Jeep maker Stellantis demands billions to keep battery plant in Canada World’s fourth biggest carmaker threatens to move production to US unless government matches incentives offered to Volkswagen The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2023
VW Polo GTI Edition 25 Marks A Quarter Of A Century Of Hot Superminis Production is capped at 2,500 units. Motor1 · May 17, 2023
Tesla Model 3 Is One Of The Most Reliable Cars In Germany: ADAC Study The American EV ranks among the most reliable cars in ADAC's reliability index which analyzes how many breakdowns per 1,000 vehicles occurred for a specific model. InsideEVs · May 17, 2023
Ex-Audi CEO Stadler Admits Role In Emissions Scandal For Plea Agreement In a statement read by his attorney, he claims he did not know vehicles were manipulated and buyers were harmed. Motor1 · May 17, 2023
Volkswagen returns to Grimsby with JCT600 Used cars to be sold from new base on Altyre Way motor village Birmingham Post · May 16, 2023
US: All-Electric Car Sales Increased In Q1 2023: 257,000 Registrations All-electric car sales in the United States continue to increase, noticeably outpacing the general car market. In Q1 2023, market share hit 7%. InsideEVs · May 16, 2023
Stellantis Halts Construction Of Canada Battery Plant Over Incentives Construction on the Windsor, Ontario battery module site has stopped, with Stellantis accusing the Canadian government of not keeping its side of the bargain. InsideEVs · May 16, 2023
Ex-Audi chief pleads guilty in automaker's diesel emissions scandal The former head of Volkswagen’s luxury division Audi has pleaded guilty to charges tied to the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal The Independent UK · May 16, 2023
Cupra Born Facelift Spied Again Testing In The Alps Could this be a dual-motor prototype? Motor1 · May 16, 2023
Germany: All-Electric Car Sales Increased In April 2023 By 34% In April, all-electric car sales in Germany increased by 34% year-over-year to 29,740 new registrations, which represents about 14.7% of the market. InsideEVs · May 13, 2023
These Were The World's Top-Selling Electric Cars In 2022 Tesla holds the top two spots, followed by the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV. But there are many surprises. Motor1 · May 12, 2023
Cupra Raval Is The New Name Of Small EV Formerly Known As UrbanRebel The Cupra Raval will be the brand's third electric vehicle after the Born compact hatchback and the Tavascan mid-size SUV due in the first half of 2024. InsideEVs · May 12, 2023
Best Spy Shots For The Week Of May 8 The highlights this week include the Toyota Tacoma, five-door Mini Cooper, Chevy Tahoe, and Ford Expedition Motor1 · May 12, 2023
OPINION - There is now no doubt — the Donald Trump show is back The most disconcerting element of watching The 47th last autumn at the Old Vic, a satirical comedy on Trumpian politics, is that Bertie Carvel’s brilliant turn as Donald Trump left me disappointed. This was despite Carvel expertly capturing the former US president’s bizarre finger pointing, his other tics and inflections,… Evening Standard · May 12, 2023
InsideEVs · May 12, 2023 VW Group “Quite Confident” It Can Make $27,000 EVs It will be interesting to see how the German group’s offerings will compete with EVs from rival brands Renault and Lancia, and whether or not they'll make their way to the United States.
Motor1 · May 11, 2023 Protesters Disrupt VW Annual Meeting, Throw Cake At Company Chairman 10 activists were vocal about alleged labor practices in China and climate change.
InsideEVs · May 11, 2023 World’s Top 5 EV Automotive Groups Ranked By Sales: Q1 2023 More than 2.5 million plug-in electric cars were sold in the first quarter of 2023, accounting for about 13 percent of the total car sales globally.
InsideEVs · May 11, 2023 Volkswagen ID.7 GTX Previewed Touting More Power, All-Wheel Drive The German brand describes the ID.7 GTX as the flagship model in the ID. family, which means that it will most likely be the most powerful and most expensive electric model in VW’s portfolio.
InsideEVs · May 11, 2023 VW Annual Meeting No Piece Of Cake, Execs Take Heat Over China, EV Pace VW Group was criticized over the alleged use of forced labor in China, as well as the slow EV transition and market share loss in China to BYD and Tesla.
InsideEVs · May 10, 2023 Global Plug-In Electric Car Sales Exceeded 1 Million In March 2023 March 2023 was the second best month for plug-in electric car sales around the world, with volume noticeably above 1 million units.
The Independent UK · May 10, 2023 Topless protester briefly disrupts VW annual meeting Volkswagen’s annual shareholder meeting has been briefly disrupted by protests over the company’s factory in China’s Xinjiang province
InsideEVs · May 10, 2023 Europe: Plug-In Car Sales Accelerated In March 2023 In March over 322,000 new plug-in electric cars were registered in Europe, which is 29 percent more than a year ago. That's also 23 percent of the total volume.
InsideEVs · May 10, 2023 Volkswagen Recalls ID.4 EV Because The Doors Might Open When Driving A month ago, Volkswagen issued a similar recall for 16,207 ID.4 vehicles built at the Chattanooga plant in Tennessee.
T3 · May 10, 2023 Get ready for the small EV revolution: a whole bunch of affordable electric cars are on their way Brands like Volvo, Volkswagen and Skoda are preparing to announce smaller, affordable electric cars
InsideEVs · May 8, 2023 VW To Fire Cariad Top Executives After Software Development Mess: Report Cariad was responsible for the multiple glitches encountered on the first units of Volkswagen’s EVs, including the ID.3, ID.4, and ID.5.