Although Volkswagen Group has announced a bold plan to transition all of their vehicles to electric drivetrains, bending reality to fit that plan is another story altogether. As the transition faces setbacks, German Publication “Auto Motor Und Sport” reports that Volkswagen Group executives could be getting ready for a little a game of musical chairs: […]
Urvaksh Karkaria has the latest on the Taycan’s American launch: The coronavirus pandemic has complicated Porsche’s rollout of a “milestone” model in the U.S. Automotive News Who could have seen this coming? I’m shocked. If it hadn’t been for that meddling virus, everyone would be driving a Taycan by now! Gosh darnit!!! Deliveries here of Porsche’s […]
William Boston in Berlin and Mike Colias in Detroit bring news of fraud in a story for the Wall Street Journal: The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened an investigation into whether German luxury car maker Bayerische Motoren Werke AG manipulated sales figures, according to people familiar with the matter. The Wall Street Journal Fraud? The regulator is […]
In a shocking turn of events that nobody could have seen coming, the Volkswagen ID.3’s Europe-only launch will be delayed: The compact car has been in production since the beginning of November , but according to a media report, the developers are still struggling “with massive software problems”. Ecomento.de So… they’re already making the cars but the […]
Gabrielle Coppola brings us a new story with a great headline as she reports that Mercedes has delayed the EQC electric SUV for 1 year, until late 2021: Mercedes-Benz is putting off the U.S. debut of its first electric vehicle by a year in the latest sign of just how difficult a time automakers are […]
The image above is from Jalopnik, who gave the story this headline: The Porsche Taycan Turbo’s EPA Range Of 201 Miles Is So Bad Porsche Requested An Independent Test Jalopnik Yes, you read that right. The car that was supposed to get 300 miles of range is struggling to barely slip by the 200-mile mark. […]
New from Christoph Rauwald and Birgit Jensen: Volkswagen AG offices were raided by German prosecutors as part of a probe into diesel engines, marking a fresh setback for the manufacturer’s efforts to draw a line under an emission-tests cheating scandal that erupted four years ago. Bloomberg Surprise, surprise: It turns out when you illegally poison the […]
Fred’s got the scoop: Jensen Gadley, a Tesla Model 3 owner from Las Vegas who rents out his car on Turo, was thinking of canceling a rental after the customers insisted on using the Smart Summon feature in his car. When the customers arrived, Gadley was surprised to see him come out of a Porsche […]
If you still have any doubt that the electric vehicle wars have begun, you have to check out this latest report from our friends Joe Miller in Frankfurt and Peter Campbell in London. (It’s pretty entertaining). German car industry faces ‘day of reckoning’ Tens of thousands of jobs cut as auto groups pump billions into […]
Sean O’Kane at The Verge got his hands on a Taycan. His review is below. If you’re going to buy a Porsche, this is the one you want. While we’re talking about the Toucan, you might also want to check out these latest photos Bloomberg got of the factory in Germany.
