Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to discover fresh feelings of adventure.If you are willing to explore your need for speed, then RepoKar is the right place for you! RepoKar is a fun, high-octane online Public Auto Auction where you'r...
There are more than 35 charging points across Cornwall for electric cars. This led to Cornwall Council being nominated for a green energy award.In the South West Green Energy Awards organised by Regen SW is celebrating the innovation and creative ingenuity that has put the south west at the forefront of the green energy revolution.The council says locals have saved half a million pounds on their energy bills, thanks to a collective switching scheme.Having established ourselves as leaders in the transition towards a low carbon economy, Cornwall Council is focused on ensuring that our changing e...
There is no doubt that ceratin automotive brands have to benefit from the Volkswagen's troubles after the emissions scandal.Full-line brands including Ford, Toyota and Honda are the most frequently cross-shopped against VW, according to market experts' data. Based on cross-shopping patterns, these brands could gain most if shoppers spurn VW: Ford would gain 26%, Honda - 23%, Toyota - 20%, 18% would go to BMW and 19% - to Mazda.But Volkswagen might have enough in its arsenal to keep some of those shoppers in the fold. Some gasoline-powered VW models had a s...
According to Reuters, the newly elected Chairman of Volkswagen will be having his first board meeting on Wednesday. Hans Deiter Poetsch will barely have time to truly hold the reigns on the German Auto Giant and steer it into the course which will lift it from the abyss it finds itself in now.After Volkswagen admitted to cheating US Emissions Tests H.D. Poetsch will be appointed to lead the 20-person supervisory board which has been convened at the German headquarters in the city of Wolfsburg.Poetsch is now in charge of finding the culprits, fully show exactly how many affected vehicles ...
As the scandal kept brewing for the past few days, it was a “public secret” that the CEO of VW, Martin Winterkorn was on a tight rope and would eventually have to take a fall. After the German Car-manufacturer giant admitted to having installed specific software on close to 11 million diesel vehicles in order to ”pass” emissions tests, a world-wide brouhaha brewed and exploded.Perhaps, in an effort to curtail the damage of this exploding news, Winterkorn was forced to make this decision and move forward with it. In a statement just released, Winterkorn states...
Volkswagen has apologised and ordered an external investigation to find the deception on US emissions tests to make its vehicles appear less polluting.Martin Winterkorn, chief executive of the German carmaker added: “I personally am deeply sorry that we have broken the trust of our customers and the public. We will co-operate fully with the responsible agencies, with transparency and urgency, to clearly, openly and completely establish all of the facts of this case.”The Environmental Protection Agency declared that many of Volswagen Passat, Beetle and Audi A3 sold in US market has ...
