German registrations plunged 31 percent last month as sales dried up following the introduction of the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure, or WLTP, on September 1. Most mass-market brands dropped last month. Audi decreased the most, falling 78 percent, followed closely by fellow VW Group brand Porsche, with a 76 percent drop. The group’s core VW brand was next with a 62 percent fall. Seat volume was down 55 percent and Skoda 44 percent. Source Automotive News Europe
The EU commissioner for home affairs will meet Greek and Croatian ministers on Thursday to discuss the latest media reports on migrant pushback.
“Some of these reports are shocking and I’m extremely concerned,” Ylva Johansson told reporters about a joint investigation by media outlets Der Spiegel, ARD, and Liberation. Source Memo
- Leading researcher reveals new facility capable of simulating flight at 30 times the speed of sound will be ready ‘soon’
- Power produced by the JF-22 will be seven times more than the Hoover Dam in the US, almost as much as Three Gorges Source South China Morning Post
The second stage of the German capital’s rent cap law has come into effect, meaning that thousands of Berlin landlords could be forced to reduce their rents. But the legal battle over the law is not yet over. Source Deutsche Welle
