Car maker: BMW plans to build 500,000 electric drives a year in Dingolfing

BMW plant in Dingolfing In Dingolfing, fully electric, highly autonomous luxury SUVs will roll off the assembly line next year. (Photo: BMW) Dingolfing BMW accelerates the ramp-up of e-mobility. BMW-Boss Oliver Zipse said on Thursday at the opening of the new battery and electric motor factory in Dingolfing, Lower Bavaria: “As early as 2022, we… Continue reading Car maker: BMW plans to build 500,000 electric drives a year in Dingolfing

After Corona shock: VW stops plans for new plant in Turkey

VW stops plans for new plant in Turkey The controversial construction of a new plant in Turkey was stopped. (Photo: dpa) Istanbul The VWCorporation stops plans to build a new plant in the Turkey. “The background is the slump in global automotive demand caused by the corona crisis,” the company said in Wolfsburg on Wednesday.… Continue reading After Corona shock: VW stops plans for new plant in Turkey

Lutz Meschke: Porsche CFO will also become a board member at Holding Porsche SE

Lutz Meschke The manager will continue to carry out his duties as CFO and deputy chairman of the board of the sports car manufacturer Porsche AG. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart Porsche-Finance director Lutz Meschke will also be responsible for the investment business of VW– parent company Porsche SE. The 54-year-old will take over the position on… Continue reading Lutz Meschke: Porsche CFO will also become a board member at Holding Porsche SE

Car maker: Daimler threatens the anger of the shareholders

Daimler in Stuttgart The Mercedes manufacturer is currently angry with many of its shareholders. (Photo: Reuters) Hamburg Daimler must expect strong dissatisfaction from dissatisfied shareholders at the Annual General Meeting. The fund company Union Investment does not want to discharge the board of directors and the supervisory board of the Stuttgart-based car group at the… Continue reading Car maker: Daimler threatens the anger of the shareholders

New generation: Opel makes the mocha electric

Quickly full again The mocha can also be loaded via CCS. Rüsselsheim With the second generation of the Opel Mokka will not only celebrate the new edition of the most important SUV of the Hesse in late summer, but also the new brand face, which everyone will see in the future OpelModels should wear. The… Continue reading New generation: Opel makes the mocha electric

Job cuts: VW plans to cut 5,000 jobs in commercial vehicles and relocate production to Poland

VW commercial vehicles Instead of 15,000, only 10,000 are supposed to work in the Hanover plant. (Photo: dpa) Hanover The carmaker VW wants in his line of business Volkswagen Commercial vehicles (VWN) will cut around 5,000 jobs at the main Hanover plant in the coming years and rework parts of their production Poland relocate. “Another… Continue reading Job cuts: VW plans to cut 5,000 jobs in commercial vehicles and relocate production to Poland

Car maker: VW software unit to launch in July – operating system until 2024

Production of the ID.3 in Zwickau The expansion of software development is one of the strategic focuses of CEO Herbert Diess. (Photo: dpa) Wolfsburg, Ingolstadt The software unit of Volkswagen is ready to start after months of preparation: The development of its own digital platform for all brands in the Group is scheduled to begin… Continue reading Car maker: VW software unit to launch in July – operating system until 2024

Reason for costs: BMW and Daimler put joint project for autonomous driving on ice

BMW and Mercedes The corona crisis caused the automakers’ business to collapse. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt BMW and Daimler’s car subsidiary Mercedes Benz have canceled their development cooperation for highly automated driving for cost reasons. After intensive examination, they came to the conclusion that now was not the right time to do so due to the… Continue reading Reason for costs: BMW and Daimler put joint project for autonomous driving on ice

Savings program: BMW decides to cut 6,000 jobs

BMW production It is the first job cuts that the automaker has been doing since the 2008 financial crisis. (Photo: dpa) Munich The tapes have been running since mid-May BMW again, but the factories are not busy. The Short-time work For the approximately 34,000 employees it is largely canceled, but there is a lack of… Continue reading Savings program: BMW decides to cut 6,000 jobs

Illegal exhaust technology: Daimler has to recall 170,000 additional diesel vehicles

Mercedes logo Hundreds of thousands of vehicles are affected by the allegation of illegal exhaust technology. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart The carmaker Daimler has to recall around 170,000 additional diesel vehicles because of the allegation of illegal exhaust technology. Older models of the A, B, C, E and S class are affected by Mercedes Benz with… Continue reading Illegal exhaust technology: Daimler has to recall 170,000 additional diesel vehicles