Germany plans a state-backed cooperation deal with Nvidia, to be announced next week with funding in the hundreds of millions of euros. At a 200 million euro floor that is ten times the 20 million the economy ministry gave Soofi, the project it builds on.
Perspective Coverage
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- Builder
- Builder 25%
- Operator
- Operator 33%
- Investor
- Investor 42%
Reality
- Evidence48
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives55
- Confidence60
Porsche will cut a quarter of its staff and raise prices on its top models by about 20% under a strategy that runs to 2035. The company is betting its richest buyers will pay more as cheaper volume falls away and its EV push is scaled back.
Reality
- Evidence66
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives65
- Confidence62
Kia sold 76,850 cars in Britain from January to August, 776 more than BMW, to take second place behind Volkswagen on SMMT figures. That lead is under a tenth of Kia's average month in Britain, close enough for the order to change by December.
Reality
- Evidence70
- Adoption60
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence65
Nexen's 4MW power contract shows who pays for the carmakers' Scope 3 targets
A direct wind-and-solar deal at one Korean tyre plant buys about 6 GWh a year and 2,700 tonnes of abatement. The cost sits with the supplier, not with the automakers asking for the cuts.
Reality
- Evidence40
- Adoption34
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives72
- Confidence45
Audi walked back all-EV by 2033. The $80,895 S6 Sportback E-tron shows the cars survived.
A retreat on strategy is not a retreat on engineering. Audi's electric fast sedan charges hard, rides well, and lands 99 miles under its rated range in city traffic.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives55
- Confidence48