Cadillac boosts the technology of the large CT5
Year: 2023
BMW saves historic Mini factory in Oxford
Oxford reprieve lifted BMW will invest 600 million pounds sterling, or 700 million euros, in the MINI factory in Oxford to make it a production site entirely dedicated to electric vehicles by 2030, while production of the new generation of fully electric MINI Cooper 3-door and MINI Aceman will begin in China with exports planned…
The challenges facing the Chinese automobile industry
Large Chinese technology companies are suffering from their delay in the field of electric vehicles. Their push into the world’s biggest auto market is being hampered by government efforts to rein in an electric vehicle industry that has grown at a breakneck pace thanks to years of generous subsidies. But as consumer demand falls and…
BMW abandons heated seat subscription
Who came up with this crazy idea? In 2022, many were understandably choked up when they discovered that BMW was starting to sell the option of heated seats as a subscription, even though the vehicles were already equipped with all the hardware needed to heat the seats, the everything for 20 euros per month. Please…
Non-road diesel: the “normal” tax postponed
Since 2018, the exit from the GNR “tax refund” (2) was recorded. But, as the deadline arrived, the construction industry made its voice heard to defend its achievements. It must be said that instead of 59.4 c€/l of TICPE diesel, the construction industry (and others) pay 18.82 c€/l. Each year, this represents a “tax gift”…
TotalEnergies, good prince, extends the ceiling to €1.99/l
The TotalEnergies group is, to date, the only oil company to have adopted such a measure. It consists of capping the price of fuels, diesel and gasoline at €1.99/l. To date, 2,600 TotalEnergies service stations out of 3,400 already apply this cap on at least one fuel. It must be said that fuel prices are…
A special Hypnos series for the Citroën C5X
A special Hypnos series for the Citroën C5X