As electric as off-road

It is always exciting to watch the future take shape. Especially when you have the exclusive opportunity to get involved alongside the influential players at Porsche’s top-secret design laboratory in Weissach. A first encounter with the Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo.

Volkswagen: VW boss Müller finds group top too old and too male

Matthias Müller The contract of the Volkswagen CEO will run until 2020. (Photo: AP) The VolkswagenTop management must, in the opinion of the CEO Matthias Müller Become “more feminine, younger and more international”. “This is a huge problem for the group,” he told the news magazine “Der Spiegel”. In determining his successor, the 64-year-old wants… Continue reading Volkswagen: VW boss Müller finds group top too old and too male

EPA said to side with carmaker calls to ease fuel rules

Ryan Beene, Bloomberg Published 8:37 p.m. ET March 23, 2018 | Updated 8:42 p.m. ET March 23, 2018 In January, the EPA released a report showing 2016 model year cars and light trucks failed to achieve the EPA’s greenhouse gas standards for the first time despite a small gain in efficiency. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)… Continue reading EPA said to side with carmaker calls to ease fuel rules

EPA Sides With Carmaker Calls to Ease Efficiency Rules, Sources Say

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that a landmark Obama-era effort to cut vehicle greenhouse-gas emissions is too aggressive and agrees with automakers that the standards should be revised, according to people familiar with the matter. The agency has completed a draft decision outlining the rationale for easing fuel efficiency regulations for model-year 2022-2025… Continue reading EPA Sides With Carmaker Calls to Ease Efficiency Rules, Sources Say

VW boss says ‘risk of jail’ justifies mega salary

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany – The head of German car giant Volkswagen, still grappling with the fallout from a huge emissions cheating scandal, on Friday defended his 10-million-euro salary by saying it made up for the risk of having “one foot in jail”. In an interview with news weekly Der Spiegel, Matthias Mueller said he… Continue reading VW boss says ‘risk of jail’ justifies mega salary

BMW: we won’t mass-produce electric cars until 2020, with cheaper cells

Follow John BMW sold more than 100,000 cars with plugs last year, adding together its battery-electric and plug-in hybrid models. That’s roughly on a par with Tesla, and ahead of both General Motors and Nissan, two other pioneers in modern electric cars. The company has put far more plug-in cars on the road to date… Continue reading BMW: we won’t mass-produce electric cars until 2020, with cheaper cells

Car manufacturers despair of the new emission regulations: BMW also stops production of X5 and X6 gasoline

All articles and backgrounds 03/23/2018 Car manufacturers desperate for new emission regulations BMW also stops production of X5 and X6 petrol engines BMW BMW X5: From late May to early 2019 no longer available with gasoline engine For a year, the BMW 7 Series is in Europe not available as gasoline engine – This sales… Continue reading Car manufacturers despair of the new emission regulations: BMW also stops production of X5 and X6 gasoline

200,000 electric audis until 2021: Audi CEO Stadler sets high electrical targets

All articles and backgrounds 03/23/2018 200,000 electric audis until 2021 Audi CEO Stadler sets high electrical targets Audi Audi A8: In the future only electric? The Ingolstadt-based car manufacturer Audi Show stock market chart wants to sell significantly more electric cars in the next few years than previously known. “We want to sell around 200,000… Continue reading 200,000 electric audis until 2021: Audi CEO Stadler sets high electrical targets

‘Diesel-saving’ technology could make it to market in two years

ACCT stands for ammonia creation and conversion technology. A simple, affordable and apparently foolproof solution to the problem that has led to the current worldwide ‘demonisation’ of diesel engines — emissions of life-limiting NOx — has been discovered by a team of British automotive research specialists at Loughborough University. The system, called ACCT (ammonia creation and conversion technology), has… Continue reading ‘Diesel-saving’ technology could make it to market in two years