By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 1, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Following the release of a Tesla’s newest ‘Twin Turbine Wheels’ for the Model S, the electric carmaker has added the $6,000 performance wheel and tire package to its online store. Tesla states in its description for the Twin Turbine Wheels, available in Silver and […]
By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 6, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments The Tesla Model 3 got pushed to its limits at the world famous Laguna Seca Raceway recently, depicting what could very well be the electric car’s first real-world high-performance test. Model 3 owner Matt Crowley decided to take his electric car […]
By Eric Ralph Posted on March 5, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments The happy tragedy of 1044 SpaceX has successfully completed the 50th launch of Falcon 9 a bit less than eight years after its 2010 debut, and has done so in a fashion that almost perfectly captures the veritable tsunamis the company […]
By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 5, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments In a series of tweets over the weekend, Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased new features that would be rolling out to its electric cars in the near future, including an improved Navigation system with better routing when there’s heavy traffic and […]
By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 6, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments The first concept video of the IONITY charging station – the Volkswagen Group, BMW Group, Daimler AG, and Ford Motor Company’s response to Tesla’s Supercharger network – has been released, giving an idea of the design and features that the rumored […]
By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 6, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments On the heels of SpaceX’s successful launch of Starlink test satellites Tintin A and Tintin B, China has announced that it is also preparing to launch the first satellite of its own global internet constellation project later this year. Unlike Elon […]
By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 5, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments The Tesla Model 3 topped the rankings of estimated electric vehicle sales in the United States in the year so far, with approximately 4,360 units of the mass market compact electric sedan making their way to buyers from January to February. […]
By Eric Ralph Posted on March 4, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Following our report that Elon Musk’s space company was progressing on the development of a new launch site in Texas, SpaceX’s Senior Communications Manager James Gleeson has confirmed with Teslarati that the company is, in fact, working towards the activation of […]
By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 3, 2018 Reddit Tweet Share Share Email Comments Elon Musk recently expressed his affection towards The Boring Co.’s TBM on social media, posing beside his tunnel-making machine and captioning his post with a line from musician Dan Hill’s 1970’s classic soft rock song, “Sometimes When We Touch.” The SpaceX […]
Karl-Thomas Neumann war von September 2008 bis August 2009 Vorstandsvorsitzender des Automobilzulieferers Continental. Seine letzte Station hatte er jedoch beim Autohersteller Opel, wo er von März 2013 bis Juni 2017 Chef des Unternehmens war, bis er selbstständig zurücktrat. Er ist in der deutschen Automobilindustrie demnach kein unbeschriebenes Blatt.
Umso erstaunlicher ist eine kürzlich von ihm auf Twitter veröffentlichte Nachricht, in der er bekannt gibt, dass die Mobilität im Hause Neumann ab nun an elektrisch ist. Er verabschiedet sich in dem Tweet vom Verbrennungsmotor und sagt voraus, dass die Zukunft der Elektromobilität gehört.
Meine Frau und ich parken jetzt um. Unsere Mobilität wird voll elektrisch #BMW # Tesla. Bye bye Verbrennungsmotor. Die Zukunft ist elektrisch. KTN pic.twitter.com/1MZARFfHd5
Die Familie Neumann verfügt demnach über einen BMW i3 sowie ein Tesla Model S, also ein Kurz- und ein Langstreckenfahrzeug. Gerade das Model S dürfte für deutsche Autohersteller ein Schlag ins Gesicht sein, denn sie bieten offenbar nichts adäquates an.
Nichtsdestotrotz hat Neumann den Verbrennungsmotor nicht gänzlich abgeschrieben. Seine Oldtimer will er weiterhin an besonderen Tagen fahren. Im Alltag ist er jedoch mittlerweile nur noch elektrisch unterwegs.
Ich liebe sie, die Verbrennungsmotoren. Ihren Klang, ihre Vibrationen, ihren Geruch. Und ich werde auch weiter gerne an besonderen Tagen Oldtimer #Opel#Corvette und Sportwagen #Porsche fahren. Aber im Alltag ist ab heute Schluss damit. 🙂 KTN pic.twitter.com/5dJwbQzd1S