Smoking car exhaust According to VW, several class action lawsuits for a total of around 36,000 clients are pending in German courts. (Photo: imago images/Christian Ohde) Thousands of foreign diesel buyers who have assigned their claims against VW to the online service provider Myright can hope for compensation again. Unlike the courts in Braunschweig before… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: VW diesel scandal: BGH gives the green light for class action lawsuits by foreign diesel buyers004483
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German Handelsblatt: VW diesel scandal: BGH gives the green light for class action lawsuits by foreign diesel buyers004482
Smoking car exhaust According to VW, several class action lawsuits for a total of around 36,000 clients are pending in German courts. (Photo: imago images/Christian Ohde) Thousands of foreign diesel buyers who have assigned their claims against VW to the online service provider Myright can hope for compensation again. Unlike the courts in Braunschweig before… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: VW diesel scandal: BGH gives the green light for class action lawsuits by foreign diesel buyers004482
German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW wants to bring China Mini to the US market004481
Electric mini As early as next year, the manufacturer also wants to produce in China. (Photo: BMW) The BMW Group is considering expanding its car exports from China. According to information from the Handelsblatt from group circles, the electric Mini planned together with Great Wall could also be exported to the US market. So far,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW wants to bring China Mini to the US market004481
German Handelsblatt: Forced labour: Volkswagen and slave labour: A search for clues in Brazil004480
Von der Brutalität des deutschen Autobauers Volkswagen hörte Ricardo Rezende Figueira das erste Mal, als ihn Mitte der 1970er-Jahre drei Arbeiter aufsuchten. Sie waren von einer Farm geflüchtet und schilderten ihm, der damals als Priester in der Region arbeitete, ihre grausamen Erlebnisse. Rezende war geschockt. Die Farm Cristalino war eine von mehreren Rinderfarmen, die Volkswagen… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Forced labour: Volkswagen and slave labour: A search for clues in Brazil004480
German Handelsblatt: Forced labour: Volkswagen and slave labour: A search for clues in Brazil004478
Von der Brutalität des deutschen Autobauers Volkswagen hörte Ricardo Rezende Figueira das erste Mal, als ihn Mitte der 1970er-Jahre drei Arbeiter aufsuchten. Sie waren von einer Farm geflüchtet und schilderten ihm, der damals als Priester in der Region arbeitete, ihre grausamen Erlebnisse. Rezende war geschockt. Die Farm Cristalino war eine von mehreren Rinderfarmen, die Volkswagen… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Forced labour: Volkswagen and slave labour: A search for clues in Brazil004478
German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW wants to bring China Mini to the US market004475
Der BMW-Konzern prüft eine Ausweitung seiner Autoexporte aus China. Nach Informationen des Handelsblatts aus Konzernkreisen könnte der gemeinsam mit Great Wall geplante elektrische Mini auch auf den US-Markt exportiert werden. Bislang sollten die in China gebauten Autos vornehmlich in China verkauft werden.Mit dem Export von China in die USA könnte das Projekt aber deutlich umfangreicher… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: BMW wants to bring China Mini to the US market004475
German Handelsblatt: Insight Innovation: Silicon in batteries: Mercedes and Tesla rely on the super material 004474
New battery material Automakers have high hopes for silicon. It hisses, hums and whirrs: In the laboratory of the battery specialist Sila Nanotechnologies, one huge test station is lined up after the next. In ever new experiments, dozens of researchers are optimizing different batteries to make them even more powerful. “We are making the battery… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Insight Innovation: Silicon in batteries: Mercedes and Tesla rely on the super material 004474
German Handelsblatt: Insight Innovation: Silicon in batteries: Mercedes and Tesla rely on the super material 004473
New battery material Automakers have high hopes for silicon. It hisses, hums and whirrs: In the laboratory of the battery specialist Sila Nanotechnologies, one huge test station is lined up after the next. In ever new experiments, dozens of researchers are optimizing different batteries to make them even more powerful. “We are making the battery… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Insight Innovation: Silicon in batteries: Mercedes and Tesla rely on the super material 004473
German Handelsblatt: New mobility: This is how a small Greek island becomes the Volkswagen future laboratory004472
Sailing yachts and fishing boats bob in the picturesque harbor, around which whitewashed cube houses are grouped like rows in an amphitheater. A Venetian fortress towers over everything. An idyllic tranquility reigns on the Greek island of Astypalea. The 1300 locals are almost among themselves, only a few visitors stroll through the streets. The small… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: New mobility: This is how a small Greek island becomes the Volkswagen future laboratory004472
German Handelsblatt: Diesel scandal: 288 million euros are not enough: VW shareholders want to overturn comparison with Winterkorn and Co.004471
It was a record deal: Volkswagen received around 288 million euros back from former CEO Martin Winterkorn, ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler and other former managers and insurers for breaches of duty in the diesel scandal. But many VW shareholders were not impressed. On the contrary: They attack the corporate management hard for the comparison –… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Diesel scandal: 288 million euros are not enough: VW shareholders want to overturn comparison with Winterkorn and Co.004471