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…
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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
Huge increase in electric vehicle sales in August 2023
Thanks to AAA-Data/PFA figures compiled by Avere, we learn that last month there were 19,657 registrations of 100% electric private vehicles. This represents a market share of 17.3% and above all an increase of 59.8%. This segment outperformed the overall market. As for electric utility vehicles, it is still very low in volume with 1,272…
WEC 2023 6H Fuji race: Toyota champion at home
Despite yet another success, Toyota had to work hard to win because the start was chaotic. The Toyotas, who had locked the first row, were surprised at the start by the No. 6 Porsche 963 of Laurens Vanthoor, who took the lead but veered very wide at the first corner after very optimistic braking. Also…