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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

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For 2023, CR reported that EVs had 79 percent more problems than automobiles that use internal combustion. Tesla powertrains are now pretty solid for the most part, but Tesla owners report a lot of build quality issues including irregular paint, broken trim, door handles that don’t work, and trunks that don’t close.

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Volkswagen Group appoints new heads of Global R&D, Group Design, Group Product and Modular Toolkit Strategy

Green Car Congress

Our goal is to play a decisive role in shaping the transformation of the automobile. Having started his career at Ford, he was Head of Volkswagen Group Research from 2000 to 2003. Michael Mauer will lead Group Design in addition to his present function at Porsche. We will see faster decision-making and more efficient action.

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Audi presents PPE-based activesphere concept; electric drive quattro coupé with active back cargo bed

Green Car Congress

The variable ground clearance is reminiscent of an Audi model family that has attracted an enthusiastic, loyal fan base in the C and later B segments since 2000—the Audi allroad. It is being developed under Audi’s leadership together with Porsche AG. degrees, the departure angle 28.1

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Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. to explore strategic alliance for joint development projects; ŠKODA to lead

Green Car Congress

Our aim with the envisaged strategic partnership with Tata Motors is to lay the foundations in the Group and the brands that will enable us to offer customer-oriented mobility solutions in the emerging, fast-growing automobile markets, as elsewhere. In 2000, it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group. billion in 2015-16.

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