Volkswagen Group will deepen research-and-development projects with its Chinese joint venture partner China FAW Car Corp. (FAW car above sold in Russia) including work on hybrid and electric cars, according to five people familiar with the matter.
VW on track to sell 10 million vehicles this year as Europe, China offset weak U.S., Brazil sales
Volkswagen Group said it is on target to sell 10 million vehicles this year after its September vehicle sales increased 3 percent to 881,300.
Higher sales in China and Europe are helping to offset weaker volume in the U.S. and South America for the group, which owns the Audi, Porsche and Bentley luxury brands, as well as the VW, Skoda and Seat volume marques.
Tesla Model ‘D’ adds all-wheel drive, safety features
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD & Dee-Ann Durbin
Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a new version of the luxury electric car maker’s Model S sedan that includes all-wheel drive and self-driving “auto pilot” features.
UK putting up nearly £11M to establish initial hydrogen refueling network
UK Business Minister Matthew Hancock announced up to £11 million (US$17.7 million) of funding to help establish an initial network of up to 15 hydrogen refueling stations by the end of 2015. Of the £11 million, £7.5 million (US$12 million) will come from government and £3.5 million (US$5.6 million) from industry.
Audi autonomous RS 7 Sportback to run racing speed lap at Hockenheim
A driverless Audi RS 7 Sportback will take a lap on the Hockenheim race track on Sunday 19 October, in the season finale of the German Touring Car Championship (DTM).
The Audi RS 7 piloted driving concept car will handle the Hockenheim track at racing speed.Tests conducted so far indicate that on the grand prix track a lap time of just over two minutes can be expected, and that the technology demonstrator should reach speeds of up to 240 km/h (149 mph).
With the Audi RS 7 piloted driving concept car, Audi wants to show the great potential of piloted driving.
The RS 7 Sportback is equipped with a 4.0 TFSI with 412 kW (560 hp) and 700 N·m (516 lb-ft) of torque. With its cylinder-on-demand (COD) system, the fuel consumption of the V-8 bi-turbo is 9.5 liters per 100 kilometers (24.8 mpg US) with 221 grams CO2 per kilometer (355.7 g/mi).
