@VW Group: Data-driven development: The Building Blocks of Success011164

Data is the new gold. This much-quoted statement is particularly true when it comes to vehicle development. Data analyses and data-driven development based on them are becoming increasingly important in this field. And that’s no wonder, as they allow engineers to obtain faster insights into the current performance of new vehicle functions—and to draw conclusions… Continue reading @VW Group: Data-driven development: The Building Blocks of Success011164

@VW Group: Porsche opens new Studio in the heart of Istanbul011163

16/12/2025 The new Porsche Studio Istanbul showcases the new Cayenne Electric for the first time in Turkey. Porsche AG is unveiling one of its most comprehensive applications of Porsche’s global Studio concept in the heart of Istanbul, Etiler. A collaboration between Porsche Central and Eastern Europe (PCEE) and Doğuş Otomotiv (Porsche Türkiye), Porsche Studio Istanbul… Continue reading @VW Group: Porsche opens new Studio in the heart of Istanbul011163

German FAZ: How Toyota wants to attack Porsche and Mercedes010389

When Akio Toyoda presents a new project, he likes to use big words. When Toyota Motor’s chairman introduced the new Century brand, he said at the opening of the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo this fall: “I want to build the brand so that it shares the soul of Japan and the pride of Japan… Continue reading German FAZ: How Toyota wants to attack Porsche and Mercedes010389

German FAZ: From diesel fumes to charging stations010389

On Harrison Street in the middle of San Francisco, charging stations are in high demand in the early afternoon. In a former warehouse, just a few blocks from the financial district and Chinatown, twenty fast-charging stations are lined up, and hardly any of them are free. A Jaguar I-Pace, a Volkswagen ID.4 and several Mercedes… Continue reading German FAZ: From diesel fumes to charging stations010389

German FAZ: These are the managers of the year 010388

It’s rarely boring with Alex Karp. For his Christmas speech this year, the manager shot a video that shows him cross-country skiing. Karp is a fan of winter sports and explains that it’s similar to his business: you train and sleep and train while others are having fun. But at some point you glide through… Continue reading German FAZ: These are the managers of the year 010388

German FAZ: The first Europeans010387

He wanted to escape life as a shepherd and farm worker in Puglia. Nevertheless, his career as a guest worker in Germany began again with work on a farm. It has now been 67 years since his departure. Today Lorenzo Annese is 88 years old. In his spacious house with a garden near Wolfsburg, the… Continue reading German FAZ: The first Europeans010387

Britain’s car fleet is getting older – because it has to

The average car in the UK is the oldest it has ever been. That’s the headline from the RAC Foundation, which has found that, as of the end of last year, the average car in the UK was nine years and 10 months old. Nearly a decade ago, at the end of 2015, the average age of… Continue reading Britain’s car fleet is getting older – because it has to

Alpine’s ‘family-sized A110’ showed me electric SUVs can dazzle

I first experienced the A390 at the Car of the Year judging event at Tannis in September, and the first thing that took me by surprise was how good it looked. I’d seen pictures, of course, and thought it seemed striking but a bit… odd. But in the weak Danish sunlight it looked properly marvellous:… Continue reading Alpine’s ‘family-sized A110’ showed me electric SUVs can dazzle