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Berlin — Volkswagen’s original brand is “no longer competitive,” the company’s brand chief warned Monday, owing to high costs and low productivity. “With many of our pre-existing structures, processes and high costs, we are no longer competitive as the Volkswagen brand,” Thomas Schaefer told...

https://www.autoblog.com/2023/11/16/watch-as-submerged-tesla-model-x-at-florida-boat-ramp-burns-underwater/

https://electrek.co/2023/10/27/vw-delays-porsche-macan-ev-platform-cuts-jobs-amid-software-struggles/

A race is on to certify battery health and performance in used electric vehicles, with a clutch of startups scrambling to help buyers figure out how much a secondhand EV is really worth. With traditional combustion-engine cars, mileage and years racked up can quickly tell prospective buyers how...

... after being unable to start their vehicle and arranging to have it delivered to Tesla Edinburgh by a collection firm, they received a call Wednesday informing them that the battery was "damaged due to water ingress." They said they were told the eight-year warranty didn't cover this and...

Sales of the electric truck have dropped in recent months after strong start. - Wall Street Journal https://archive.ph/k0HUm#selection-4229.0-4229.75

NA 3rd QTR 2023: https://news.dupontregistry.com/porsche/porsche-q32023-north-american-sales/ Worldwide Jan - Sep 2023: https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2023/company/porsche-deliveries-first-nine-months-2023-34065.html

Sanjay Lal has an impressive pedigree. Can he get the VW Group back on track? The VW Group announced Lal will lead the new Software Defined Vehicle Hub at CARIAD, its consolidated software division. "Sanjay is someone we can all look forward to,” CARIAD CEO Peter Bosch said in a statement to...

Brand loyalty is common, but according to J.D. Power's Automotive Brand Loyalty Report, Porsche has the most loyal customers among luxury automakers. This is the second year the German marque has received the award from the American data analytics, software, and consumer intelligence company...

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2023/company/porsche-timo-resch-president-ceo-porsche-cars-north-america-33832.html

Porsche has released a statement regarding the high standards it sets for digital privacy. This follows shortly after BMW stated that it does not sell customers' in-car personal information. Why would two high-profile manufacturers release such statements in short succession? It all started...

Range, charging power, and cost: the traction battery remains the most important component in the electric car. The progress is noticeable in the current models, but further improvements in the coming years are vital. What is already happening on the road and not just in the lab? The battery...

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/volkswagen/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-idalia-electric-car-caught-fire-tesla/

"The problem is that the software is all written by 150 different companies and they don't talk to each other," Farley said. "So even though it says Ford on the front, I actually have to go to Bosch to get permission to change their seat control software. Even if I had a high-speed modem in the...

Electric vehicle “charging deserts,” places where electric-vehicle recharging stations and the number of charge ports are in short supply, stretch across states, largely divided by economic and racial lines, according to new analysis by Bumper.com. Looking at a range of fiscal and societal...

Gas- and diesel-powered vehicles catch fire way more often than EVs, but you wouldn’t know that from the headlines. https://www.motortrend.com/features/you-are-wrong-about-ev-fires/

I wonder if algorithms for reporting battery 'SoH' estimates might also be designed to boost SoH in early years and get more realistic as the battery ages. Tesla years ago began exaggerating its vehicles’ potential driving distance – by rigging their range-estimating software. The company...

The final ranking of the P3 Charging Index US It leaves the Lucid Air as the vehicle best suited to long-range journeys with a CI of 1.04 across all categories. Its average charging power of 147 kW was outweighed by its low consumption, resulting in 208 recharged miles after 20 minutes. The...

The research, published by Thatcham Research and funded by the Government’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, highlights the technical and practical differences between battery electric vehicle (BEVs) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle insurance claims processes. Despite newer BEVs...