Genesis confirmed it will build the GV80 Coupe for real.Shown here as a concept car, this variant has a sloping roofline and a sportier interior compared with the SUV model.We expect it to arrive in the U.S. for the 2025 model year.It’s not exactly a surprise given the concept car’s production-ready appearance, but we now have official confirmation that the Genesis GV80 Coupe will go into production soon. The news was confirmed to C/D by a Genesis spokesperson at the 2023 New York auto show. This new model will compete with vehicles such as the BMW X6 and Mercedes GLE Coupe and will be positioned as a sportier alternative to the existing GV80 mid-size luxury SUV.While poking around the concept, we also noticed that it features an evolution of the Genesis brand’s winged logo. The new emblem is darker and more two-dimensional than the chrome badge seen on current Genesis models. Although the company won’t say whether or not this logo will propagate across future models, we wouldn’t be surprised to see this new design on the production GV80 Coupe.Drew Dorian|Car and DriverMichael Simari|Car and DriverGenesis didn’t divulge mechanical details about the GV80 Coupe, but a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6 engine is the most likely powertrain option (we don’t expect the standard model’s base 2.5-liter turbo-four to be offered in the Coupe). The concept also features a four-seat interior that may make it to production, although we’d expect the racing-style bucket seats to be toned down for the real thing. The eye-catching orange exterior color, called Magma, may also remain a concept-car exclusive.More on the GV80Expect the GV80 Coupe to cost several thousand dollars more than the SUV, which starts at $64,075 for the 3.5T model. Genesis won’t share timing details at this point, but we expect it to arrive in the U.S. for the 2025 model year.This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.Senior EditorDespite being raised on a steady diet of base-model Hondas and Toyotas—or perhaps because of it—Joey Capparella nonetheless cultivated an obsession for the automotive industry throughout his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee. He found a way to write about cars for the school newspaper during his college years at Rice University, which eventually led him to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for his first professional auto-writing gig at Automobile Magazine. He has been part of the Car and Driver team since 2016 and now lives in New York City.   More

Ford Pro and DHL are bringing more electric delivery vehicles to more places, including a new order for 2000 all-electric Ford E-Transit vans.DHL plans to use mostly zero-emission vans by 2030 and has almost 27,000 electric vans in operation around the world.In the U.S., the commercial E-Transit starts at $55,585 and has a maximum Ford-estimated range of 126 miles.The ever-elusive “last mile” challenge is getting another competitor. Ford Pro, the automaker’s new, separate global vehicle services and distribution business, announced today that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Deutsche Post DHL Group to provide the logistics company with more than 2000 all-electric delivery vans. Ford Pro is initially focused on North America and Europe, but the announcement says the electric vans are part of DHL’s zero-emission logistics efforts that will eventually reduce emissions from delivery vehicles “around the globe.”FordFord will deliver over 2000 electric delivery vans to DHL by the end of 2023. Some of DHL’s new electric delivery vehicles will be the two-ton E-Transit model. These commercial vans will come with Ford Pro’s connected E-Telematics software and charging solutions, designed to make it easier for fleet operators to coordinate charging and other changes required by shifting to zero-emission EVs. Ford said it might also use information gained from the new EVs to co-develop future products with Deutsche Post DHL Group for the delivery company’s specific operations. As a related example, Ford recently designed and delivered vans with customized boxes for DHL vans delivering goods in German cities.Charlie Magee/FordDHL has tested other electric delivery vehicles in its global fleet. In 2017, DHL ordered 2500 electric Ford Transit vans and purchased almost 100 others converted by Lightning eMotors in early 2021. DHL currently operates nearly 27,000 electric vans around the world, including Bulgaria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands and the UK. DHL said it targets 60 percent of its pick-up and delivery vehicles to be carbon neutral by 2030. Other automakers are sending electric delivery vans into service as well. FedEx, for example, was the first customer to test out BrightDrop’s EV600 electric van, and Amazon is using over 1000 Rivian electric delivery vans in the U.S. Ford has previously announced climate targets for its European activities, including “zero emissions for all vehicle sales and carbon neutrality across its European footprint of facilities, logistics and suppliers by 2035, and carbon neutrality globally no later than 2050.”The new Ford E-Transit starts at $55,585 and, with the low cargo roof, has a Ford-estimated range of 126 miles.This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. More

Building on VW’s technology that lets its vehicles park into different kinds of parking spaces with one-button control, the Touareg can now do the same trick even if you’re outside the vehicle.
Instead of pushing the “drive” button in the car, the Touareg will now respond to someone holding the button down in a connected smartphone with the VW Remote Park Assist Plus app.
VW says the technology will be rolled out in the U.S., starting in 2022 with the ID.4.
Automakers have apparently come to the conclusion that people really don’t like parking. What used to be a mundane part of driving is now talked about like it’s a burden on our busy lives. Whatever your personal take on parking is, Volkswagen is about to make it easier.
All 2019 and newer Volkswagen models sold in the U.S. are available with a feature called Park Assist as part of some packages. Park Assist is a semi-automatic technology that allows a VW to maneuver in and out of parking spaces by controlling the steering wheel. Someone still needs to be in the driver seat to manipulate the pedals. The Touareg now ups the ante, becoming the first (and so far only) VW capable of assisted maneuvering without a driver on board. The Touareg is also capable of parking itself with a person in the driver’s seat. VW calls the upgraded tech Park Assist with remote control assist system. As the name implies, VW manages the “look mom, no hands” trick by connecting the Touareg to your smartphone.
The overall process is similar whether you’re inside or outside the vehicle. First, when you’re close to a parking space, you push the P button on the infotainment screen. Then, you let the SUV use its four cameras and twelve ultrasound sensors to identify available spaces and then you choose where you want the car to go. From there, whether you’re sitting in the car or outside looking at the VW Remote Park Assist Plus app, you push the Drive button and that tells the car to do its thing. If you remove your finger from the Drive button, the Touareg will stop moving. Otherwise, you keep holding it until the vehicle settles in for a rest.
The Touareg can also exit its space when it’s time to leave, with one minor difference to the process. Through the app, you first start the car and then choose one of six space exiting maneuvers (straight backwards, for example, or forward left). Then, you hold down the Drive button until the car has squeezed itself into position, get in and drive away.VW says the Touareg can now use they remote control system to park in “all types of parking spaces,” which shows how far the technology has come in the last few years.
In 2018, the Volkswagen Group said it was testing autonomous parking in Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche vehicles at the Hamburg airport in Germany. The vehicles could only maneuver in and out of spaces that had “simple pictorial markers” installed to give the vehicles a way to orient themselves. Everything is moving according to plan, as VW said then that it would offer autonomous parking in production vehicles in 2020.

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Volkswagen starts delivering EVs to residents of the Aegean Sea island of Astypalea in an effort to transform all transport on the island to electric mobility.The automaker plans for 1000 EVs to replace about 1500 gas- and diesel-engined vehicles on the island.VW is also introducing electric ride-sharing services to the 44-square-mile island, along with electric bicycles and scooters.Volkswagen has delivered the first EVs to private customers on Astypalea as part of an experiment to transform the Greek island to an EV-only oasis. VW handed over the first examples of the ID.4 and VW e-up! hatchback to the island’s residents, in addition to the new ID.3 hatch and the Seat MÓ eScooter 125. The automaker’s Smart & Sustainable Island project, conducted in partnership with the Greek government, will eventually see 1000 EVs replace a fleet of some 1500 gas- and diesel-engined cars on the 44-square-mile island, with electric bicycles and scooters also part of a new fleet being introduced. Emergency vehicles and commercial vehicles will also be replaced with electric ones in the near future, with vehicle rental agencies switching to zero-emission models as well.

“Astypalea is a laboratory for the mobility of the future. The island is experiencing the same change as any other region in Europe, only in a much shorter time. With the first private customers driving electric now, word will quickly get around how fascinating e-mobility is,” said Maik Stephan, project manager and head of business development at Volkswagen Group.VW is working on more than simply importing new EVs. It’s also getting rid of all the scrap vehicles currently polluting the island, often sitting abandoned in ravines instead of being recycled. (If you’ve ever been to Greece, you know this is a major issue in the country, even on the Aegean Sea islands.) The automaker is now working with the municipality and the importer for Greece Kosmocar to collect broken cars, trucks, and motorcycles from the island, and ship them to the capital Athens on the mainland to be professionally recycled.

Abandoned cars are a major issue in Greece, especially on islands that often lack large-scale metal recycling facilities. As a result, old cars tend to just sit around or are discarded improperly.
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As on other islands in the Aegean Sea, the ability of the local industry to properly recycle scrapped vehicles is limited, which often leads them to be stored indefinitely once they’re no longer running, often by the side of the road or hidden away in the countryside, as shipping them to the mainland imposes costs.The next stages of the project will include the launch of all-electric ride sharing and vehicle sharing, just in time for the summer tourist season.”E-mobility is a perfect match for Astypalea,” said Thanos Papagiannis, shown above, who’s the first ID.3 customer on Astypalea. “The distances here are short, the power consumption is low, and the charging network is now very well developed. I really hope that Astypalea will inspire other regions to increase their efforts for climate protection (by) adopting e-mobility solutions.”

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The Mercedes-AMG E63 is about to get a comprehensive styling update. The 603-hp, twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 engine is not slated to get hybrid tech. We’re glad to hear that the E63 wagon body style will continue for the U.S. market. Mercedes-AMG is about to update its E63 high-performance sedan and wagon to align them with […] More