With the entry of Europe’s largest carmaker in the United States, the electric vehicle segment in the country is set to heat up. In a strategic development, Scott Keogh, the newly appointed CEO of Volkswagen Group of America stated, Volkswagen… Read More ›
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Offloading non-core assets will ease VW’s transition into emerging automobile market
Volkswagen’s top management is aiming to transformation the group into a more modern, streamlined company. Although the process is seen as painful, it pays off in the long run. On Friday, the top leader of Volkswagen’s powerful works council said,… Read More ›
Toyota aiming to increase foothold in China’s EV market
Although earlier it was unthinkable for Toyota to sell electric vehicles, its current strategy tops that since it involves selling EVs that are derived from its’s Chinese partner’s vehicle which do not feature is triple-oval logo. This is the extent… Read More ›
Alphabet’s Waymo hires Tesla’s chief technical contact with U.S. safety investigators
The hiring is likely to boost safety issues in Waymo’s self-driving cars. Waymo, Alphabet Inc’s self-driving unit stated, it has hired Matthew Schwall. Schwall was Tesla’s main technical contact with U.S. safety investigators. Schwall now joins Waymo’s safety team led… Read More ›
Germany is willing and ready to support battery makers: German Economic Minister Peter Altmaier
With battery technology being central to electric cars, Germany is exploring ways to boost the industry by supporting and exempting it from certain energy levies. On Tuesday, Germany’s Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said, the government is willing to support battery… Read More ›
Volkswagen turns to Apple for design of its EVs
Volkswagen wants its electric vehicles to be the apple of the consumer’s eyes. Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest carmaker is now turning to U.S. tech giant Apple for guidance on how to style its new generation of electric cars, said VW’s top… Read More ›
“Tripple One” strategy key in Nissan’s growth in China
Electric vehicles, light commercial vehicles and trucks as well as sourcing supplies locally are the key components of Nissan’s strategy in China, the world’s biggest auto market. On Monday, with the aim of placing itself within the top 3 automakers… Read More ›
Continental AG aims to tap burgeoning autonomous self-driving vehicle markets, hires JPMorgan for potential break-up
Across the supply chain of the auto industry, investors are cheering firms who break away from the mold of the combustion engine centered model, which they see as a sunset industry, to that of new age self-driving, autonomous, automated vehicles…. Read More ›
Ford to invest $11 billion in next generation car lineup by 2022
With countries, including France, India, UK and China pledging to phase out fossil fuel and combustion engined powered vehicles between 2030 and 2040, carmakers are increasingly focussing their future lineup to tap these big markets. At the Detroit auto show,… Read More ›
New tax reform bill does not kill tax credit for electric vehicles
Although the new tax reform bill, as introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, had contained provisions to eliminate the $7,500 tax credit for EVs, the version that was introduced on Thursday in the U.S. Senate does not contain these… Read More ›