German car giant Volkswagen is investing billions to boost its software prowess, where it lags Tesla. The strategy involves hiring the best minds, but software talent is hard to come by. VW believes it has...
Elon Musk has steered his electric carmaker into new territory as the company, for the first time, is valued at more than $100 billion. How has Tesla surpassed Volkswagen which sells 30 times more cars?...
Volkswagen is serious about electromobility. In the city of Zwickau, near Germany’s Czech border, the carmaker is pressing ahead with the production of its ID.3 electric car. Henrik Böhme was there to see it. The...
The Swedish startup has announced the German automaker will invest heavily in two new battery plants. The factories, located in Sweden and Germany, are intended to compete with Tesla and Asian suppliers. Northvolt, a Swedish...
Are experiments on humans unethical? Well, would you take medicine that had only been tested on mice? Judith Hartl says her problem is with the corporate sponsorship of tests sold to the public as scientific...
By 2025, self-driving cars could lead to a steep decline in fossil fuels – and in personal car ownership. Smart electric vehicles will pick you up, drop you off, and mostly look after themselves. A...
What is the automobile of the future? A personal transportation device, a battery pack on wheels, a rolling smartphone, or a self-driving virtual-reality cockpit with 3D entertainment on offer 24/7 – or all of the...
Highways with no traffic jams, only rare accidents on the streets – a new technology could help keep traffic moving and save lives. But to reach that goal, automakers and policy-makers have to work together....
Robust demand in China has become the engine driving growth at German auto maker Volkswagen (VW). Rising sales in the world’s biggest car market made VW shine in May, despite the dark clouds over Europe’s...
The German government is not giving up on its plan to have one million e-cars on the roads by 2020. The trouble is that potential buyers are anything but enthusiastic about them. Some 1,000 executives,...
The German carmaker Volkswagen has announced it is expecting a difficult business environment this year, which will result in stagnating operating profit. But the company said sales and revenues would most likely rise. Germany’s Volkswagen...
