VW Makes Environmental Strides—in Manufacturing
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VW, Mobileye and Swarm Data
Generally when there are photographs of autonomous vehicles, they are often singular: there is a vehicle. Sometimes they’re put in a realistic setting but it seems as though while they may be doing a bit of vehicle-to-infrastructure communicating, the vehicle in question is, again, the singular vehicle in question. Ask yourself this question: short of […]
VW, the Future & the End of “Conventional” Jobs
“In order to become a global provider of sustainable mobility, we are pressing ahead with future projects such as electromobility, digital connectivity and new mobility services, equipped with the necessary resolve and financing. At the same time we are investing more selectively and are setting clear priorities. Volkswagen Group will refine its focus – also […]
What Is a “Manufacturer”?
It isn’t often that you’re able to cite a specific date when a car company actually “launches†into the market, but that happened on Monday for Karma Automotive. Jim Taylor, Karma Automotive chief revenue officer (some of you may remember Taylor from back in his days at GM, such as when he was the general […]
What Is a Porsche?
One more about sales and I promise I will stop. That’s because this is something that is going on in the market that is really quite incredible. Were someone to ask me what I think has been, year in, year out, the most beautiful car design, I would answer, without hesitation, the Porsche 911. From […]
What’s Behind the 2015 Toyota Camry?
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With Great Material Come Great Seats
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UAW and MAGA
Although trade unions and politics are subject that rarely arise on “Autoline After Hours,†that’s far from being the case on this show, where we are joined in the studio by Brian Pannebecker, who is a lift-truck driver at the Ford Sterling Axle Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, (where they make products including rear axles […]
Volvo on the Silk Road
Volvo has been building cars in Gothenburg, Sweden, since 1927. Volvo has been owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding since 2010. Volvo still builds cars in Gothenburg. But it also builds cars in China. In Chengdu since 2013. And Daqing since 2014. And yesterday a number of S90 sedans—approximately 120–arrived at a distribution center in Zeebrugge, […]
The View of Autoline 15 Years On
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