German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen: One billion for innovation center in China: This is how VW wants to become faster in the most important market006713

Volkswagen in China Der Wolfsburger Autobauer wollen die Entwicklung stärker regionalisieren, um den Kundenbedürfnissen in China besser zu entsprechen. (Foto: dpa) Volkswagen will in seinem wichtigsten Markt China deutlich an Entwicklungsgeschwindigkeit zulegen. Dafür investiert das Unternehmen rund eine Milliarde Euro in ein neues Entwicklungs-, Innovations- und Beschaffungszentrum in der südchinesischen Stadt Hefei. Dort sollen voll vernetzte… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen: One billion for innovation center in China: This is how VW wants to become faster in the most important market006713

German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen: One billion for innovation center in China: This is how VW wants to become faster in the most important market006713

Volkswagen in China Der Wolfsburger Autobauer wollen die Entwicklung stärker regionalisieren, um den Kundenbedürfnissen in China besser zu entsprechen. (Foto: dpa) Volkswagen will in seinem wichtigsten Markt China deutlich an Entwicklungsgeschwindigkeit zulegen. Dafür investiert das Unternehmen rund eine Milliarde Euro in ein neues Entwicklungs-, Innovations- und Beschaffungszentrum in der südchinesischen Stadt Hefei. Dort sollen voll vernetzte… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen: One billion for innovation center in China: This is how VW wants to become faster in the most important market006713

German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: Electric car manufacturer BYD overtakes Volkswagen in China006712

BYD Seal at a car show The Chinese group sold around 13,000 more vehicles than VW in the first quarter of the year. (Photo: IMAGO/Sebastian Geisler) Volkswagen has lost its supremacy in the world’s largest car market, China. For the first time since the 1980s, the core brand VW is no longer number one in… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: Electric car manufacturer BYD overtakes Volkswagen in China006712

German Handelsblatt: Inflation Reduction Act: US government publishes list of subsidized e-cars: BMW and Mercedes do not benefit, VW has to tremble006711

Volkswagen The ID.4 EV did not initially qualify for tax rebates. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) According to the US Treasury Department, electric models from German carmakers Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes do not meet the new battery procurement rules. However, since this is a prerequisite for tax breaks of $7,500 per vehicle, the three manufacturers are losing… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Inflation Reduction Act: US government publishes list of subsidized e-cars: BMW and Mercedes do not benefit, VW has to tremble006711

German Handelsblatt: Electric mobility: software, margin, price: these are the problems of the new VW ID.7006710

Premiere of the ID.7 in Berlin With the new model, the group wants to score internationally. (Photo: Reuters) Eight a.m. in New York, 2 p.m. in Berlin, 8 p.m. in Shanghai: On Monday, Volkswagen presented its first all-electric ID.7 sedan in three simultaneous time zones. The setting alone makes it clear: with their latest model,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electric mobility: software, margin, price: these are the problems of the new VW ID.7006710

German Handelsblatt: Electric luxury: This is how Mercedes Maybach makes electric006709

Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV The luxury SUV is the luxury brand’s first electric model. (Photo: Mercedes-Benz) The term luxury is clearly defined in the Mercedes world. 99 percent of customers choose the S-Class, EQS or GLS. However, anyone who can afford it gets into a Mercedes-Maybach. The sub-brand serves particularly well-funded buyers who want it even… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electric luxury: This is how Mercedes Maybach makes electric006709

German Handelsblatt: Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen: Falling new car prices – car manufacturers face the end of “picture book profits”006707

BMW production in Shenyang The classic combustion engine business in China is shrinking. (Photo: BMW Group) Many car manufacturers are profiteers from the crisis. Because a lack of semiconductors and wiring harnesses kept the vehicle supply tight, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and BMW were able to push through ever higher prices. They achieved dream returns of more… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen: Falling new car prices – car manufacturers face the end of “picture book profits”006707

German Handelsblatt: Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen: Falling new car prices – car manufacturers face the end of “picture book profits”006707

BMW production in Shenyang The classic combustion engine business in China is shrinking. (Photo: BMW Group) Many car manufacturers are profiteers from the crisis. Because a lack of semiconductors and wiring harnesses kept the vehicle supply tight, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz and BMW were able to push through ever higher prices. They achieved dream returns of more… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen: Falling new car prices – car manufacturers face the end of “picture book profits”006707

German Handelsblatt: Inflation Reduction Act: US Treasury Department publishes list of subsidized electric cars: BMW and Mercedes do not benefit, VW has to tremble006705

Volkswagen The ID.4 EV did not initially qualify for tax rebates. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) According to the US Treasury Department, electric models from German automakers Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes do not qualify for tax breaks of $7,500. The three manufacturers did not meet the new battery procurement rules and thus lost their right to the… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Inflation Reduction Act: US Treasury Department publishes list of subsidized electric cars: BMW and Mercedes do not benefit, VW has to tremble006705

German Handelsblatt: Inflation Reduction Act: US Treasury Department publishes list of subsidized electric cars: BMW and Mercedes do not benefit, VW has to tremble006705

Volkswagen The ID.4 EV did not initially qualify for tax rebates. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire) According to the US Treasury Department, electric models from German automakers Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes do not qualify for tax breaks of $7,500. The three manufacturers did not meet the new battery procurement rules and thus lost their right to the… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Inflation Reduction Act: US Treasury Department publishes list of subsidized electric cars: BMW and Mercedes do not benefit, VW has to tremble006705