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

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He was appointed Board Member for Engineering at Bentley in 2003 before taking over as Managing Director of the German Association of the Automotive Industry in 2012. Michael Mauer will lead Group Design in addition to his present function at Porsche. Ralf-Gerhard Willner will lead Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy.

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VW Group restructuring in response to emissions testing scandal; greater focus on the modular toolkits; Klinger out, Horn stays

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Vahland’s successor as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Škoda will be Bernhard Maier, until now Board Member for Sales and Marketing of Porsche AG. Consequently, a Porsche brand group with Bentley and Bugatti will be established for the sportscar and mid-engine toolkit.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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Porsche Taycan 6,822. It’s a robust list of a variety of models–the majority of which are focused on the hot crossover segment–with total sales of more than 150,000 from six major automaker groups. The German Juggernaut — the Volkswagen ID4, Audi E-tron(s) & Porsche Taycan. Tesla Model 3 80,681.

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Convincing Consumers To Buy EVs

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EV start-up Lucid is struggling with a range of software woes, and software problems have pushed back launches years at Audi, Porsche and Bentley EVs, which are part of Volkswagen Group. Another reliability risk-related issue is getting an EV repaired when something goes awry, or there is an accident.

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