Tag: VW

Carmakers seek electric car sounds for post-petrol era

GENEVA: Carmakers are dreaming up futuristic electric car engine sounds to ensure that pedestrians can hear vehicles that lack audible cues like high-revving, howling combustion engines, senior executives at the Geneva car show said. As BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Mini and VW prepare to launch battery-driven vehicles, carmakers are searching for a new way to market… Continue reading Carmakers seek electric car sounds for post-petrol era

Volkswagen Board dampens expectations: “Robot cars too expensive and complex as a Mars mission”

VW VW Sedric: The robot taxi for short-distance traffic could find its use as a shuttle bus at airports. Until the car is regularly on major roads is still years go by – if it comes at all. Fully developed robot cars, which do not require a driver at all, will not be around for… Continue reading Volkswagen Board dampens expectations: “Robot cars too expensive and complex as a Mars mission”

Audi installs used lithium-ion batteries in factory vehicles

A second life for batteries from electric cars: Audi is testing factory vehicles powered by used lithium-ion batteries at its main plant in Ingolstadt. Like all automobile manufacturers, Audi is obliged by law to take back energy carriers after they have been used in cars. Because they still have a large proportion of their original… Continue reading Audi installs used lithium-ion batteries in factory vehicles

TomTom & VW

The map and navigation service provider TomTom extends the contract with Volkswagen. Already, drivers of VW models can TomTom Use maps. That remains the same for the next two years, because Volkswagen has extended the contract with TomTom. TomTom announced this contract extension. Thus, TomTom is not only in the models of Volkswagen, but also… Continue reading TomTom & VW

Piëch Mark Zero Is a 603-HP All-Electric Grand Tourer – Motor Trend

The picture I’ve seen of the very first Porsche booth at the 1949 Geneva motor show clearly shows Ferry Porsche (Ferdinand’s son) as well as the former’s sister, Louise Porsche. Louise wound up marrying Porsche’s lawyer and business partner, Anton Piëch. You may have heard of one of their sons—Ferdinand—the genius engineer behind things as… Continue reading Piëch Mark Zero Is a 603-HP All-Electric Grand Tourer – Motor Trend

Dax aktuell: Dax starts slightly weaker – Daimler under pressure

Dax panel Also on Ash Wednesday bank stocks remain under surveillance. (Photo: AP) FrankfurtAt Ash Wednesday, equity investors are starting to take a slow approach at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange: the German leading index starts slightly lower at 11,593 points. On Tuesday evening had the Dax closed at 11,621 points and a slight gain of… Continue reading Dax aktuell: Dax starts slightly weaker – Daimler under pressure

Micromobility: Volkswagen wants to offer electric cars for low-car cities

Geneva Motor Show It is foreseeable that cars are increasingly displaced from cities, which calls automakers on the plan: For shorter distances has Volkswagen presented a two-wheeled or three-wheeler. The city skater can be carried and taken in the train, the Streetmate comes much further. March 6, 2019, 9:31 am, Andreas Donath Volkswagen Streetmate and… Continue reading Micromobility: Volkswagen wants to offer electric cars for low-car cities

Bugatti unveils the most expensive new car ever built

Bugatti just unveiled the most expensive new car ever built
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Bugatti, the French sports car brand that is now owned by German automaker Volkswagen, has revealed the most expensive new car ever built.

With a sale price of 16.7 million euros ($19 million), the Bugatti La Voiture Noire was publicly debuted Tuesday at the Geneva International Motor Show in Switzerland.

Only one example of the model has been built and was developed to mark Bugatti’s 110th anniversary.

The company said the six-tailpipe “hypercar” represents the pinnacle of Bugatti’s production line. The 8-liter engine has 16 cylinders and 1500 brake horse power.

The new owner hasn’t been revealed but several industry reports suggest that former Volkswagen Group chairman Ferdinand Piech has added it to his collection of high-end cars.

Bugatti says the car is “more than a modern interpretation” of Jean Bugatti’s Type 57 SC Atlantic, of which only four were ever made.

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1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic

Volkswagen Reveals Its Mobile Fast Charging Station In Geneva

Volkswagen Group Components unveiled in Geneva a near-series design study of its flexible fast charging station, which will enter series production in 2020 in Hanover. The first of those multi-head 100 kW fast chargers with 360 kWh of energy storage is to be installed later this year in Wolfsburg. In total, Wolfsburg will get 80… Continue reading Volkswagen Reveals Its Mobile Fast Charging Station In Geneva