Tag: vw
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Volkswagen Group To Turn Greek Island Into An EV Paradise
VW Group and also Greece announced their strategy to turn the small island of Astypalea into a model for electric and connected mobility services. The German carmaker signed a memorandum of understanding with Greece to establish a radical mobility system on the small island of Astypalea, that will replace the island’s 1,500 vehicles with combustion…
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VW Group Helps AB Dynamics Complete Eight-Vehicle Swarm Test
Automotive test systems provider AB Dynamics has collected a demonstration showing the best number of vehicles to be synchronized in a “swarm evaluation ”. You will find seven automated cars in complete, synchronized with an Ego vehicle (test car), on location in the Nardo Technical Center in Italy. They conducted through scenarios such as one-meter…
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Is This The Production-Spec VW ID Roomzz?
A small number of spy shots have emerged out of China reportedly showing the production-spec variant of the VW ID. Roomzz throughout testing. It’s unclear what title that the SUV will embrace for manufacturing but a few outlets speculate that it will be known as the ID.6. Either way, we know it’ll be larger than…
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Elon Musk Drives VW ID.3, Inspects ID.4 In Meeting With Diess
After visiting Tesla’s fresh Gigafactory close Berlin, Germany, Elon Musk allegedly satisfied with VW Group manager Herbert Diess for approximately two hours in a little airport at Brunswick, where Musk got to test drive the VW ID.3 according to people knowledgeable about the issue. The Tesla CEO also scrutinized the forthcoming ID.4 crossover which VW…
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VW Thinks It Can Catch Tesla In Terms Of EV Production By 2023
The VW Group’s labor chief, Bernd Osterloh considers his company may fit Tesla’s possible manufacturing level of 900,000 to 1.5 million electric vehicles each year by 2023 or even earlier. Osterloh told a Welt am Sonntag that VW could even position themselves to sabotage the American EV-maker, and it’s all thanks to this prior ’s…
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VW’s Upcoming ID.4 Electric SUV Can Tow Up To 4,200 lbs (1,900kg)
The VW ID.4 is edging ever closer to its global debut on September 23 and has been teased in a new video from the German automaker. Set to join the ID.3 in the all-electric VW family, the ID.4 takes the shape SUV and promises to be more spacious than its sibling. Not only does this…
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First Batch Of VW ID.3 EVs Quietly Arrives On British Shores
The first batch of VW ID.3 models has reached British shores at the Grimsby interface in 1st Edition spec, in preparation for initial client deliveries that are slated for later this month. Every ID.3 1st Edition version comes with a pre-loaded We Charge card, supplying customers with as much as one year of charging –…
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VW Golf R Beats A Tesla Model 3 Performance In A Quarter-Mile Sprint
Beating a Tesla Model 3 in a hot hatch, an all-wheel drive one like the Volkswagen Golf R, requires a great deal of skill, a bit of luck and maybe some engine mods. So, how did this Golf R Mk7 was able to stay on top until it crossed the end? With its motorist performing…
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VW Admits Tesla’s Software And Autonomy Lead In Internal Communications
As Volkswagen continues to struggle with issues in the ID.3, its first new-generation all-electric car, chief executive Herbert Diess has acknowledged in a webcast with top executives that Tesla has a significant lead in key vehicle technologies. Internal communications viewed by German publication Automobilwoche addressed both the software lead Tesla has over its competitors as…
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VW Group Losing $2.2 Billion Per Week Due To Viral Pandemic
In an interview with German TV station ZDF, VW Group CEO Herbert Diess declared that his firm might need to cut jobs due to this coronavirus pandemic, as the carmaker is burning through about 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) per week. VW is now not selling any cars out of China, where demand has picked…