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VW’s CIO Looks For Ways To Catch Up With Tesla

The Accidental Successful CIO

They are the German company who makes cars – remember the Beetle from the 1960’s? Well, they are still around and they still make cars. The person with the CIO job has been studying the car market and has seen the rise of Tesla in the electric car space. VW would like to enter this market also.

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Love it or hate it, Tesla Cybertruck turns heads in Seattle as GeekWire test drives futuristic EV

GeekWire

We may not have launched into space in this version of an Elon Musk vehicle, but Luraschi’s angular, stainless steel monster of an electric truck did launch plenty of stares and double-takes as we drove around the city. Now, with a price tag of $100,000, Luraschi had his truck — and all that comes with owning such a head-turner.

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The EPA’s new plan to cut car pollution has an SUV problem

Vox

EPA administrator Michael Regan said the agency’s new pollution rules for cars and trucks were the “strongest ever.” | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The regulations would be a cinder block on the gas pedal for EVs. EPA administrator Michael Regan called the new rules “the strongest ever federal pollution standards for cars and trucks.”

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Audi reveals its Porsche-powered E-Tron GT

The Verge

Starting at a cool $100,000 Audi has announced the E-Tron GT, an expensive new high-performance electric sedan built on technology developed for Porsche’s first EV, the Taycan. For all of that money, buyers will get the most performance that Audi has squeezed out of an electric car to date. Images: Audi.

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The Hongqi S9 is the start of a new chapter in China’s automotive story

The Verge

China’s original state-owned automaker, First Automobile Works (FAW), has revealed the first electric vehicle that’s part of the government’s massive Belt and Road project. The car was first teased in February , but the two companies gave it a proper debut at Auto Shanghai 2021 this week.

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VW’s ID Life concept teases a truly affordable electric car

The Verge

One of Volkswagen’s latest concept cars teases what will eventually be the most affordable entry in its lineup of ID-branded electric vehicles. A lot can happen in the next four years, but those specs are actually better than the current base model of the ID 3, VW’s current entry-level, Golf-style electric vehicle.

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Lucid Motors says its electric sedan can hit a quarter-mile in under 10 seconds, smashing Tesla’s record

The Verge

Lucid Motors has been making a lot of bold claims in the lead-up to the September 9th unveiling of its first all-electric sedan, the Lucid Air: longest range , fastest charge , biggest battery. Not just one of the fastest-accelerating electric cars, mind you. One of the fastest-accelerating cars, period. liter V8 engine.

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