PriusChat members, Just wanted to let you all know that I'm headed out on maternity leave for a few months so I won't be responding to PC threads/PMs. That said, I wanted to ensure proper introductions to our team so that if you see their names replying, you know who they are. Natalya Edwards works with me on Prius, Prius v and Prius Plug-in. Angie White is the product manager for Prius c and RAV4 EV and Stacey Peterson works with her on those two products. You may see PriusChat responses from any of them in the future. They hope to see/meet many of you at the To Go Before event in June in CA. Best wishes for a great summer, ...
Here are a couple of pieces linked to on tdiclub.com, a VW Diesel fan website, that I haven't seen here.
I've put the topics of the talk by Prof. Dr. Winterkorn (don't you like the idea that German business leaders do NOT run from their intellectual background and training in public?) of most interest [to me, anyway] in the thread header, and here are some excerpts:
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswa...g-10-speed-dsg
"Speaking at the International Vienna Motor Symposium, Dr Winterkorn announced the new engine and gearbox as part of the VW Group’s commitment to lowering its fleet-wide CO2 emissions to 95g/km by 2020, although a date to introduce the new engine and gearbox was not given.
He added that he still believed existing internal combustion engines had lots of potential, stating, “‘Since the year 2000, we’ve reduced the fuel consumption of our TDI and TSI...
