As an accompaniment to the market launch of the A3 e tron plug-in hybrid, Audi is offering customers in Germany green electricity: Audi energy. The cooperating partner is the Hamburg energy provider LichtBlick SE. With Audi energy, the A3 e tron is totally emission-free when operated electrically.
Infiniti named industry veteran Francois Bancon as its product strategy head.
The sleek, new-for-2014 Cadillac ELR coupe is arguably as sexy looking as the sporty Model S, and like the Tesla, it’s a plug-in vehicle that’s capable of traveling for hours without stopping.
Frank Fischer, who has led Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, since the automaker announced its return to U.S. manufacturing in 2008, has been reassigned to lead an assembly plant in Germany.
Volkswagen Group raised output at its Slovak unit 2 percent to a record last year as demand for the SUVs and minicars made in the former communist country held strong even as the recovery in western Europe has been fragile.
