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After Dieselgate crisis Volkswagen's sales are down and the sellers are frustrated. Volkswagen needs to strike out in a new direction and become a big proponent of electric cars.The VW brand's internal magazine Insight interviewed leader Herbert Diess, who said a "breakthrough" is coming with engineers "developing a special vehicle architecture that foresees the installation of flat batteries."This is a big move, up to now Volkswagen having touted the novel shapes it was making of battery packs to get the most range out of offerings like the e-Golf.Volkswagen seriou...
Italian transport design studio Pininfarina, which specializes in creating sports cars for brands like Ferrari, Alfa Romeo, Peugeot, Maserati, and Rolls Royce has been acquired by Indian Mahindra.Mahindra, a massive conglomerate based in India, will pay around $28 million for 76-percent of the Italian design house, and plans to make offers for the remaining 24 percent. Those tracking the deal were surprised that the acquisition is being made through Tech Mahindra, rather than parent Mahindra & Mahindra, which makes SUVs, tractors and other vehicles. But we know that the Cambiano, Italy-bas...
FORD COMPANY HELPS EASE TRAFFIC JAMSFord will start offering a new ride-sharing shuttle service for employees in Dearborn starting Tuesday in a move that could lead to a new business for an automaker trying to re-invent itself more broadly as a mobility company.Ford introduced the Ford Smart Mobility Plan that has 25 projects, which incorporate ride-sharing, data and alternative modes of connectivity, transportation and autonomous driving in an attempt to find ways that are better for people to share our roads in the years to come.The team of social scientists has already spent several months ...
The famous psychedelic Porsche convertible driven by rock legend Janis Joplin has smashed estimates to sell for US$1.76 million at an auction in New York.The iconic vehicle – a pearl-white 1965 Porsche 365c 1600 Cabriolet decked out with a kaleidoscopic Flower Power paint job – was expected to bring between $400,000 and $600,000.The auctioneer opened bidding at US$300,000 before a packed room in New York with RM Sotheby's staff manning a bank of phones. In seconds, the price jumped to US$600,000.A ripple of applause broke out when bidding reached US$1 million and again at US$1....
Wolfsburg - Volkswagen said on Thursday that only a small group of employees were responsible for cheating US diesel emissions tests and there was no indication that board members were involved in the biggest business crisis in the firm's history.While offering few specifics, the company’s chairman and chief executive acknowledged that engineers introduced software that would lower emissions of nitrogen oxides in many of its diesel engines after realizing there was no legal way for those engines to meet tight U.S. emissions standards “within the required time frame and budget.&...
