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Electric Vorsprung
Life, Published on 16/10/2023
» The Audi A4 will make the switch to an all electric powertrain, three decades after its introduction, as the Ingolstadt brand gears up to contend with BMW, Mercedes, Tesla and a raft of new disruptors in the crucial electric executive segment.
Luxury Car Makers Drive Formula One to Survive
Business, Published on 27/06/2022
» Formula One motor racing might be just the kind of noisy marketing tool luxury car makers need in the hush of the electric era.
Volvo Cars Announces IPO Plan That Could Value It at $25 Billion
Business, Published on 06/10/2021
» Volvo Cars, the Swedish auto maker owned by China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, said Monday it would proceed with an initial public offering in Stockholm, in a deal that people familiar with the matter say could value it at upward of $25 billion.
Big wheel
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 17/09/2018
» Jeremy Clarkson, the outspoken former host of the hit BBC show Top Gear, once observed that a Lamborghini is for "people who want to move about in a big pantomime, massive West End musical full of colour and noise, and to hell with how fast you can go around the corner".
Hyundai reaffirms hydrogen future
Life, Richard Leu, Published on 13/03/2017
» The Korean brand is the only maker at the Swiss motor show to preview an SUV with next-generation fuel-cell technology.
The politics of fear
News, Postbag, Published on 27/09/2016
» Re "Journalist unable to cut through Trump's falsehood", Opinion, Sept 24
Porsche Panamera up close
Life, Richard Leu, Published on 25/07/2016
» There is something very crucial about Porsche's second-generation Panamera. The smallest-selling model of all Porsches sold around the globe, the fastback-style four-door gets a raft of new tech not seen in other models yet.
2016 New cars
Life, Richard Leu, Published on 04/01/2016
» What to expect from the big marques this year, everything from an Ecocar up to a 1,500hp hypercar.
German carmakers gear up for digital challenge
Published on 09/04/2015
» WOLFSBURG, GERMANY — Technology giants Google and Apple are muscling their way into the auto industry and the last thing carmakers in Germany can afford to do is stick their collective heads in the sand.
VW buys Canada fuel-cell patents
Published on 19/02/2015
» WOLFSBURG —Europe's biggest carmaker, Volkswagen, has spent US$50 million (1.62 billion baht) for a portfolio of fuel cell patents.