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Paris To Charge Higher Parking Fees for Large Vehicles and SUVs

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One council member said that the new fees would depend on the size and weight of the vehicle, with one bemoaning the rise of “auto-besity,” the alarming upward trend of vehicle sizes in recent years. Electric vehicle owners will benefit from the lowest parking fees, while SUV owners will see higher chargers starting in January 2024.

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J.D. Power: quality takes a back seat to innovation as problems reach a record high

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—Frank Hanley, senior director of auto benchmarking at J.D. This is only for the operating system for in-vehicle infotainment, not for the smartphone mirroring systems of Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. Porsche (167 PP100) ranks second and Cadillac (170 PP100) ranks third.

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

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Matthias Müller, CEO of Volkswagen AG, Bernhard Maier, CEO of ŠKODA Auto and Günter Butschek, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Motors Ltd., In order to share responsibility among the Volkswagen Group brands, ŠKODA Auto is to lead the project. in what would become Czechoslovakia in 1918.

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Volkswagen again reaffirms 20 new PEV models coming across the Group; MEB development

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Müller reaffirmed the goal of playing a key role in e-mobility, with the Volkswagen Group planning to launch over 20 additional models by 2020—a target originally voiced by former Group head Martin Winterkorn at the Frankfurt auto show last fall, before the breaking of the diesel emissions scandal. Earlier post.)

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Honda reveals radical new electric Saloon concept at CES 2024 | Autocar Professional

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Honda’s European boss, Katsuhisa Okuda, said the 0 Series is about “creating outstanding projects from zero, unconstrained by existing assumptions” With this new line of EVs, Honda is “going back to the starting point of Honda as an auto maker and creating new EVs from zero”, hence the 0 Series name.

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Volkswagen Group sells 9.24 million vehicles in 2023, BEV share increases to 8.3% | Autocar Professional

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The Volkswagen Group expanded its market share in Europe as well as North and South America and thus also increased slightly worldwide. In South America , the Group handed over 9.4 Sportback): 49,000 units CUPRA Born: 45,300 units Porsche Taycan (incl. China, the Group’s largest single market, grew by 1.6%