German Handelsblatt: New mobility: This is how a small Greek island becomes the Volkswagen future laboratory004402

Volkswagen ID.Buzz on Astypalea Residents and tourists can use an app to flexibly book trips on the island with the new ridesharing service Astybus. (Photo: Reuters) Sailing yachts and fishing boats bob in the picturesque harbour, around which whitewashed cube houses are grouped like rows in an amphitheater. A Venetian fortress towers over everything. An… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: New mobility: This is how a small Greek island becomes the Volkswagen future laboratory004402

German Handelsblatt: Future technology: Why Tesla and Mercedes have failed so far in fully autonomous driving004401

Self-Driving Cars The vehicles often behave differently than human drivers in everyday life. (Photo: Getty Images, Unsplash, Adobe Stock) The Mercedes jerks, then stops. In the middle of the parking lot entrance. “Now that’s bad,” says Kay Stepper. The head of autonomous driving at Bosch USA actually had everything prepared down to the last detail.… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Future technology: Why Tesla and Mercedes have failed so far in fully autonomous driving004401

German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: “Quality not as it should be” – Stellantis boss Tavares makes Opel Druck004400

Stellantis boss Carlos Tavares Stellantis boss Carlos Tavares expressed his dissatisfaction with the quality of the German subsidiary Opel in an interview. The three domestic Opel plants in Rüsselsheim, Eisenach and Kaiserslautern are not sufficiently competitive, Tavares told the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung” according to the preliminary report. “You still have a long way to go.… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: “Quality not as it should be” – Stellantis boss Tavares makes Opel Druck004400

German Handelsblatt: Automotive supplier: No future for combustion engines: ZF converts largest transmission plant to electric004399

ZF is on the way to becoming an electrical supplier ZF CEO Wolf-Henning Scheider: Germany’s large transmission specialist must switch to electromobility. (Photo: Reuters) The southern German automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen is accelerating the farewell to the combustion engine and wants to turn to electromobility more quickly. “We are in talks about the production of… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Automotive supplier: No future for combustion engines: ZF converts largest transmission plant to electric004399

German Handelsblatt: Mid-range SUV: Longer, smarter, more expensive – that’s the new Mercedes GLC004398

Always with four-wheel drive – always hybrid The Mercedes GLC has not only been revised visually, the choice of engines is also new. In September, the third generation of the Mercedes GLC will be available at dealerships. The mid-range SUV has grown by six centimeters and clearly stands out from its predecessor with a new… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Mid-range SUV: Longer, smarter, more expensive – that’s the new Mercedes GLC004398

German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: More efficient and electric: The new BMW plant in Hungary should become a role model004396

Der BMW-Konzern will seine Fertigungsstrukturen radikal umbauen. Blaupause für den Neustart wird das neue Werk in Ungarn sein, das ab 2025 die Produktion aufnehmen soll. Den Grundstein für den neuen Standort in Osteuropa legte Produktionschef Milan Nedjelkovic am Mittwoch in Debrecen im Osten Ungarns, eine Autostunde von der ukrainischen Grenze entfernt.„Wir haben die Möglichkeit, eine… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: More efficient and electric: The new BMW plant in Hungary should become a role model004396

German Handelsblatt: Future technology: why Tesla and Mercedes have failed so far with fully autonomous driving004395

Self-Driving Cars The vehicles often behave differently than human drivers in everyday life. (Photo: Getty Images, Unsplash, Adobe Stock) The Mercedes jerks, then stops. In the middle of the parking lot entrance. “Now that’s bad,” says Kay Stepper. The head of autonomous driving at Bosch USA actually had everything prepared down to the last detail.… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Future technology: why Tesla and Mercedes have failed so far with fully autonomous driving004395

German Handelsblatt: Automotive supplier: No future for combustion engines: ZF converts largest transmission plant to electric004393

ZF is on the way to becoming an electrical supplier ZF CEO Wolf-Henning Scheider: Germany’s large transmission specialist must switch to electromobility. (Photo: Reuters) The southern German automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen is accelerating the farewell to the combustion engine and wants to turn to electromobility more quickly. “We are in talks about the production of… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Automotive supplier: No future for combustion engines: ZF converts largest transmission plant to electric004393

German Handelsblatt: Automotive supplier: No future for combustion engines: ZF converts largest transmission plant to electric004392

ZF is on the way to becoming an electrical supplier ZF CEO Wolf-Henning Scheider: Germany’s large transmission specialist must switch to electromobility. (Photo: Reuters) The southern German automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen is accelerating the farewell to the combustion engine and wants to turn to electromobility more quickly. “We are in talks about the production of… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Automotive supplier: No future for combustion engines: ZF converts largest transmission plant to electric004392

German Handelsblatt: Automotive supplier: No future for combustion engines: ZF converts largest transmission plant to electric004391

ZF ist auf dem Weg zum Elektrozulieferer ZF-Vorstandschef Wolf-Henning Scheider: Deutschlands großer Getriebespezialist muss auf Elektromobilität umstellen. (Foto: Reuters) Der süddeutsche Autozulieferer ZF Friedrichshafen beschleunigt den Abschied vom Verbrennungsmotor und will sich schneller der Elektromobilität zuwenden. „Wir befinden uns in Gesprächen über die Produktion von hochwertigen Elektrokomponenten in unserem Getriebewerk im Saarland“, sagte ZF-Vorstandschef Wolf-Henning Scheider… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Automotive supplier: No future for combustion engines: ZF converts largest transmission plant to electric004391