three major manufacturers, is arrested by the Japanese police :… Continue reading Ghosn case: twelve months of suffering for Renault and Nissan

Investments: VW is even more money in electric mobility

Volkswagen wants to further increase the budget for hybridization, electromobility and digitization. In the next four years, just under 60 billion and thus a good 40 percent of all investments in this area will flow. November 16, 2019, 3:32 pm, Michael Linden The ID Crozz before the presentation (Image: Werner Pluta (Golem.de)) Volkswagen sees its… Continue reading Investments: VW is even more money in electric mobility

Airbus-backed tournament unveils first electric racing aircraft

(Reuters) – An Airbus-backed air racing tournament unveiled an electric-powered sports aircraft on Sunday, billed as the world’s first, as the European planemaker seeks to boost its green aerospace technology. Several companies, including U.S. ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N), are working on electric-powered flying cars, amid increasing concerns about the environmental impact of fossil-fuel… Continue reading Airbus-backed tournament unveils first electric racing aircraft

All mod cons: driving Porsche, Jensen and Alfaholics restomods

But it’s the handling that makes it. Before I drove the GTA-R, the man from Alfaholics said it was more rewarding than a Ferrari 430 Scuderia, which I humoured with a ‘well, he would say that’ sort of nod. Yet its balance is so good that I think he’s right. Going into a corner there’s… Continue reading All mod cons: driving Porsche, Jensen and Alfaholics restomods

Place Your Bets: Tesla Model X Drag Races Audi E-Tron

The two EV crossovers are very close when they cross the finish line. For many years, Tesla appeared to have an edge in the electric vehicle market by offering products with a combination of driving range and performance that more established automakers’ EVs could match. The times are changing, though, because the Elon-Musk-helmed company is… Continue reading Place Your Bets: Tesla Model X Drag Races Audi E-Tron

Ferrari’s opponents shoot with shotgun

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Audi, the new CEO is Daniel Weissland. Shot comes out

APPOINTMENTS 16 November 2019 Daniel Weissland 1 ‘of reading Bram Schot leaves Audi’s helm station in less than a year after his appointment. Daniel Weissland, the current CEO of Volkswagen Group Canada, will be driving Audi of America next September 4th, about four months after the sudden resignation of Mark Del Rosso. Cian O’Brien, who… Continue reading Audi, the new CEO is Daniel Weissland. Shot comes out

Comment: The new boss has to set up Audi completely new

Markus Duesmann The former BMW manager will be the new boss of Audi. (Photo: AP) The carmaker Audi remains far behind his own expectations, This is true for sales as well as for profitability and position as the number three premium manufacturer behind BMW and Daimler, It can the VolkswagenDaughter more, much more. As part… Continue reading Comment: The new boss has to set up Audi completely new

Schaeffler und Audi gehen gemeinsam in die Zukunft

2019-11-15 | Herzogenaurach Audi bleibt langfristiger Technologiepartner in der Formel E Gemeinsame motorsportliche Erfolgsgeschichte in der elektrifizierten Rennserie dauert schon fünf Jahre Matthias Zink: „Eine Kombination, die von Anfang an perfekt gepasst hat.“ Know-how gelangt von der Rennstrecke in Serienentwicklungen Schaeffler und Audi bilden auch in Zukunft ein schlagkräftiges Team in der Formel E. Darauf… Continue reading Schaeffler und Audi gehen gemeinsam in die Zukunft