Carlos Tavares: PSA boss signals movement in the Opel dispute

Carlos Tavares The PSA boss signals the Opel-busy concessions. (Photo: Reuters) In the deadlocked restructuring negotiations for the German Opel-Works signaled PSA boss Carlos Tavares movement. The finished future plans for the three German locations Eisenach, Rüsselsheim and Kaiserslautern should be discussed with the works council, said Tavares on Thursday German media in Rueil-Malmaison near… Continue reading Carlos Tavares: PSA boss signals movement in the Opel dispute

Car manufacturer: Opel works council stops churn of employees

Opel Employees are currently being prevented from leaving the company. (Photo: AP) At the car manufacturer Opel emigration workers are currently prevented from leaving the company. The works council has as announced Some 70 termination agreements were not approved, which should take effect on 1 May. The people are with it for the time being… Continue reading Car manufacturer: Opel works council stops churn of employees

Car manufacturer: Daimler secures battery cells from CATL in China

Daimler The Stuttgart-based carmaker will in future be supplied with battery cells from the Chinese supplier CATL. (Photo: AP) Daimler will in future buy battery cells from the Chinese manufacturer CATL and wants to ensure standards for labor and human rights with the problematic raw material cobalt. Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) has been awarded a… Continue reading Car manufacturer: Daimler secures battery cells from CATL in China

Works council chief in an interview: Osterloh calls for billions in savings in the development of VW

Bernd Osterloh “We too often develop there twice and three times where it is not necessary.” (Photo: Bloomberg) WolfsburgThe 300 most important works councils of Volkswagen have come together for their meeting in Wolfsburg. Despite a correspondingly short night, Bernd Osterloh appears in a good mood for conversation at eight o’clock in the morning. Why… Continue reading Works council chief in an interview: Osterloh calls for billions in savings in the development of VW

Ex-Group CEO: Müller also resigns at VW parent company Porsche SE

Matthias Müller After the departure of the mangers, the executive board of Porsche SE consists of only three members. (Photo: AFP) Ex-VW CEO Matthias Müller also places his post on the board of Volkswagen-Dachgesellschaft Porsche SE low. This step was taken in agreement with the Supervisory Board, said the holding on Monday in Stuttgart. The… Continue reading Ex-Group CEO: Müller also resigns at VW parent company Porsche SE

Auto parts supplier: New Mahle CEO Stratmann wants to build the Group sustainable and powerful

Jörg Stratmann The manager has been working for Mahle for ten years. (Photo: MAHLE) If you’re out of luck, bad luck comes along too, mumbles a press worker on this sunny morning in the Mahle headquarters in Stuttgart. The annual press conference of the automotive supplier will start there. But at the same time important… Continue reading Auto parts supplier: New Mahle CEO Stratmann wants to build the Group sustainable and powerful

Automesse Peking: So ran the first big appearance of the new VW boss Diess

One last bite into the chocolate bar and a sip of water. Herbert Diess gets ready for his first big appearance as CEO of Volkswagen, Then he is called to the stage in the old industrial hall in the East of Beijing, and his presentation is about to start. Chance wants it this way: Herbert… Continue reading Automesse Peking: So ran the first big appearance of the new VW boss Diess

After diesel raid: Porsche wants to prevent sighting of the documents

Searches at Porsche In mid-April, police carry files taken from a Porsche building in Stuttgart. (Photo: AP) The carmaker Porsche wants to prevent after the diesel raid last week that investigators sift through the seized documents. That said a spokesman for the Stuttgart prosecutor on Wednesday. Earlier, the “Stuttgarter Nachrichten” reported on it. Porsche have… Continue reading After diesel raid: Porsche wants to prevent sighting of the documents

VW CEO Thomas Ulbrich in an interview: “We are VW and know exactly what we do” – So the car maker wants to roll up the market for electric cars

WolfsburgIn the office of Thomas Ulbrich on the twelfth floor of the Wolfsburg VW-Markenhochhauses stands for some weeks a white Golf convertible in miniature, with at least children can drive. Ulbrich got the car as a farewell gift from his former colleagues. The small Golf with electric drive is also a program: Ulbrich has been… Continue reading VW CEO Thomas Ulbrich in an interview: “We are VW and know exactly what we do” – So the car maker wants to roll up the market for electric cars

Crisis in Eisenach: Ramelow promises state aid for Opel

Plant in Eisenach After the takeover of Opel by the French Peugeot group PSA unionists fear that especially the smallest German plant in Eisenach with its 1800 employees on the loose. (Photo: AP) The Thuringian Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow has helped to preserve the OpelLocation Eisenach promised. It is about four specific areas, said the… Continue reading Crisis in Eisenach: Ramelow promises state aid for Opel