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0 Comments The upcoming sixth-gen Audi A4 line-up will include an electric-only four-wheel-drive performance RS model and a hybrid RS4 underpinned by two different platforms, according to well-placed Ingolstadt insiders. One platform will be used for combustion-engined hybrid variants and the other for pure-electric models. Hybrid and all-electric A4 variants to sit on different platforms Will be available in sedan and estate bodystyles in global markets All-electric model to share platform with the upcoming A6 e-tron Line-up to feature hybrid ...

The Latest: 3 Million COVID Deaths, Nuclear Deal Revived, Soviet LOTR Lining up to buy rice and flour in Sylhet, Bangladesh as the country starts a 7-day lockdown. - Md Rafayat Haque Khan/ZUMA       2020-04-06 Welcome to Tuesday, where global COVID-19 death toll surpasses 3 million, the Iran nuclear deal is back on the table, and a Soviet-produced Lord of the Rings is unearthed. Thanks to Die Welt, we also look at how the German auto industry is trying to keep up with Elon Musk. • Southeast Asian flood death toll tops 100: R...

Achtung Tesla! German Automakers Try To Compete With Elon Musk Elon Musk trying out a brand new VW - Herbert Diess via LinkedIn       Volkswagon and other German car companies want to develop their own software systems and thus close the e-car technology gap with Tesla. But success will depend on a cultural change in the established auto sector. INGOLSTADT — It's all systems go in Ingolstadt, where Volkswagen has invested billions of dollars in setting up a new subsidiary. The plan is for the organization Car.Software to soon employ 10,000 people and become ...

Date: 17 March 2021   |   Author: Sean Keywood Audi drivers are to be warned of slippery road conditions ahead via updated car-to-x technology. The system is said to use high-precision data to estimate how much friction a car's tyres have with the road surface on the basis of wheel slip. This data, said to be accurate enough to detect the tiniest changes in adhesion, is then used to warn other drivers approaching the area of ice or other slippery conditions in near real-time. The system is based on technology from Swedish company NIRA Dynamics AB.  Aud...

Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess Max Senges traded the visionary buzz of Silicon Valley for an old-school German industrial centre bracing for a dramatic overhaul. As head of a new coding school in Wolfsburg, the former Google researcher is a small but important part of Volkswagen’s massive push into software. The strategy — involving more than US$30-billion in investment and multiple projects and partnerships — is critical to catch up to Tesla and counter the existential risks posed by the automotive ambitions of Apple and Alphabet. “The car industry is changing from a focus on, ‘faste...