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Porsche expanding open source software initiative; FOSS

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Porsche is expanding its open source initiative and has published a strategic guide to using free and open source software (FOSS). By using open source software, Porsche says it is able to shorten development cycles, reduce costs, promote innovation and talent and improve software quality.

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Audi increases upfront expenditure for electric mobility; €12B by 2024

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Furthermore, measures taken in the context of Audi.Zukunft are to free up approximately €6 billion for future investments by 2029. —Alexander Seitz, Board of Management Member for Finance, China and Legal Affairs at Audi AG. “. The cross-brand architectures will enable high Group synergies to be utilized in the future.

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

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This will focus on the major fields of future importance in the industry—such as digitalization, networking, e-mobility and new mobility services. Although Volkswagen is already addressing all of these fields, it will in the future do so “in a much more systematic and focused manner. billion in total. year-on-year to €1.9

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Navigant suggests that, since the automakers have already designed the vehicles that they will be selling in 2018, they will become more vocal in 2014 to push for changes; the firm expects the dispute to escalate, perhaps resulting in legal action. Finally, the first real competition in the luxury EV space will emerge this year.

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