AD #4128 - Audi Reveals Concept C and New Design Language; VW ID Models Adopt ICE Names; Xpeng CEO: Only 5 Chinese Automakers Will Survive
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Audi unveils the Concept C, showcasing its new Radical design language focused on simplicity and inspired by historic models, hinting at a future electric two-seater. VW shifts its ID electric lineup to traditional model names and cuts ID.4 production in the US due to low demand. Polestar faces financial setbacks but aims for growth with new models. Xpeng's CEO predicts only five Chinese automakers will survive the next five years. The episode also covers the rise of brake-by-wire technology, Daimler's fuel cell truck trials, Toyota's hydrogen taxi initiative in Tokyo, and its upcoming electric vehicle production in Europe.
Porsche Macn
"... the new A six and Q six, as well as the electric Porsche MACN. But unlike the A six, the new Audi two seater is..."
Porsche Cayman
"...aking orders for the seven to eighteen Boxter and Cayman. We say this as related because the Boxter and Ca..."
Mercedes-Benz GLE
"...er earnings. The ev company, which is part of the GLE Group, took a seven hundred and thirty nine milli..."
Tesla Semi
"... it just completed public road tests of fuel cell semi trucks in Germany. The trucks were operated by fi..."
Toyota Crown
"...oyota will provide two hundred hydrogen empowered Crown Sedans for the fleet by the end of its current fi..."
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