German Handelsblatt: Chinese electric cars: BYD could become as dangerous to VW, BMW and Mercedes as Tesla004923

BYD Han The upper mid-range electric sedan is about the same size as the Tesla Model S. (Photo: IMAGO/VCG) Would you buy a Chinese car? “Not really,” says a young woman. A man with a three-day beard shakes his head. “I don’t intend to do that,” explains a passer-by. And a pedestrian says, “I think… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Chinese electric cars: BYD could become as dangerous to VW, BMW and Mercedes as Tesla004923

German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: BMW caps sales target and warns of “economic headwind”004922

BMW boss Oliver Zipse The carmaker is apparently preparing for a recession in Europe. (Photo: Reuters) At first glance, things are going splendidly at BMW. The Munich-based carmaker significantly increased sales, earnings and margins in the first half of the year. Business is booming. The bottom line is a record result of 13.2 billion euros… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: BMW caps sales target and warns of “economic headwind”004922

German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: BMW cuts sales target and warns of “economic headwind”004921

BMW boss Oliver Zipse The carmaker is apparently preparing for a recession in Europe. (Photo: Reuters) At first glance, things are going splendidly at BMW. The Munich-based carmaker significantly increased sales, earnings and margins in the first half of the year. Business is booming. The bottom line is a record result of 13.2 billion euros… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: BMW cuts sales target and warns of “economic headwind”004921

German Handelsblatt: Chinese electric cars: BYD could become as dangerous to VW, BMW and Mercedes as Tesla004920

BYD Han The upper mid-range electric sedan is about the same size as the Tesla Model S. (Photo: IMAGO/VCG) Would you buy a Chinese car? “Not really,” says a young woman. A man with a three-day beard shakes his head. “I don’t intend to do that,” explains a passer-by. And a pedestrian says, “I think… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Chinese electric cars: BYD could become as dangerous to VW, BMW and Mercedes as Tesla004920

German Handelsblatt: Chinese electric cars: BYD could become as dangerous to VW, BMW and Mercedes as Tesla004918

Would you buy a Chinese car? “Not really,” says a young woman. A man with a three-day beard shakes his head. “I don’t intend to do that,” explains a passer-by. And a pedestrian says: “I think I’m a long way from buying a Chinese car.” A little later, two of the four interviewees in the… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Chinese electric cars: BYD could become as dangerous to VW, BMW and Mercedes as Tesla004918

German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: BMW is preparing for a headwind – sales are increasing004916

bmw In the second quarter, the Munich company generated more sales despite a decline in sales in the past quarter. (Photo: AP) After an increase in sales in the second quarter, the Munich carmaker BMW is preparing for a headwind. Business conditions are likely to remain difficult in the second half of the year, the… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: BMW is preparing for a headwind – sales are increasing004916

German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: This is how the consumption miracle from Mercedes drives – a trip in the EQXX Vision004915

Extremely aerodynamic Tires in the so-called narrow format in combination with extremely smooth rim surfaces should offer the wind as little surface as possible. If you will, the Vision EQXX is a bit like a Mercedes 200 D – only transferred to modern times. Since the Mercedes fin era at the end of the 1950s,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: This is how the consumption miracle from Mercedes drives – a trip in the EQXX Vision004915

German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: This is how the consumption miracle from Mercedes drives – a trip in the EQXX Vision004914

Extremely aerodynamic Tires in the so-called narrow format in combination with extremely smooth rim surfaces should offer the wind as little surface as possible. If you will, the Vision EQXX is a bit like a Mercedes 200 D – only transferred to modern times. Since the Mercedes fin era at the end of the 1950s,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: This is how the consumption miracle from Mercedes drives – a trip in the EQXX Vision004914

German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: Cadillac Lyriq – GM wants to challenge the Mercedes EQS with this Stromer004913

Cadillac Lyriq Even visually, the first electric Cadillac is a striking phenomenon. (Photo: press photo) You have to come to that first. Cadillac is naming its first electric car Lyriq because the American luxury brand has been mentioned in more than 1,000 songs over the past few decades. Well then. The Lyriq should also be… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: Cadillac Lyriq – GM wants to challenge the Mercedes EQS with this Stromer004913

German Handelsblatt: Singer: This is where the best Porsches are built outside of Zuffenhausen004912

This is an image that you rarely see, even in Zuffenhausen. In the large, spotlessly clean workshop a stone’s throw from Los Angeles Airport there are probably two dozen Porsche 911s that have been stripped down to the basic body, and in the hall next door there are twice as many vehicles that are slowly… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Singer: This is where the best Porsches are built outside of Zuffenhausen004912