Baden-Württemberg: Nine out of ten cars in the state are combustion engines

Baden-Württemberg: Nine out of ten cars in the state are combustion engines

Transformation in the car state of Baden-Württemberg? The number of purely electric cars is increasing. But most people still drive a combustion engine. reb/dpa/lsw 28.08.2024 – 13:33 Cars with conventional combustion engines, such as diesel and gasoline, continue to be the most common vehicles on the roads of the state of Baden-Württemberg. As the State … Read more

BMW i4: Breaking Prejudices and Setting a New Standard in Electric Cars

BMW i4: Breaking Prejudices and Setting a New Standard in Electric Cars

The electric i4 commands attention. Even in a row of cars parked on the street. “Dad, look at this beautiful BMW. Don’t you want to buy it?” a six-year-old boy asks his father as he walks by. “It’s beautiful, except it’s electric,” replies the father. This incident, which I was a silent witness during the … Read more

European Car Manufacturers Face Expensive Challenges with the New EU7 Emission Standards

European Car Manufacturers Face Expensive Challenges with the New EU7 Emission Standards

The final details of the next level of limit values ​​for emissions from internal combustion engines have not yet been finalized. But the resistance of the automotive industry stands: The opponents are sure that it is far too expensive for an effect that can hardly be proven. Prof. Thomas Koch from the Karlsruhe Institute of … Read more

The Unique BMW M5 E39 with a W10 Prototype Engine: A Rare Find by GDM Motors

The Unique BMW M5 E39 with a W10 Prototype Engine: A Rare Find by GDM Motors

The Belgian company sells an extremely interesting BMW M5, the creation of which has an incredible background. The BMW M5 of the E39 generation probably does not need a long introduction. The fourth generation of the performance sedan was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 1998 and very quickly gained enormous popularity. The car … Read more

Koenigsegg Gemera Unveils Production Version with Surprise V8 Engine and 2300 hp Power

Koenigsegg Gemera Unveils Production Version with Surprise V8 Engine and 2300 hp Power

The four-seater Koenigsegg Gemera supercar finally arrives in a production version that reveals an interesting surprise: an additional V8 engine and a power of up to 2300 hp. The Swedish manufacturer of exclusive supercars, Koenigsegg, presented its four-seater Gemera supercar back in April 2020, when the public literally marveled at the technology used. The carmaker … Read more

Top 6 Most Reliable Four-Cylinder Engines in the US: A Selection by Overseas Hot Cars

Top 6 Most Reliable Four-Cylinder Engines in the US: A Selection by Overseas Hot Cars

Americans are mostly satisfied with six-cylinder and eight-cylinder engines, but they can also appreciate many four-cylinder engines. While overseas, the automaker still offers a number of models with six-cylinder and eight-cylinder engines, in Europe we’ve recently been grateful for four-cylinders as well. After all, they don’t have it easy – they increasingly have to compete … Read more

The end of internal combustion engines may be delayed. Germany and Italy reversed

The end of internal combustion engines may be delayed.  Germany and Italy reversed

The end of cars with internal combustion engines may be delayed. Two automotive superpowers are questioning the European Union’s efforts to ban the sale of new cars with non-ecological engines in 2035. Although the European Parliament has already approved the regulation, Italy and Germany unexpectedly reversed before the final approval. And maybe other countries could … Read more

“Yesterday’s technology”: Leftists call for Norisring | Regional

“Yesterday’s technology”: Leftists call for Norisring | Regional

Nuremberg – The Legal and Economic Committee is about the future of the Norisring race in a week from today! Background: City Councilor Marion Padua (58, left) calls for the end of the German Touring Car Championship in Nuremberg. “The combustion engine will soon be history,” said the politician. Nevertheless, the combustion engine race should … Read more

The VW Group wants to reduce the range of internal combustion cars in Europe by 60% by 2030

The VW Group wants to reduce the range of internal combustion cars in Europe by 60% by 2030

The group will no longer focus so much on growth, production volume and market share, instead focusing on the quality and margins of premium models. – Arno Antlitz, the chief financial officer of the entire Volkswagen Group (not just the VW brand itself), indicated in an interview with the Financial Times that we would have … Read more

Germany wants to keep internal combustion engines after 2035, but it has a catch

Germany wants to keep internal combustion engines after 2035, but it has a catch

The German transport minister does not want to be dependent only on electricity and hydrogen in the future. Therefore, he also believes in synthetic fuel technology. – Although the European Commission is proposing that new emissions-producing vehicles (virtually all internal combustion engines) should not be sold in the EU from 2035, the proposal ran into … Read more