With 7.5 million examples of the Volkswagen Tiguan shifted in its 16-year history, the last thing Volkswagen wanted to do was change the formula.
Which is why, above all else, it has concentrated on refining and enhancing its best-seller's perceived cabin quality to the point where this third-generation car feels slightly more in keeping with premium rivals like the BMW X1 than traditional ones (such as the Kia Sportage).
The renowned national brands of South Korea and Japan have decided that the only way to survive in the country’s cut-throat car market is to buy Chinese-made technology.
Electric vehicles are not a bad thing, especially in heavily polluted China. But the market should drive demand, not central planners.
STORY: Elon Musk looks to be doing more layoffs at Tesla. Reports by The Information on Tuesday (April 30) say he’s fired two top executives, and plans to get rid of hundreds more workers. Musk is said to be frustrated by falling sales, and the pace of earlier job cuts. The story quotes an email said to be from Musk. In it he says, “these actions are making it clear that we need to be absolutely hard core about headcount”. In an apparent warning to managers, he says “while some on exec staff are taking this seriously, most are not yet doing so”. There was no immediate response to a Reuters request for comment. It all follows a move earlier this month to shed some 10% of the company’s workforce. Tesla is grappling with falling sales and an intensifying price war which it started. Reporting earnings last week, it said all that led to its first quarterly drop in revenue since 2020. Musk this weekend made a surprise visit to China, the epicenter of the price battle. There he made progress on rolling out the brand’s advanced driver assistance features in the country. However, Tesla faces fierce competition from local makers like BYD in what is now the world’s biggest car market.
STORY: Tesla has successfully cleared some key hurdles that have long stopped it from rolling out its self-driving cars in China after a surprise visit there from CEO Elon Musk.Musk wants to rollout the Full Self-Driving software in China, the company's second-largest market.The feature is already available in the US.On Monday (April 29), sources told Reuters Tesla had reached an agreement with Baidu to use the Chinese tech giant's mapping license to help with data collection of public roads, a key step for FSD to be introduced in the country.Musk's visit to China, first reported by Reuters, was not flagged publicly and a source spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with media.Also on Sunday (April 28), China’s auto association said Tesla’s model 3 and Y cars are compliant with China’s data security requirements. Those standards were some of the key reasons that full self-driving wasn't yet in the country.A source also said that Musk is also looking to obtain approval to transfer data collected in the country abroad to train algorithms for its autonomous driving technologies, since 2021, China has required all that data be kept there.Industry experts say China's complicated traffic conditions with more pedestrians and cyclists than in many other markets provide more scenarios that are key for training autonomous driving algorithms at a faster pace.
Patricia Kathleen McGlone, last seen in 1969, was found in 2003 entombed in concrete in the basement of what was once famed New York City hotspot Steve Paul's The Scene.
Prince Harry has apparently worked out his security detail for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games in the U.K. because he is confirmed for the May 8 celebration. While that should be a momentous occasion for everyone in the royal family since the Duke of Sussex launched the philanthropic initiative while he was in …
NYC firefighter, 36, dies of heart attack after being fired to pay for migrants — leaving his family with nothing
Mayor Brandon Johnson was notably absent from the funeral for fallen Chicago police officer Luis Huesca on Monday after he previously committed to attend.
Lost-and-found items as well as discarded clothes, camping gear and packaged food left behind by Stagecoach and Coachella music lovers is turned into donated items for low-income and unhoused communities.
The former president also told "Smartless" podcast hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes what had surprised him about the GOP.
Former President Trump shared a short message Monday about the numerous anti-Israel protests at elite U.S. college and university campuses.
“He has $1.2 million invested. I have close to $5 million in investments.”
Four law officers serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and four other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday at a North Carolina home, police said. “Today we lost some heroes who were out simply trying to keep our community safe,” Jennings said at a news conference. Several armored vehicles were parked across yards, some with tree branches dangling off them.
Skeletons missing their hands and feet, as well as that of a baby, have been discovered beneath the home of Nazi commander Hermann Goering.
The US bought 81 Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan, the Kyiv Post reported.
Giorgio Viera/AFP via GettyAfter weeks of bellyaching and carrying on about how he would “not be allowed” to take a day off from his criminal hush-money trial to attend his 18-year-old son Barron’s high school graduation, Donald Trump will, in fact, be permitted to go, Judge Juan Merchan said Tuesday. Following the first day of proceedings earlier this month, Trump lambasted Merchan, ranting, “[I]t looks like the judge will not let me go to the graduation of my son.” Moments later, he expressed
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Barbra Streisand commented on Melissa McCarthy's Instagram post asking if she used Ozempic to lose weight.
Race organizers say they'll revoke a Trump fundraiser's suite license if he holds an event for the former president on Sunday at the race.
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