Electromobility: VW is applying for research funding for e-car batteries

Volkswagen The Wolfsburg car manufacturer is currently pushing the entry into the electric mobility. (Photo: AP) HamburgVolkswagen is also committed to building a production of battery cells for electric cars government support, The company is interested in the Research funding at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy announced the Wolfsburg car manufacturer on… Continue reading Electromobility: VW is applying for research funding for e-car batteries

Motorsport: Mercedes team boss: Budget limit difficult to implement

Toto Wolff Toto Wolff is the team boss of Mercedes. Photo: Jan Woitas (Photo: AP) “The difficulty is the controllability of the expenses, because the teams are very differently positioned,” said the Austrian of the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung”. In the negotiations on a new basic contract from 2021 on, the budget limit for the racing… Continue reading Motorsport: Mercedes team boss: Budget limit difficult to implement

Electric Cars: Auto supplier ZF sees focus on e-mobility at VW critically

ZF Friedrichshafen However, the switch to an electric car is not possible for many customers overnight, said ZF CEO Scheider. It’s about the range of e-vehicles. (Photo: AP) Berlin boss of the automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen, Wolf-Henning Scheider, looks at the car manufacturer Volkswagen too much focus on pure electromobility in the future. “You can… Continue reading Electric Cars: Auto supplier ZF sees focus on e-mobility at VW critically

Oliver Blume: The Porsche boss holds the VW group together

Oliver flower “Where Porsche starts, we drive to victory,” quotes the Porsche CEO the company founder Ferdinand Porsche. (Photo: Bloomberg) StuttgartOliver flower is a passionate footballer and played in the club Libero. “A position that no longer exists today,” notes the tall figure PorscheBoss who makes his black shirts even slimmer than he is anyway.… Continue reading Oliver Blume: The Porsche boss holds the VW group together

Car manufacturer: BMW CEO Krüger sees no room for new jobs

Harald Kruger “We keep on hiring, but will not grow this year,” Krüger said. (Photo: AP) BerlinBMW-Boss Harald Kruger In 2019, given the fall in profits, there is no room for additional job creation. “We continue to recruit, but this year will not grow,” said Krüger the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”. BMW must now save in all… Continue reading Car manufacturer: BMW CEO Krüger sees no room for new jobs

VW boss: Volkswagen supervisory board reprimands this because of “Ebit macht frei” statement

Herbert dies The VW boss visited the former concentration camp Auschwitz last year. (Photo: AP) DüsseldorfThe supervisory board of the VolkswagenCorporation reprimands its CEO Herbert dies because of whose controversial statement “Ebit makes free”, “The history of the VolkswagenGroup and the resulting responsibility is an important part of corporate identity. The statement of the chairman… Continue reading VW boss: Volkswagen supervisory board reprimands this because of “Ebit macht frei” statement

Truck subsidiary of VW: Traton boss Renschler holds on to expansion plans

Andreas Renschler The head of the truck subsidiary Traton wants to drive forward the international expansion and bring the division on the stock market in the future. (Photo: Bloomberg) MunichAndreas Renschler is more of a relaxed person. He has been working in the automotive industry for decades, initially Daimler and now at Volkswagen, As the… Continue reading Truck subsidiary of VW: Traton boss Renschler holds on to expansion plans

Moia in Hamburg: Cheaper than taxis, faster than the subway – This is how the new mobility service from VW works

Mobility service Moia The buses of the VW mobility service provider Moia to drive purely electrically through Hamburg. (Photo: AP) Hamburg also lay workers arm-thick power cables on the site around the spacious former factory building, in the several golden yellow painted, battery-powered minibuses park. But in a month, exactly on 15 April, should from… Continue reading Moia in Hamburg: Cheaper than taxis, faster than the subway – This is how the new mobility service from VW works

Power struggle at Volkswagen: Board and works council of VW signal again willingness to negotiate

Car City Wolfsburg The VW Group lags behind in the production of classic combustion models compared to the competition. (Photo: Polaris / laif) Wolfsburg, FrankfurtBernd Osterloh is at the balance sheet press conference from Volkswagen physically not present. Actually, such events are about the numbers – not the works council. And yet Osterloh is the… Continue reading Power struggle at Volkswagen: Board and works council of VW signal again willingness to negotiate

Volkswagen: Careful approach in the power struggle at VW

Wolfsburg, FrankfurtBernd Osterloh is at the balance sheet press conference from Volkswagen physically not present. Actually, such events are about the numbers – not the works council. And yet Osterloh is the central theme – also for the CEO Herbert dies, “Osterloh is sometimes difficult to judge because he often acts emotionally and spontaneously,” says… Continue reading Volkswagen: Careful approach in the power struggle at VW