Volkswagen and Google will work together on researching ways that quantum computers can aid drivers and the auto industry. The goal is to use these highly capable computers for a variety of research applications, from optimizing traffic flow in cities to improving EV batteries.
The Volkswagen brand spans more than 150 markets around the world, and over the course of decades, it's finally delivered its 150 millionth car. And fittingly, it's an electrified (and rather sporty) vehicle: a Golf GTE plug-in hybrid.
Most visitors to Wolfsburg, Germany, will see the fantastic car museum at the Autostadt, but relatively few will take the two-minute drive to one of the country’s hidden gems, the Volkswagen AutoMuseum.
Volkswagen Group's Spanish unit Seat is no longer looking at the possibility of entering the Iranian car market, saying it needs to concentrate instead on boosting growth in its core markets in Europe, northern Africa and Latin America.
Parkers has launched its first New Car of the Year Awards and MCN has teamed up with them in the heavy-lifting department. The winning vans and trucks are choices that’ll laugh off the rigours of big loads, yet they won’t cost the earth to buy or run.