Odd couple: Audi S5 Sportback vs. Dodge Charger Scat Pack Plus

Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide My comparison cars this week have much in common. They are muscle models from notable performance brands. They bear fresh, head-swiveling colors: one District Green, the other Sinamon Stick red. Both have elegant “T” shifters, sculpted 20-inch wheels, elevated sticker prices and multiple words in their badges. Yet… Continue reading Odd couple: Audi S5 Sportback vs. Dodge Charger Scat Pack Plus

@Groupe PSA: Off-Roaders: Opel Combo Cargo and Opel Vivaro with All-Wheel Drive

On all fours: Dangel all-wheel drive system tailor-made for Combo Cargo Tackle anything: Combo and Vivaro 4×4 take mud, snow and tough trails in their stride Go anywhere: Higher ground clearance and underbody protection Class-leading: Combo Cargo with best cargo length and payload of 880kg Genuine off-road capability: Vivaro 4×4 panel van available in three… Continue reading @Groupe PSA: Off-Roaders: Opel Combo Cargo and Opel Vivaro with All-Wheel Drive

Li Auto IPO: Blazing a Different Trail

As Li Auto’s first investor, what I saw was the practicality of Li Auto’s product strategy. From Day 0, Li Auto made a bold decision to focus on extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) rather than pure electric models, which was the common strategy adopted by peers. Pure battery electric vehicles face structural challenges currently with limited… Continue reading Li Auto IPO: Blazing a Different Trail

Citroen e-Dispatch Arrives In UK Priced From £25k+VAT

Citroen’s new, all-electric e-Dispatch van is now available to order in the UK, with prices starting at £25,053+VAT once the Plug-In Van Grant is applied. The first vehicles are due to arrive in dealerships later this year, with customers getting a choice of three trim levels, three lengths and two different batteries. The basic asking… Continue reading Citroen e-Dispatch Arrives In UK Priced From £25k+VAT

Dax sells over 2 percent – Volkswagen deep in the red

After his days of lethargy with courses between 12,800 and 12,900 points, theDax clearly decided on Thursday to go down. The leading index dropped by a good 300 points to 12,524.84 points, which meant a minus of 2.3 percent. The MDax of medium-sized stocks fell on Thursday by 1.4 percent to 26,463 points, the Eurozone… Continue reading Dax sells over 2 percent – Volkswagen deep in the red

Automotive: King Volkswagen overwhelmed by the health crisis

Posted on Jul 30, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. “In five to ten years, the most expensive company on the stock market will be a mobility company – which could be called Tesla, Apple or Volkswagen,” said Herbert Diess, the big boss of the German giant a few days ago. automotive industry, on LinkedIn. To be… Continue reading Automotive: King Volkswagen overwhelmed by the health crisis

Qualcomm results suggest the 5G iPhone will be slightly delayed

Sponsored Links NurPhoto via Getty Images Qualcomm reported its Q3 2020 earnings on Wednesday (PDF), and of course the company informed investors about how the transition to 5G may boost its business. Also, it’s signed a global patent licensing deal with Huawei that apparently isn’t affected the US government’s ban on sales to the company,… Continue reading Qualcomm results suggest the 5G iPhone will be slightly delayed

Samsung looks forward to quantum dot TVs, new game systems and phones

Sponsored Links VCG via Getty Images Samsung released its earnings results for between April and June and despite the pandemic, the company’s operating profit jumped 23 percent from the same time last year, reaching $6.81 billion even as its revenue dropped. As more people shifted to working and studying from home, data centers bought more… Continue reading Samsung looks forward to quantum dot TVs, new game systems and phones

Apple’s App Store antitrust questions will be uncomfortable for Valve

Sponsored Links C-SPAN During today’s Congressional hearing into potential antitrust violations by the United States’ four largest tech companies, representatives described systemic problems with Apple’s App Store and, by extension, Google’s Play Store. Speaking directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, members of the House Judiciary Committee shared stories about the… Continue reading Apple’s App Store antitrust questions will be uncomfortable for Valve

Congress grills Facebook over its acquisitions and feature cloning

Sponsored Links Pool via Getty Images During a massive antitrust hearing, Congress tried to force Mark Zuckerberg to answer some of the toughest questions yet around Facebook’s acquisitions.  The company’s 2012 deal to buy Instagram for $1 billion came under particular scrutiny when lawmakers quoted from several emails among Facebook’s top executives, who talked about… Continue reading Congress grills Facebook over its acquisitions and feature cloning