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German Handelsblatt: Quarterly figures: US car market weakens – sales dampeners for VW, BMW and Audi004607

VW in Zwickau Like many car manufacturers, VW lacks components and chips. (Photo: dpa) A lack of chips and supply chain problems are further slowing down the US car market – things are also going badly for German manufacturers. According to its own statement on Friday, Volkswagen sold 78,281 new cars in the second quarter,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Quarterly figures: US car market weakens – sales dampeners for VW, BMW and Audi004607

German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW starts production of the new 7 Series and i7004605

BMW factory in Dingolfing The new i7 and the 7 Series BMW come off the same line. BMW started series production of its new top models on Friday: The first all-electric i7 luxury sedans and new 7 Series with combustion engines rolled off the assembly line at the Dingolfing plant in Lower Bavaria. After the… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW starts production of the new 7 Series and i7004605

German Handelsblatt: Pilot test: Volkswagen and Eon turn electric cars into storage004602

Volkswagen is turning the ID.Buzz into an electricity storage device Deliveries of the new ID.Buzz from Volkswagen will begin in autumn. The minibus becomes “bidirectional” and can thus return the charged electricity to the grid – and thus becomes a storage device. (Photo: dpa) In the future, electric cars can help to solve a major… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Pilot test: Volkswagen and Eon turn electric cars into storage004602

German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen subsidiary Cariad: Compromise in the VW software dispute – Audi and Porsche have to step back004601

Herbert Diess The VW boss was under pressure to find a concept to solve the problems at the software subsidiary Cariad. (Photo: Volkswagen AG) In the two years since it was founded, the VW software subsidiary Cariad has mainly caused problems for the group. Schedules for newly developed software were not met. As a result,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen subsidiary Cariad: Compromise in the VW software dispute – Audi and Porsche have to step back004601

German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen Group: Only VW boss Herbert Diess is now above Thomas Schäfer004599

Schon seit Anfang April hat sich Thomas Schäfer in Wolfsburg eingearbeitet, an diesem Freitag übernimmt er offiziell den Posten des Vorstandsvorsitzenden der Marke Volkswagen Pkw. Zuvor stand der 52-Jährige knapp zwei Jahre an der Spitze der tschechischen Konzerntochter Skoda.Schäfer übernimmt zugleich die Führung der Markengruppe Volumen (VW, Skoda, Seat) und rückt auch sofort in den… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen Group: Only VW boss Herbert Diess is now above Thomas Schäfer004599

German Handelsblatt: Volkswagen Group: Only VW boss Herbert Diess is now above Thomas Schäfer004597

German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW buys back shares for up to two billion euros004595

BMW is buying back its own shares worth up to two billion euros. The program should start in July and be completed by the end of December 2023, the company announced on Thursday. The plan is to buy back ordinary shares with a volume of up to 1.85 billion euros and preference shares for up… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW buys back shares for up to two billion euros004595

German Handelsblatt: Luxury strategy: Mercedes is dropping the A-Class – a turning point that triggers criticism004593

A-class sedan from Mercedes-Benz From the middle of the decade, the group will no longer build the model series. (Photo: Daimler AG) For decades, size was what counted most at Mercedes-Benz. The dream of the “Welt AG” with Chrysler burst abruptly, but the brand with the three-pointed star was later able to console itself by… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Luxury strategy: Mercedes is dropping the A-Class – a turning point that triggers criticism004593

German Handelsblatt: New generation: Four cylinders, quite expensive – the Mercedes-AMG C 43 4Matic004590 can do that

V8 – that was once. The Mercedes C-Class, relaunched in 2021, is finally turning its back on the prestigious eight-cylinder world under the sporty AMG signet. In the future, four cylinders will remain the greatest feeling for the internal combustion engine. But a small e-boost and a pre-compressor replace the former excess displacement and cylinders… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: New generation: Four cylinders, quite expensive – the Mercedes-AMG C 43 4Matic004590 can do that

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