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Consumer Reports: Most Reliable Car Brands of the Year - Find Out Who Ranks Highest

The Truth About Cars

Leading Brands in Reliability Lexus (Score: 79) Toyota (Score: 76) Mini (Score: 71) Acura (Score: 70) Honda (Score: 70) Rounding out the top 10 are Subaru, Mazda, Porsche, BMW, and Kia. These scores reflect a trend towards higher reliability across these manufacturers.

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Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. to explore strategic alliance for joint development projects; ŠKODA to lead

Green Car Congress

Matthias Müller, CEO of Volkswagen AG, Bernhard Maier, CEO of ŠKODA Auto and Günter Butschek, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Motors Ltd., The goal of the strategic alliance is to bundle the expertise of both car manufacturers with a view to jointly developing vehicle components and possibly also vehicle concepts. billion in 2015-16.

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Winterkorn says Volkswagen developing 10-speed DCT and high-performance diesel; plug-in hybrids offer great potential

Green Car Congress

At the International Vienna Motor Symposium Prof. Since 2000, the group has reduced the fuel consumption of its TDI and TSI engines by more than 30%. Over the coming years we will electrify all vehicle classes in this way and help electrically powered motoring to make the breakthrough. Source: Prof. Click to enlarge.

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Audi presents PPE-based activesphere concept; electric drive quattro coupé with active back cargo bed

Green Car Congress

The variable ground clearance is reminiscent of an Audi model family that has attracted an enthusiastic, loyal fan base in the C and later B segments since 2000—the Audi allroad. It is being developed under Audi’s leadership together with Porsche AG. degrees, the departure angle 28.1

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

The Truth About Cars

Most electric cars today are being manufactured by either legacy automakers that are new to EV technology, or by companies like Rivian that are new to making cars,” Jake Fisher, senior director of auto testing at Consumer Reports , said in a release. Data is accrued primarily on model years from between 2000 and 2023.

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Nurburgring poised for new EV lap record

Teslarati

An Italian EV startup called Automobili Estrema has launched a 2000+ horsepower EV hypercar that will take on the Nurburgring later this year. Manufacturers have pushed their top-of-the-line vehicles to the absolute limit as they look to take the lead.

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Electric Auto Association

When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. He had all these charts and graphs showing the power going into the motor. He was also the owner of the California Poppy Porsche 914.

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