Volkswagen Software & EV Transition — Updates From Execs
1) What is Volkswagen’s commitment to electric vehicles (EVs) going to be following the CEO switch and all the Group drama, and 2) how is Volkswagen going to try to solve its software crisis?
1) What is Volkswagen’s commitment to electric vehicles (EVs) going to be following the CEO switch and all the Group drama, and 2) how is Volkswagen going to try to solve its software crisis?
While the overall Chinese auto market returned to positive numbers in May (+7% year over year), plugins are still in the red and were down 32% last month, with close to 73,000 registrations.
By most accounts, Tesla’s EV technology is about 5 years ahead of anything any other automaker can muster. For a decade or so now, we’ve been hearing that the legacy brands are preparing a wave of “Tesla killers” that will bury the pesky disruptor, but there’s still no sign of that.
Juneteenth was a day that ushered in freedom for slaves in the United States. It happened on June 19, 1865. Slavery is just sick and evil, and the way our nation has treated black Americans (or black people in general — from other countries as well) is beyond horrifying and sickening.
Now that you can officially order a Volkswagen ID.3, the car is starting to feel a lot more real. Also, though, some people have been surprised by current pricing and many have been scratching their heads simply trying to find the pricing and the range of various trims.
The Tesla Cybertruck will debut at the Petersen Automotive Museum this weekend, according to Robb Report.
Before the Tesla Model S era of automobiles, Norfolk Southern (NS) had a project to develop a zero-emission battery-powered locomotive prototype for use as a road switcher. The locomotive, named “999,” didn’t work out as expected and the idea was dropped. It was never put into service.
We’ve covered NASA’s development of a little electric airplane since 2016, when staff at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center and Langley Research Center took delivery of a modified Tecnam P2006T fuselage that would be used to build the X-57 (aka Maxwell).
Yet another reason why fossil fuels are toast: air is the key ingredient for a fleet of new utility-scale, long duration energy storage projects in the UK.
Curb rash has been the bane of many a Tesla Model 3, S, and X owner over the years. I think the first Tesla Model 3 aftermarket accessory colleague Kyle Field got for his car in 2018 was rim protectors from EV Annex.