To date, more than half a million ID models based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB) have been delivered worldwide. In order to meet the high demand from customers, the all-electric compact car will be built not only in Zwickau and Dresden, but also at the main plant in Wolfsburg from next year.

Value, design and sustainability
Imelda Labbé, Board Member for Sales, Marketing and After Sales at Volkswagen: "The new ID.3 confirms our claim to value, design and sustainability. It is more mature, the materials in the interior are of higher quality. Numerous suggestions from customers have been incorporated and implemented as product improvements and additions to the standard equipment."

Easier charging experience in the new ID.3
The new ID.3 is supplied with the latest software generation. This improves system performance and is able to receive updates over-the-air. The standard equipment has also been enhanced.

A 12-inch display as well as the removable luggage compartment floor and the center console with two cup holders are now standard. Functions such as Plug & Charge and the intelligent e-route planner make the charging experience easier.

The road to automated driving

Kai Grünitz, Member of the Volkswagen Brand Board of Management: "The ID.3 shows how we are living up to our claim of offering high-quality technologies and innovations right up to the compact class. This is reflected in new comfort and assistance systems. With the use of swarm data in the new Travel Assist, we are taking the next step on the road to automated driving."

Customers in Switzerland can already order the pre-configured Life, Business, Style and Tour equipment lines. The starting price of the ID.3 Life is 42,800 Swiss francs. The first deliveries are expected to be possible from the fourth quarter of 2023.

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The harmonious place for inspiration and information at Freie Strasse 38 in Basel is intended to be more than just a showroom. On an area of 234 square meters for two vehicles, the Genesis difference can be experienced live there.

The on-site service not only includes personal advice from a Genesis Personal Assistant, who takes care of all the customer's needs. Test drives in the desired model are also carried out directly on site or from one of the Genesis partner hotels.

Opening with soul singer Nubya
Around 80 guests came to the premises on Freie Strasse for the grand opening. In addition to representatives of the local and automotive press, the Genesis team also welcomed guests from the worlds of business, culture and sports, as well as business partners, neighbors and visitors. As an additional highlight, the Basel soul singer Nubya (center gallery) led musically through the evening.

Brand 5 star service experience

Piergiorgio Cecco, Regional Operations Manager of Genesis Motor Switzerland AG: "We are very excited about the opening of the new studio in Basel. True to our credo 'It's about time', we couldn't wait to open the new location. With the Genesis Studio Basel, we are bringing the Genesis brand and 5-star service experience even closer to customers and prospects in the Northwest Switzerland region."

The Genesis Studio Basel is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. each day and from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and is staffed continuously by Genesis Personal Assistants.

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Initiated in 1981, the first Lucerne Bourse - at that time still called Toy Exchange - took place for the first time in the Hotel Anker and subsequently in the Hotel Union. From 1984, it was at home for many years in the Gersag Center in Emmenbrücke and received a lot of attention in neighboring countries due to its good connections to public and private transport.

Supraregional significance of the exhibition
The bourse has now been based at the Museum of Transport in Lucerne for 16 years. In all these years, the event has gradually developed into a pure model car exchange. A steadily increasing number of visitors testifies to this day to the high level of acceptance among the national public and international exhibitors.

Thus, the offer ranges from high-precision collector models in different sizes to old toys and model cars - for example, from Dinky Toys or Corgi Toys.

The bourse at the Museum of Transport Lucerne, Lidostrasse 5, will be open to collectors and enthusiasts on Sunday, December 18, from 9 to 11am. From 11am to 3pm it is also open to the public.

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Jaguar TCS Racing has unveiled its new all-electric race car, the I-Type 6. The new car will be used in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, which kicks off the new Gen 3 era as early as January 14 in Mexico. The I-Type 6 is the most efficient electric Jaguar race car ever.

For the first time, the bolide has a second electric motor on the front axle. Together with the rear-axle motor, the I-Type 6 can recover up to 600 kW and thus twice as much energy as the previous Gen 2 car. As a result, the more compact and even more agile Gen-3 race car can dispense with rear-wheel brakes. Because the new race car now delivers a maximum output of 350 kW and weighs 74 kilograms less than its predecessor, it reaches a maximum speed of 320 km/h.

Four e-racers with Jaguar power on the grid
Jaguar TCS Racing enters the 2023 season with a new livery design that is a combination of carbon black, satin white and gold accents. Thanks to the mirror-image color scheme, it creates two individual designs for drivers Mitch Evans and Sam Bird. A sign of continuity and consistency is the fact that Jaguar's driver lineup has remained the same for the third consecutive season.

At the championship start in Mexico City, four Formula E racers will be on the grid with Jaguar power for the first time, because in addition to the I-Type 6, Jaguar Racing is also equipping the two cars of the English team Envision Racing.

Still a test bench for practice
The next generation of Formula E will continue to be a test bed for Jaguar TCS Racing and Jaguar Land Rover. While developing new cutting-edge technology to succeed in the world championship, the team will deliver valuable transfers for series development in the areas of electric powertrain, sustainability and software solutions.

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During testing in Valencia, Spain, the Abt Cupra team with Nico Müller and Robin Frijns (gallery left) presented the ZF logo on the new generation of its race car for the first time. The technology group with its headquarters in Friedrichshafen will be Abt's technical partner and is working closely with the racing team on its Formula E comeback.

Thomas Biermaier, CEO Abt Sportsline and Team Principal Abt Cupra FE: "Abt and ZF have been working together for a long time in many racing series. That's why we're delighted that the two brands are forming a team in Formula E."

ZF is responsible for the driveline
As a partner of Mahindra Racing, ZF is responsible for the development of the powertrain which Abt, as a Mahindra customer team, is also using in the cars of Robin Frijns and Nico Müller this season.

Sascha Ricanek, Managing Director ZF Race Engineering: "Formula E is really taking off in the new season with more powerful cars and four new race tracks. We are therefore very proud that our electric ZF driveline will be used in Abt's return to Formula E."

Another company that Abt sports marketing boss Harry Unflath has brought on board is Südpack. The company is a leading manufacturer of high-performance films for packaging food, medical goods and non-food products as well as for technical applications. The joint test drives of all teams were also the dress rehearsal for the start of the season. From Valencia, all the racing cars and the entire equipment will go directly on their journey to Mexico.

Formula E team has adjusted well

Hans-Jürgen Abt, CEO Abt SE: "It's great to see how our Formula E comeback is becoming reality bit by bit. For Abt Cupra FE, the focus in Spain was not on fast lap times, but above all on the newly formed team settling in and practicing the cooperation with Mahindra more and more."

For Nico Müller and Robin Frijns, these were the first days in their race cars. While Frijns has also raced in Formula E in recent years, it's a bit of a comeback for his colleague.

Nico Müller: "It feels really good to be back in the Formula E paddock and among the Abt team. We've got on well as a team and have grown together more and more. The anticipation is rising."

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With freshly designed graphics, exciting content and more richly illustrated than ever, as well as a comprehensive ranking section, the 39th volume of "Rennsport Schweiz" has been an indispensable reading material, illustrated book and reference work for motorsport petrolheads since 1984.

Championships and brand cups
Would you like a brief foretaste of the contents? It starts with an obituary for the yearbook founder and longtime author Stefan Lüscher, who passed away in April 2020. Marcel Fässler (center gallery with physiotherapist Otmar Keller) has his say, and we learn all about the Swiss championships, one-make cups, and simracing.

In addition, the DTM and GT categories from a Swiss perspective, Formula 1, touring cars, sports car classes and formula racing series, dragsters, drift and historic racing, karting and motorcycles.

320 pages and about 700 color pictures
Rennsport Schweiz 2022 by Peter Wyss, 39th volume, 320 pages in 21×26 cm format with about 700 color pictures, hardcover, thread bound. Price 65 francs plus postage and packing. Available from Aktiv Verlag, 6370 Stans (041 619 15 72), online or in bookstores (ISBN 978-3-909191-82-7).

Photos: Daniel Reinhard

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In addition to the electric drive with battery or with fuel cell, Toyota is also further developing hydrogen combustion technology. This year, the Japanese have participated in all Super Taikyu endurance races in Japan with the Rookie Racing Team. The vehicle used is a GR Corolla H2 with a hydrogen engine. Toyota President Akio Toyoda, under the pseudonym Morizo, was at the wheel himself at each race to assess the development.

Road vehicle prototype
In Europe, a Toyota GR Yaris H2 with hydrogen engine drove on public roads for the first time in August this year. Regular intensive motorsport activity has significantly accelerated development. During the Super Taikyu season, it was possible to increase the power of the hydrogen engine by 24 percent and the torque by as much as 33 percent, thus reaching the performance level of a gasoline engine.

The progress made gave the developers the confidence to create a prototype road vehicle - the Corolla Cross H2 Concept. To this end, the 1.6-liter three-cylinder turbocharged engine from the GR Corolla was fitted with high-pressure hydrogen injection and the hydrogen tank from the Mirai was installed.

The result was a Corolla Cross H2 hydrogen prototype with room for five people and their luggage. Evaluation on the road is currently underway.

Adaptation of existing technologies
The positive aspect of hydrogen combustion is mainly that, on the one hand, it opens up new prospects for combustion engine technology and, on the other hand, it consumes fewer resources such as lithium and nickel for batteries.

By adapting existing technologies, hydrogen combustion can lead more quickly to CO2 reductions that can be realized on a large scale.

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With more than one million cumulative visits and 2500 daily updated data, the prices of 90 percent of the registered gas stations are now visible. So far, price differences of up to 48 centimes per liter have been detected. The platform, which is free of charge and accessible to all road users, is being further developed and improved daily by TCS.

More than 3000 price quotes from gas stations
In total, the Platform more than 12,000 contributors registered and 150,000 individual visits made. More than 3000 service stations now display at least one price.

Jürg Wittwer, General Manager of TCS: "The enthusiasm with which our platform has been received shows that it meets a real need and that the community is willing to contribute for the benefit of all."

Monthly competition is being planned
The price at the pump is influenced by numerous factors, such as the location of the service station, the rent for the land on which the service station is located, the wage level in the region concerned, or the transportation costs to bring the fuel to the service station.

Among fuels, Unleaded 95 has been the most accessed, with nearly 400,000 hits since launch, followed by Diesel with 150,000 and Unleaded 98 with 35,000 queries. The platform is constantly being improved. During the next few weeks, several innovations are planned, including a monthly contest with attractive prizes to be won. In addition, the Platform soon to be integrated into the TCS app.

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One morning last summer in the Polish port city of Gdynia, there was a crowd on the quay. Suspended at a great height, the unmistakable outline of an early Porsche 911 could be seen, its faded red body almost completely covered in coral and seaweed.

Dreaming imagination and a 911
However, it was not about the recovery of a lost car there, but rather an installation by conceptual artists on the occasion of the annual Gdynia Design Days art festival. Playfully working with the themes of the 2022 festival - the ocean and climate change - the artists created a fantastical vision of an artificial reef by interweaving an air-cooled 911 and a dreamy narrative to imagine what this car would look like if left to the Baltic Sea for generations.

Challenge to find a car
The first challenge was also the biggest: finding a car for such an artistic journey. Marek Sworowski, head of marketing at Porsche Poland, set out to find a Porsche owner who would agree to watch the car temporarily transform into an artificial reef. Marek Sworowski: "We narrowed the search down to contacts whose cars were in need of restoration. So when we found a 1973 911T, that seemed like the right choice. No matter what layer - anyone would recognize the well-known 911 shape."

Artificial coral structures in 3D printing
For Zielinska and Dominik, the artistic process consisted of creating artificial coral structures from crushed shells and 3-D printing, and bonding them to the surface of the car in an intensive two-week effort.

Ada Zielinska: "When the finished work - lifted by a crane over the harbor - was first seen, many onlookers were quite shocked. They really thought the car had been salvaged from the sea."

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The limited special edition Mercedes-Maybach S-Class Haute Voiture is a collector's item for special occasions. Presented as a concept in May of this year, the design has been further developed with new, carefully coordinated details. Maybach presented the new model for the first time in Dubai.

New chapter of highest exclusivity

Gorden Wagener, Chief Designer of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, comments: "The S-Class Haute Voiture, limited to 150 units, heralds a new chapter of supreme exclusivity for the brand. Part of our philosophy is to release strictly limited, sensational collector's items from time to time."

The special edition is a Mercedes-Maybach S 680, which is in this version to large parts in the manufacture in Sindelfingen, handmade. The vehicles are numbered from 1 to 150, the numbers are engraved in each case on a plaque in the center console

Blue and pink take center stage
Based on the Haute Voiture concept model, the exterior of the production vehicle is characterized by an exclusive two-tone paint finish, nautical blue metallic in the upper section and pink in the lower section, as well as rims in nautical blue metallic. An additional highlight is the animated environment projection. When the doors are opened, animated Maybach patterns appear using LCD technology, illuminating the front and rear entry areas.

In the interior, a high-quality, fashion-inspired bouclé fabric runs like a thread through the entire model. The fabric is in shades of blue, beige, rose gold and gold and is also found in the seat covers and cushions as an additional detail. Accents of crystal white leather on the consoles, in the doors and with the side cushions welcome passengers.

Bag collection to match the car
To make the exclusive experience complete, customers receive a car cover with Maybach and Haute Furniture logos for the vehicle, as well as a handmade box. It contains a scale model and a key fob. A bag collection will be available to accompany the production vehicle in Maybach Icons of Luxury boutiques and the online store in early 2023.

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