Volkswagen

Volkswagen boss joins Twitter with a jab at Elon Musk

Volkswagen Group boss Herbert Diess joined twitter Wednesday, and his first tweet was a light trolling of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “Hello @Twitter! I’m here to make an impact with @VWGroup, especially on political issues,” Diess wrote. “And, of course, to get some of your market shares, @elonmusk – after all, our ID.3 and e-tron… Read more

Volkswagen expects strong growth in China despite the lack of chips

With the recovery of the Chinese economy, Volkswagen 2021 expects “significant growth” in its key market. China boss Stephan Wöllenstein expects the market share to increase. “There are good reasons that the Volkswagen Group can develop better than the overall market,” said Wöllenstein on Wednesday (20. Jan. 2021) in front of journalists in Beijing. “We… Read more

Road load balancing

Should you stay in a traffic jam on the motorway or should you leave? It feels, however you do it, wrong. Classic navigation systems are not of great help here. If you recommend a detour, it will soon be congested as well – while the motorway may have long been clear again. “The traffic jam… Read more

Mercedes-Benz unveils EQA electric crossover with less than 300 miles of range

Mercedes-Benz threw back the curtain on the EQA crossover, its latest electric vehicle as part of a slate of new EVs that are being planned for the coming years. The compact SUV will have a range of less than 300 miles, a 66.5kWh battery pack, and a net list price of €39,950 ($48,442). The EQA,… Read more

Apple Car: allegedly produced in Kia’s US factory

Is the first “Apple Car” a Kia? According to a media report from South Korea, Hyundai, which is being seriously considered as a producer of Apple’s electric cars, is considering moving to a location in the United States that currently produces vehicles of that brand. Hyundai has a stake in Kia with around 34 percent…. Read more

Car market: 2020 with a record drop in new registrations in the EU

The year of the Covid – 19 – pandemic was the worst for the European car market since records began in 1990. Compared to the previous year, the number of new passenger car registrations fell in the year 2020 by almost 24 Percent to 9, 42 million vehicles, as the European industry association Acea announced… Read more

Micro-chips: Auto industry laments supply bottlenecks

Europe’s carmakers remain vulnerable – even if many of the destroyed supply chains have only just been repaired after the Corona crash. But an indispensable group of components is missing more and more frequently: semiconductor modules, the heart of all electronic systems and microchips. Some auto production lines have to close again because supplies are… Read more

Audi is building electric car factory in China with partner FAW

Audi is founding a new company in China with its local partner FAW for the construction of battery-electric luxury cars. The first Audi models on the Premium Platform Electric (“PPE”, currently based on the Audi e-tron and the Porsche Taycan) developed jointly with Porsche are to be 2024 in Changchun in northeast China roll off… Read more

Brief information: renewable energy, Stellantis, M1-Mac, skimming

Conversion to renewable energies relieves pressure on the environment The conversion to renewable energies is not just a battle in Europe against the climate crisis, but also for the benefit of the environment. This was announced by the European Environment Agency EEA on Monday in Copenhagen. Accordingly, the increased use of photovoltaics, wind and biomass… Read more

Fusion perfect: Stellantis auto company with 14 brands

The French Peugeot manufacturer PSA and Fiat Chrysler (FCA) confirmed on Saturday (16. Jan. 2021) that they have completed their mega merger to become the world’s fourth largest auto company. The transatlantic company Stellantis carries 000 car brands from Europe and the USA such as Peugeot, Citroën, Jeep, Maserati or Alfa Romeo . With Opel,… Read more

Volkswagen ID Buzz, the electric minivan will not arrive before 2023

?? I would like the ID BUZZ arrives next year. But it won’t come that soon; it will be a little later, “said CEO Scott Keogh of Volkswagen America division, indicating 2023 as the launch year of this electric vehicle by Carlo Pisani published 18 January 2021 , at 09: 21 in the Technology channel… Read more

Missing Link: No more going to a store! What speaks for the mail order business

Readers who invest emotionally in products are often bothered by the term “faulty design” in product tests. The meme has prevailed that technical progress has done something like this very rarely. The opposite is true. Advances in production are overshadowed by excessive complexity that leads to more accidental misconstruction than ever in history. Tesla built… Read more

Android Automotive OS: Does Google Still Give Automakers A Chance?

Android is actually not particularly suitable as an operating system for the telematics unit of the center console, the infotainment system. It boots for ages, it struggles with security problems and the rampant hardware growth has always kept Google on its toes. But the first current and probably all cars in the future rely on… Read more

Missing Link: No more going to a store! What speaks for the mail order business

Readers who invest emotionally in products are often bothered by the term “faulty design” in product tests. The meme has prevailed that technical progress has done something like this very rarely. The opposite is true. Advances in production are overshadowed by excessive complexity that leads to more accidental misconstruction than ever in history. Tesla built… Read more

MIT devised a hybrid-electric aircraft to reduce the pollution problem

Air pollution from aircraft does not it only affects the climate, but it also causes thousands of deaths a year. A team of MIT engineers proposes a hybrid-electric aircraft that could reduce nitric oxide emissions by 95% . by Manolo De Agostini published 16 January 2021 , at 12: 31 in the Science and Technology… Read more