Tag: car technology
Is this what the autonomous driving of the future will look like?
VW’s prototype Gen.Travel This is how Volkswagen envisions the self-driving car of the future (Photo: VW) Berlin Just from Kassel to Tuscany? No problem with the Gen.Travel. The car is…
Why the Optimus robot is far from finished
Tesla Bot In a few days, Elon Musk will present the humanoid robot Optimus. How realistic is the use in the factory? Dusseldorf, San Francisco Optimus’ first appearance a year…
Woidke meets Tesla managers in the USA
Tesla Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg The company set a production target of 500,000 electric cars per year. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The US electric car manufacturer Tesla has assured the Brandenburg Prime Minister…
The new flagship can do that
The eyes on the roof The Volvo EX90 doesn’t hide its radar systems. Gothenburg Volvo is launching its new flagship EX90 with a lidar sensor on the roof in the…
IAA Transportation: Electric trucks dominate the commercial vehicle trade fair
eTruck from MAN The electric truck is to be delivered for the first time in two years. (Photo: Bloomberg) Hanover The future of freight transport is in Hall 12: MAN…
IAA Transportation: Electric trucks dominate the commercial vehicle trade fair
Mercedes also drives electrically on long-haul routes An “eActros LongHaul” electric truck at the IAA Transportation in Hanover: The electric drive will also become the standard for trucks. (Photo: dpa)…
Bosch versus ZF: duel of the truck greats
Trade fair visitors at the IAA Transportation The commercial vehicle business is gaining in importance for the German supplier giants. (Photo: dpa) Hanover Bosch now sees itself as the world’s…
Bosch versus ZF: duel of the truck greats
Fuel cell vans Bosch wants to develop hydrogen in logistics as an alternative to diesel. Hanover Bosch now sees itself as the world’s largest automotive supplier for commercial vehicles –…
Car rental company switches to electric cars
Sixt at Munich Central Station Every year Sixt buys tens of thousands of cars from the industry. (Photo: imago images/Ralph Peters) Munich Germany’s largest car rental company says goodbye to…
Ex-VW chief strategist Jost develops electric drives for motor boats
Speedboat “Silent Speed 28” The boat from Silent Yachts, whose concept was developed by Ed-Tec, will be launched in October 2022 and will be among the fastest production electric boats…
Ex-VW chief strategist Jost develops electric drives for motor boats
Speedboat “Silent Speed 28” The boat from Silent Yachts, whose concept was developed by Ed-Tec, will be launched in October 2022 and will be among the fastest production electric boats…
VW subsidiary MAN plans to enter the electric truck business in 2024
Munich The truck manufacturer MAN is aligning its future with the electric truck. “From 2024 we are ready to go into larger quantities. We assume that in 2030 half of…
Electric cars face “significant cost disadvantages” from 2023
electric car So far, maintenance costs for e-cars have been superior to combustion engines. But that is changing. (Photo: dpa) Vienna Although they are expensive to buy, they are cheap…
New battery strategy alarms German politicians
The chairman of the EU Parliament’s powerful trade committee, Bernd Lange (SPD), sees this as a “typical example” of the USA giving priority to its own interests and “offending its…
Buying a car becomes a luxury
Cologne Even the Dacia Sandero is just under the 10,000 euro hurdle. Since the beginning of the year, the price of the Romanian small car has increased by 1,610 euros…
Buying a car becomes a luxury
Cologne Even the Dacia Sandero is just under the 10,000 euro hurdle. Since the beginning of the year, the price of the Romanian small car has increased by 1,610 euros…
Billion dollar contract for the production of hydrogen trucks
fill up with hydrogen A Clean Logistics truck is parked at a hydrogen filling station operated by the service provider GP Joule. (Photo: GP Joule) Dusseldorf The traffic turnaround is…
US law puts the brakes on electric car manufacturer’s battery factory plans
Tesla factory in Berlin-Brandenburg Tesla had actually planned to make its only European plant in Brandenburg the world’s largest battery factory. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Thousands of jobs were to be…
US law puts the brakes on electric car manufacturer’s battery factory plans
Tesla factory in Berlin-Brandenburg Tesla had actually planned to make its only European plant in Brandenburg the world’s largest battery factory. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Thousands of jobs were to be…
The ten most popular electric cars of 2022
Dusseldorf After months of declining car registrations, there is apparently a first glimmer of hope in Germany. In August, new registrations increased by three percent to almost 200,000, as reported…