Mercedes Benz GLC Recall: Unstable Handling or Loss of Brake Fluid
Mercedes Benz, a renowned luxury car manufacturer, has announced a recall campaign for its GLC model due to potential safety …
Citroen recalls C5 Aircross over risk of battery fire
Citroen has announced a voluntary recall campaign for certain models of the C5 Aircross due to potential faults in the …
BMW recalls 2-Series over rear seat side airbag issue
BMW has issued a recall for a specific range of its 2 Series vehicles, including the M2 variant, produced between …
VW recalls ID. Buzz over tire defect, sudden deflation risk
Volkswagen (VW) has initiated a voluntary recall campaign with the manufacturer code 44T3 for a specific batch of VW ID. …
VW recalls 6,112 Caddy over control arm failure risk
Volkswagen has issued a recall campaign for certain vehicles due to a manufacturing defect that could pose a safety risk. …
VW recalls Golf and Passat over airbag defect – injury risk
Volkswagen (VW) has announced a recall campaign for several vehicle models due to a safety concern involving the front airbag …
VW recalls ID.4 vehicles over seatbelt retractors issue
Volkswagen (VW) has initiated a recall campaign for a specific batch of its electric SUV, the VW ID.4, due to …
VW recalls ID.3 vehicles over passenger airbag issue
Volkswagen (VW) has recently issued a recall campaign with the manufacturer code 69EX for its ID.3 vehicles due to a …
BMW recalls X5 over risk of fuel tank explosion during maintenance work
BMW has recently announced a recall campaign for certain BMW X5 vehicles manufactured between 2006 and 2009 due to safety …
German EV sales jump 34 percent in April 2023
In the first four months, there has been a remarkable surge in sales of electric cars, with Volkswagen (VW) witnessing …
Which Chinese car brands are heading towards Europe?
While a few Chinese car brands have already made their way to Europe, the true influx of Chinese automakers is …
Daimler Truck CEO criticizes overreliance on Chinese batteries for electric vehicles
Martin Daum, the head of Daimler Trucks, expresses concerns about the overwhelming Chinese dominance in the battery market, with approximately …
Toyota to cut production by 40 percent as chip shortage wreaks havoc in auto industry
The corona pandemic is now also affecting the world’s largest car manufacturer. Vehicle parts from Southeast Asia are in short …
Ford F-150 Lightning, an EV that can power your house
The fully electric Ford F-150 Lightning pick-up truck has finally been unveiled with 300 miles battery range (483 km) and …
Battery manufacturer SKI and Ford announce joint venture
The joint venture is to supply the automaker Ford under the name Blue Oval Sk from 2025. The annual capacity …
Seres 3, the new Chinese electric SUV coming to France
After Aiways, Lynk & Co and even MG, if we count the Chinese affiliation, here is another manufacturer coming straight …
Fire in Renesas factory exacerbates chip shortage
The global shortage of semiconductors is already a problem for the automotive industry. It is likely to get worse in …
Volvo Cars to phase out gasoline vehicles by 2030 – will only produce EVs
Volvo Cars aims to become a leader in the fast-growing market for premium electric cars and plans to become a …
Tesla’s most lucrative business segment? Spoiler: It’s not the cars
Tesla makes an annual profit for the first time in its history. The stock market is going well anyway. Company …
Daimler splits up and goes public on the truck division
Car manufacturer Daimler is planning a complete renovation. In the course of this, the truck division is to be listed …
Largest battery factory in the world – Tesla wants billions from EU
Tesla wants tax money for the largest battery factory in the world. This news comes as a surprise to the …
Apple Car project recruits former Tesla executives
The Apple Car project is to be supported by former Tesla executives. However, it will be a long time before …
Elon Musk tried to sell Tesla to Apple “in the darkest days of the Model 3 program”
Elon Musk said on December 22 that he contacted Apple CEO Tim Cook “in the darkest days of the Model …
New 2021 Toyota Mirai can now be ordered in Europe & US
The new Toyota Mirai can be ordered in Europe and U.S.: In the second Generation, the fuel cell sedan is …
Toyota deepens its commitment to the development of fuel cell buses
Toyota Caetano Portugal (TCAP), the joint venture between Toyota Motor Europe (TME) and Salvador Caetano, is the new shareholder of …
The new VW Tiguan eHybrid can be ordered now
Volkswagen has launched an unprecedented electric mobility offensive and is currently launching numerous new electric and hybrid models. As part …
Tesla has to stop clearing forests in Grünheide for the time being
The rapidly advancing construction of the Gigafactory near Berlin is controversial. Now there is a setback for the US group …
Tesla announces capital increase of over five billion dollars
The automaker wants to reduce the debt level and bring new vehicle models onto the market. For this, Tesla is …
Every third person in Germany would switch to e-mobility
Only three percent of cars in Germany fill up with electricity. Other countries are already further along, as a new …
OTA software update for 750,000 BMW, finally gets Android Auto
The on-board computer operating system of many younger BMWs is getting an upgrade. In addition to new functions, it also …
Tesla: 2013 Model S exceeds 1.2 million km
Who said a Tesla couldn’t travel such a great distance in its lifetime? Hansjörg Gemmingen, owner of a 2013 Tesla …
Waymo opens Robotaxi service without a safety driver to more users
In the US city of Phoenix, more people should be able to call self-driving taxis. This helps especially in the …
Mercedes to launch seven electric vehicles by 2023
From the end of the year, Mercedes will begin its vast offensive on the market for electric models with no …
Hyundai Kona recall: LG Chem refutes fault in battery cells
LG Chem says that Ionic and electric buses use the same battery cells, concentrated fire only in Kona, “it is …
Merkel praises the Tesla project in Grünheide as a role model for other construction projects
Critics of the planned Tesla factory in Grünheide are in great demand. Chancellor Merkel nevertheless sees “great approval” for the …
Ford recalls over 700,000 cars in North America over faulty camera
Problems with the rear view camera have led the automaker to recall the high number of cars. The cameras will …
Tesla delivers record vehicles in third quarter of 2020
Tesla delivered nearly 140,000 vehicles to its customers in the third quarter. The car manufacturer has thus clearly exceeded the …
Electric car production expected to skyrocket in Germany
Annual production of electric cars in Germany is expected to increase to around 600,000 cars by 2022 – and to …
Left warns of groundwater salinization by the Tesla factory in Germany
The left opposition in the Brandenburg state parliament calls for a regular report on the question of the salinization of …
Ford presents 342 kW Mustang Mach-E GT for European market
European premiere for an exciting electric sports car in a class of its own: Ford presents the Mustang Mach-E GT. …
Ford recalls 38,005 Mustangs over brake failure risk
Ford recalls 38,005 units of its Mustang sports car back to the workshops in the USA. The brake pedal bracket …
Ford Germany boss criticizes EU climate plans
The tightened EU climate plans are likely to lead to cuts at Ford in Germany and Europe. “Our goal for …
Ford vies for direct state aid in Germany
The US group Ford, apparently for the first time wants to be saved from the corona consequences with state money …
Electronics group Hella sells camera business to Volkswagen
The automaker is taking over the Hella Aglaia division for an estimated 100 million euros. A deal that will benefit …
Daimler could cut the workforce at the Berlin engine plant in half
From 2022, no more diesel engines will be produced in Berlin. 2500 employees in Daimler’s oldest factory fear for their …
BMW pays $18 million fine in the USA for dubious sales figures
The German automaker is said to have made misleading information about its US sales figures. BMW cooperated in the investigation …
Investors in Asia cautious – Tesla’s Battery Day depresses prices of battery manufacturers
Investors in Asia are skeptical of the development of the corona pandemic. Battery suppliers, among others, came under pressure in …
Daimler starts clearing the main plant – 4,000 jobs are at stake
The car manufacturer wants to cut every fifth position in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim. In return, battery cell production could take place at …
Premiere for the “electric Tiguan” – the VW ID.4
Volkswagen is starting the second offspring of the MEB family with the ID.4. The compact SUV should appeal primarily to …
Car sales in the EU fell 19 percent in August 2020
The recovery in the European car market is not continuing. After a strong July, sales in August are again significantly …