Volkswagen

Toyota: $ 180 million fine in the US for cheating on emissions

The US Department of Justice is clear : Toyota for years has ‘forgotten’ to provide timely reports on vehicles that do not comply with North American emission standards and to proceed with the consequent recall campaigns by Roberto Colombo published on 16 January 2021 , at 10: 31 in the Technology channel Toyota If anyone… Read more

Volkswagen: sales of electric cars increased by more than 200%

All brands contributed to growth who work within the Volkswagen Group. by Rosario Grasso published 15 January 2021 , at 20: 21 in the Technology channel Volkswagen The 2020 was a turning point year for the Volkswagen Group , as also evidenced by the figure for sales of electrified cars, in increase of 214% compared… Read more

Brief information: car production, Facebook, DisplayPort 2.0, file sharing

Bottleneck in chip production slows down car production The shortage of electronic chips for cars causes manufacturers and Suppliers for growing problems. Now Audi will also send approximately 10 in the coming week. 000 Employees in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm on short-time work. In December, Volkswagen reported bottlenecks in semiconductors and applied for short-time work for… Read more

Bottleneck in chip production is slowing down car production

The lack of electronic chips for cars is causing growing problems for manufacturers and suppliers. Now Audi will also send approximately 000. 000 Employees in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm on short-time work. Volkswagen had already reported bottlenecks in semiconductors in December, “now it has overtaken us too,” said an Audi spokeswoman on Thursday. Volkswagen applied for… Read more

Seats plug-in hybrid Leon eHybrid in the test: A step towards the future

Now, please, with verve, so that no one overlooks the fact that Volkswagen is not neglecting the electrification of the volume models out of sheer enthusiasm for the modular electrical construction kit and its group-wide seedlings: To be absolutely sure in this regard, they have – by no means devoid of humor – the name… Read more

iPhone as a car key: BMW will soon be using ultra broadband

BMW is expanding the functions of the iPhone car key: With the “Digital Key Plus”, in addition to the near-radio technology NFC, ultra-broadband (UWB) will also be supported in the future, as the car manufacturer has now announced. This makes it possible to unlock the vehicle with the digital key stored on the iPhone as… Read more

VW Golf 8: Infotainment gets a big update

It was a false start that must have hurt those responsible, because Volkswagen actually wanted to take the lead with the modular infotainment system. In the first attempt, the group failed completely. The software carried and still carries countless bugs that may have deeply annoyed many loyal customers. Now the group wants to take countermeasures… Read more

Ford, Volkswagen and Nissan: reduced production due to chip shortage

The lack of semiconductor supplies is impacting a lot on the public availability of CPU and GPU, as we have seen in the recent period. But not only that, the automotive market also seems to suffer consequences. by Rosario Grasso published 11 January 2021 , at 11: 01 in the Technology channel Ford Volkswagen Nissan… Read more

Energy costs for electric cars: how expensive will traction current be?

Made in the charging station expansion plans for 2020 the federal government is clear about its goal: The ratio of charging points to registered e-cars should be around 1: 10 stay. This corresponds roughly to the status from the beginning 2019. The vast majority of charging processes should continue to take place at home (the… Read more

Ford will idle its Kentucky plant this week amid semiconductor shortage

Ford will idle its plant in Kentucky for a week as the automotive industry grapples with a shortage of semiconductors, ABC News reported The automaker’s assembly plant in Louisville produces the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair SUVs, and employs about 3,900 hourly workers, according to CNBC. Ford said will take a planned one-week plant shutdown… Read more

VW works council boss: more power, but no “lawnmower method”

VW works council chief Bernd Osterloh only wants to support stricter cost targets under the pressure of the corona crisis, industry upheaval and increasing competition from Tesla if the board of directors also tackles further internal streamlining of the group. “With such a wild growth, our size and scalability suddenly don’t help us much,” he… Read more

Car registrations 2020: bright spot at the end

Across all brands and segments, the sales figures fell by an average in the past year 19, 1 percent back. A total of 2.9 million cars 2019 were registered in Germany for the first time. 62 , 8 percent of this was for commercial registrations, the rest went to private new car buyers, such as… Read more

Exhaust gas fraud: is the Winterkorn process shifting?

The fraud trial against Martin Winterkorn, planned from the end of February, could be postponed due to health problems of the former Volkswagen CEO. The Regional Court of Braunschweig declared on Friday (January 8th 2020) on request that the competent chamber was able to negotiate of the now 73 – year old defendant had expert… Read more

VW is recalling some e-up due to fire hazard

Volkswagen is recalling some e-Up models due to the risk of fire on battery cells. So far, no incidents are known, but the action was taken as a precaution, it said on Friday from Wolfsburg. According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) it is about 122 cars that were built in the past year…. Read more

Audi boss Duesmann expects speed limit, “but is not looking forward to it”

The new Audi boss Markus Duesmann expects a speed limit on German motorways for political reasons. “A speed limit has a CO 2 effect, that cannot be discussed away,” said Duesmann of the Wirtschaftswoche from 7. Jan. 2021. He would “not welcome” that, because “intelligent, sensible solutions” are better than bans: “For example, digitization and… Read more