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Audi switches to power output designations on its models; kW-based performance levels for all power types

Green Car Congress

Audi is adopting a standardized nomenclature for the power output designations of its worldwide range of automobiles. For example, “30” will appear on the rear of all models with power output between 81 and 96 kW, “45” stands for power output between 169 and 185 kW, and “70” for the performance class above 400 kW.

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Volkswagen Group appoints new heads of Global R&D, Group Design, Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy

Green Car Congress

The Group Board of Management can focus more closely than previously on overarching issues of the future, safeguard cross-brand synergies and further develop overall strategy. We are focusing in particular on the technological changes that impact the future of mobility—from electrification to the digital transformation.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Tesla helped former shareholder Toyota to bring back the Toyota RAV4 EV , an electric SUV and also aided its other OEM shareholder, Daimler (which also has since divested its Tesla shares), with the Smart ED and B-Class Electric. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

Deciding that the future of transportation, and therefore their survival, will be based on EVs, many of the top auto companies have promised to end production of their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035, if not earlier. On the other hand, the number of EV start-ups that are forced out of the game might be counted by the score.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

Cars That Think

Raymond Roth , a director at financial advisory firm Stout Risius Ross , observes among automakers, “There’s this arms race right now of best in class performance” being the dominant selling point. King notes, “In the early days of automobiles, drivers and chauffeurs had to monitor and be able to fix their vehicles.

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