Month: November 2022

Volkswagen Group’s Skoda brand will launch three new electric models by 2026, four years earlier than originally planned, its boss told Handelsblatt business daily. The Czech carmaker will spend the vast majority of its planned investment on these new models, Skoda CEO Klaus Zellmer added. This would bring the proportion of electric models in its
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Honda Motor Co. revealed plans to expand its Honda Sensing suite of advanced driver-assistance technology to include hands-off features on all U.S. models by 2030. Honda says the technology reflects its vision to cut global traffic fatalities involving Honda autos and motorcycles in half in the same timeframe on its way to eliminating the fatalities
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Audi next year will launch a new electric crossover positioned between the mid-size E-Tron and compact Q4 E-Tron. It will go by the name Q6 E-Tron, and prototypes have been out and about for more than a year (shown below). Now we have the first spy shots of a prototype for a coupe-like version to
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6:09 AM ET Esteban Ocon has taken a parting shot at former Alpine teammate Fernando Alonso, saying the Spaniard barely did any work to push the team forward. Alonso is joining Aston Martin next year and has already predicted his new team can beat Alpine in 2023. The Spaniard grew increasingly critical of Alpine and
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Lordstown Motors Corp. made first deliveries on its initial batch of 500 electric pickups for commercial fleet customers. The Lordstown, Ohio, EV startup on Tuesday said it began to move its Endurance pickup after receiving homologation certification from the U.S. government. The Department of Transportation must provide certification a vehicle meets U.S. codes before a
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4:01 AM ET Mattia Binotto has resigned as the boss of Ferrari’s Formula One team after its disappointing season. Ferrari came into 2022 as strong favourites for the championship and won two of the opening three races, but their challenge soon faded. Binotto’s team won just three more times as Max Verstappen and Red Bull
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Investment in German and EU industrial projects such as battery-cell factories will be unfeasible if the region’s policy makers fail to control ballooning energy prices in the long-term, the head of Volkswagen Group’s namesake brand, Thomas Schäfer, said. “Unless we manage to reduce energy prices in Germany and Europe quickly and reliably, investments in energy-intensive
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Kathy Winter, a senior executive who previously worked in the autonomous vehicle technology divisions of Intel, Motorola and Delphi, will become the new COO at May Mobility. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based developer of autonomous ride-hail vehicles and shuttles said Winter will focus on putting May Mobility’s plans for self-driving shuttles and ride-hailing vehicles into action.
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