Audi boss Döllner, Concept C: The manager wants to realign the struggling premium brand with the sports car. Photo: PR (2) Düsseldorf, Stuttgart. Michael Leiters has been running Porsche since the beginning of the year. His mission: to save the sports car manufacturer, whose model range does not convince enough buyers, especially in the important… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: The 718 debacle – how Porsche endangers Audi’s vision of the future012311
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German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: Largest single transmission deal since 2019: ZF receives billion-dollar order from BMW012310
Gearbox production at ZF: Largest single order since 2019. Photo: dpa Stuttgart, Düsseldorf. The financially troubled supplier ZF has signed a billion-dollar contract with the car manufacturer BMW. The core of the agreement is the delivery and further development of the eight-speed automatic transmission 8HP, as ZF announced on Monday. The contract is worth several… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: Largest single transmission deal since 2019: ZF receives billion-dollar order from BMW012310
German Handelsblatt: Transmission: BMW awards billion-dollar order to ZF012309
Gearbox production at ZF: Largest single order since 2019. Photo: dpa Munich. The financially troubled automotive supplier ZF has signed a billion-dollar contract with the car manufacturer BMW. The core of the agreement is the delivery and further development of an automatic transmission, as ZF announced in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. The contract is worth… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Transmission: BMW awards billion-dollar order to ZF012309
German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: New Volkswagen plant in the USA will be one billion dollars more expensive012308
Old Scout model at the new VW location in Blythewood: controversial project. Photo: AP San Francisco, New York. Volkswagen’s new plant in the US state of South Carolina will be significantly more expensive than planned. According to Handelsblatt information, spending will increase by one billion to three billion dollars. Volkswagen had previously calculated two billion… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: New Volkswagen plant in the USA will be one billion dollars more expensive012308
German Handelsblatt: USA: Volkswagen plant in South Carolina will be half as expensive012307
Old Scout model at the new VW location in Blythewood: controversial project. Photo: AP San Francisco, New York. Volkswagen’s new plant in the US state of South Carolina will be significantly more expensive than planned. According to Handelsblatt information, spending will increase by one billion to three billion dollars. Volkswagen had previously calculated two billion… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: USA: Volkswagen plant in South Carolina will be half as expensive012307
German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Mercedes unveils new S-Class – why this is initially bad news for the group012306
Ola Källenius, revised S-Class: Does the model remain a guarantee of success for the brand with the star? Photo: dpa, Mercedes Dusseldorf. According to its own count, Mercedes-Benz has replaced more than 2,700 parts: The facelift of the flagship model S-Class, which the Swabians presented on Thursday, is considered the most complex model revision in… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Mercedes unveils new S-Class – why this is initially bad news for the group012306
German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW meets stricter CO₂ fleet target in the first year012304
Oliver Zipse: The outgoing BMW boss has made the group more electric. Photo: REUTERS Munich. BMW complied with the stricter European CO₂ fleet regulations last year. According to preliminary calculations by the company, the average emissions of vehicles sold in the EU, Norway and Iceland were 90 grams of CO₂ per kilometer. This means they… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW meets stricter CO₂ fleet target in the first year012304
German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW meets stricter CO₂ fleet target in the first year012304
Oliver Zipse: The outgoing BMW boss has made the group more electric. Photo: REUTERS Munich. BMW complied with the stricter European CO₂ fleet regulations last year. According to preliminary calculations by the company, the average emissions of vehicles sold in the EU, Norway and Iceland were 90 grams of CO₂ per kilometer. This means they… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW meets stricter CO₂ fleet target in the first year012304
German Handelsblatt: Mercedes G 580: Arnie’s difficult legacy – the electric Mercedes G-Class in the Handelsblatt test012303
Dusseldorf. Do you remember when climate was still an issue? Donald Trump was president for the first time in 2018. But the USA was still part of the Paris Climate Agreement, Greta Thunberg formed the international movement “Fridays for Future” from her school strike on the streets of Stockholm – and the then Daimler boss… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Mercedes G 580: Arnie’s difficult legacy – the electric Mercedes G-Class in the Handelsblatt test012303
German Handelsblatt: Interview with Mathias Miedreich: The ZF crisis plan: “The money tap has been turned off. Cash will no longer be burned”012301
Mathias Miedreich: The ZF boss wants to sell other parts of the company in order to reduce the automotive supplier’s debts. Photo: ZF [M] Friedrichshafen. The new boss of the second-largest German auto supplier ZF, Mathias Miedreich, sees his company on the right track into the electric age after setbacks. “The cure that ZF needs… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Interview with Mathias Miedreich: The ZF crisis plan: “The money tap has been turned off. Cash will no longer be burned”012301