“I came across the first piece on D11. I was mainly interested in the special brands and also the accompanying Octavia,” reader Honza described the circumstances to us, referring to the license plate with the letter F (it is used for testing purposes). Perhaps you have also seen a Škoda test convoy on these “efficacious” … Read more
Volkswagen announced the formation of PowerCo last July. The company covers the group’s battery business, from ensuring the extraction of raw materials through the production of batteries to their recycling. The budget is impressive. Volkswagen is investing over twenty billion euros, roughly half a trillion crowns, by 2030. It wants to create over twenty thousand … Read more
What do these disparate companies have in common? Toyota from Japan, Nokian Tires from Finland, Continental from Germany, TotalEnergies and Leroy Merlin from France, Ikea from Sweden, Smurfit Kappа from Ireland, Swarovski from Austria? They all withdrew completely or partially from Russia within just one month, in March 2023, or announced the imminent sale of … Read more
The new generation VW Passat should arrive on the markets before the Škoda Superb, but it will only be available as a station wagon. The Volkswagen Passat will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year. At the same time, the biggest gift for fans could be the introduction of its ninth generation (B9), which could head … Read more
The new generation VW Passat should arrive on the markets before the Škoda Superb, but it will only be available as a station wagon. The Volkswagen Passat will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year. At the same time, the biggest gift for fans could be the introduction of its ninth generation (B9), which could head … Read more
The recent unveiling of a small electric Volkswagen has hinted at the future development of European electromobility. It will not be about high-end technology or bold designer creations, but mainly about the purchase price. Only if it is sufficiently attractive will Europeans take the electric car at their mercy. The significance of that premiere can … Read more
From the beginning, potential customers have had one big concern with electric cars, namely the cost of repairing a malfunctioning traction battery or a battery at the end of its useful life, when the car will no longer provide sufficient range. These concerns are indirectly supported by the policy of the Tesla car company, which … Read more
For quite some time now, the automotive community has been waiting for giants Volkswagen (VW) to create a mass-market electric car after the failure of the 2021 ID Life concept. During this time, the competitors, mainly in the form of Tesla, Toyota, Peugeot and Opel, made a lot of efforts to reduce their production costs … Read more
On Wednesday, the Volkswagen Group unveiled an electric car with a price tag of up to 25,000 euros (about 600,000 crowns), which it promises will compete with Tesla. The compact ID.2all concept should start mass production in 2025, Bloomberg writes. The car should travel up to 450 kilometers on a single charge and will be … Read more
End of the scare of expensive traction battery replacements. That’s probably what Volkswagen thought when it came up with the idea of organizing a training session for a group of motoring journalists, which it usually gives only to technicians from authorized service centers. In it, he tried to show that defects in the battery of … Read more