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12-02-2020, 10:50 PM
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https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims3/GLOB/crop/4016x2259+0+10/resize/800x450!/format/jpg/quality/85/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2020-12/66b20a40-33ea-11eb-b767-d650fedcc86b Alexander Hitzinger, a 49-year-old engineer who defected to Apple after helping to develop Porsche's winning 919 racecar, has been lured back to Volkswagen Group for perhaps his biggest challenge yet - building an electric car to take on Tesla. While Volkswagen, the world's largest automaker, has been rolling out electric vehicles from the ID.3 compact to the high end Porsche Taycan, analysts say it needs a more comprehensive system that integrates electric power with new self-driving and infotContinue reading VW bets on Porsche 919 engineer's Landjet to help overtake Tesla (https://www.autoblog.com/2020/12/01/vw-project-artemis-electric-car-engineer-alexander-hitzinger/)
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