The Truth About Cars

APRIL 21, 2023

And, in case you missed it, the record-setting Civic Type R was fitted with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 Connect tires, rubber jointly developed with Michelin using know-how amassed through the development of the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

This NOV is also being issued to Porsche AG and Porsche Cars North America. The NOV alleges that the VW Group companies developed and installed a software defeat device—specifically, code in the electronic control module (ECM)—in certain VW, Audi and Porsche light duty diesel vehicles equipped with 6-cylinder, 3.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In connection with cars, feasible applications for this technology include automated payments, keyless access for car sharing schemes, on-demand services, tuning protection and automated driving functions. XAIN began as a University of Oxford research project in 2014. —Leif-Nissen Lundbæk, founder and CEO of XAIN AG.

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MAY 12, 2014

The Germany-based Center of Automotive Management (CAM), in cooperation with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) AG WPG, named the Volkswagen Group the world’s most innovative automotive company in its 2014 AutomotiveINNOVATIONS Awards; this marks the fourth consecutive time Volkswagen Group has picked up the top award. and the e-Golf.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 25, 2024

The Porsche 718 is now dead in Europe after it failed to meet the European Union’s so-called “cybersecurity” regulations. Meanwhile, a vehicle that’s not connected to a modem would be impossible to hack remotely. But EU regulations effectively require all new vehicles to be connected to the internet. I’ll not beat a dead horse.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2012

Horizon 2020 is the EU’s proposed €80-billion (US$100-billion) Framework Programme for Research & Innovation from 2014-2020. EUCAR members are BMW, DAF, Daimler, Fiat, Ford of Europe, GM/Opel, Jaguar Land Rover, Porsche, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault, Scania, Volkswagen, Volvo Cars and Volvo Group.

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APRIL 23, 2010

The European Council for Automotive R&D (EUCAR) is recommending that the EU 8 th Research Framework Programme (FP8) covering the period 2014 to 2020 declare sustainable mobility a key priority for research funding and further encourage collaborative research in the road transport and automotive sector. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 9, 2014

liters less per 100 kilometers than the gasoline engines of the challengers, Toyota and Porsche, are allowed to consume. In addition to the new, more efficient internal combustion engine, the 2014 R18 powertrain concept, for the first time, features the integration of two hybrid systems: ERS-K and ERS-H. Specifically, 138.7

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APRIL 3, 2014

not the $845,000 base price plug-in hybrid Porsche 918, earlier post , or even the $100,000 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid, earlier post —the Golf GTE ( earlier post ) and the A3 e-tron ( earlier post ), are both based on the same MQB (Modularen Querbaukasten, or modular transverse toolkit) plug-in hybrid powertrain.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

Founding EVA chapter connects with entrepreneurial stars. 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 was also the owner of the California Poppy Porsche 914. After that, the word spread fast.”

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 6, 2022

All-electric driving range has been announced at 300 miles and should be able to connect to 350kW DC chargers for an 80% charge in about 20 minutes. Polestar plans on being a major manufacturer of all-electric luxury vehicles, competing with the likes of Lucid, Porsche and Tesla. Pricing has yet to be announced. Mullen Five.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

not a truck or SUV, and not a vehicle from BMW, Audi, Porsche or Mercedes-Benz) have until recently only had Volkswagen-brand cars as an option: Beetle, Golf, Jetta, Passat. Accordingly, Volkswagen of America (VoA) diesel sales to date in 2014 represent slightly north of 23% of all Volkswagen of America sales. The 2014 Cruze Diesel.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Hackenberg, the first-generation modular longitudinal matrix was used in 2007 for the A5, followed by the A4, A6, A7 Sportback, A8, Q5 and Q7 as well as the Porsche Macan. Dr. Hackenberg then conceived the transverse matrix, the MQB, applied in the new Audi A3 in 2012, with the TT debuting in 2014.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The electrically power-assisted steering made turning in-town easy, but it made open road driving seem at times as if the car was barely connected to the road. The engine start/stop button is located on the left side of the steering wheel, just like a Porsche. Road Test: 2014 Nissan Versa Note. Functional tech.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

One of the goals of Volkswagen AG is to launch numerous plug-in hybrid cars on the market in the years 2013/2014. The data is transmitted to an online server via a UMTS mobile radio connection together with geo-coding of GPS position. Volkswagen Research then preconditions the acquired data to make it accessible to project partners.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Unveiled at Chery’s technology day in September, it is primarily intended to showcase forthcoming energy, connectivity and autonomous driving features that will flow into production cars. This includes a Meta driving mode in which the steering wheel retracts, the seats recline and virtual reality glasses emerge for the driver to wear.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

With the e-tron services in the Audi connect portfolio, drivers can use their smartphones to control such functions as charging and heating or cooling. Audi connect, which is also standard, connects the Q7 e-tron quattro to the internet via the fast LTE standard. The driver can choose between four modes. “EV”

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

TSI from 54 to 48 mm; the crankshaft itself was lightened by 20%, while the weight of the connecting rods was reduced by 25%. Later this year, Volkswagen AG will offer a version of the EA288 engine, which already fulfills the Euro-6 standard and will apply to all new vehicles, but will not go into effect until September 2014.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

We are suggesting that the variation in power and energy from renewable sources can be managed much more easily and economically with the batteries in PHEVs when they are plugged into the grid with a low power connection. Only the PHEV can share energy with the grid without stranding the driver.

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