Daimler Around 135,000 employees can look forward to a bonus. (Photo: AFP) Stuttgart The car manufacturer Daimler is taking back the cuts in working hours negotiated last summer and is now paying the employees a profit-sharing bonus. This is a reaction to the unexpectedly good business development in 2020 and the currently good market development,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Daimler takes back the reduction in working hours and pays success bonus 001406
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German Handelsblatt: Sports car manufacturer: Porsche boss tightens austerity measures001365
Porsche emblem on a bonnet The sports car manufacturer has probably started the new year on a good note. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The VW sports car subsidiary Porsche is tightening its savings program. “We are now planning a total of around ten billion euros over the next five years to secure the result. Originally it… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Sports car manufacturer: Porsche boss tightens austerity measures001365
German Handelsblatt: Auto supplier: Continental board wants to forego dividend distribution001355
Continental In 2021, Conti shareholders are expected to miss out on dividends for the first time in eleven years. (Photo: dpa) Düsseldorf The 2020 corona year left its mark on Continental’s balance sheet. The board of directors around the new Conti boss Nikolai Setzer therefore wants to forego a dividend distribution in the current year.… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto supplier: Continental board wants to forego dividend distribution001355
German Handelsblatt: Revolution from above: Källenius is already planning the next revolution: Daimler is examining premature end to the combustion engine001354
Daimler boss Ola Källenius The next S-Class could drive exclusively electrically. (Photo: Thomas Kuhlenbeck) 2021 will be a fateful year for Daimler. The spin-off of the truck division is only an intermediate step towards an even more profound revolution: Mercedes could become combustion-free far earlier than previously planned. CEO Ola Källenius wants to speed up… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Revolution from above: Källenius is already planning the next revolution: Daimler is examining premature end to the combustion engine001354
German Handelsblatt: New CO2 model: Volkswagen increases prices – except for electric cars001304
Volkswagen logistics car park The next price increase at the Wolfsburg-based car manufacturer is due at the beginning of March. (Photo: dpa) Düsseldorf The January result was miserable: the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand sold just 34,000 cars in Germany in January, a decrease of 30 percent compared to the same month last year. Nevertheless, the… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: New CO2 model: Volkswagen increases prices – except for electric cars001304
German Handelsblatt: Suppliers: minus less dramatic than feared: ZF Friedrichshafen comes through the corona year 001300 lightly
ZF plant in Friedrichshafen The supplier benefited from the rapid recovery of the Chinese auto market in 2020. (Photo: dpa) Düsseldorf The corona crisis weighs on the results of ZF Friedrichshafen: According to the preliminary figures published by Germany’s third-largest auto supplier this Monday morning, sales have fallen by around eleven percent to 32.6 billion… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Suppliers: minus less dramatic than feared: ZF Friedrichshafen comes through the corona year 001300 lightly
German Handelsblatt: Human rights violations: VW boss Diess defends production in the Chinese province of Xinjiang001295
VW CEO Herbert Diess The VW boss rejects the criticism of the company’s production in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, even though massive human rights violations are being committed there. (Photo: AP) Hanover The VW Group has again defended its business in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, despite reports of human rights violations. “We stand… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Human rights violations: VW boss Diess defends production in the Chinese province of Xinjiang001295
German Handelsblatt: Software problem: Daimler recalls 1.29 million cars in the USA 001293
Mercedes Benz logo Various Mercedes-Benz models built between 2016 and 2021 are affected by the software problem. (Photo: obs) Washington The automaker Daimler is recalling almost 1.3 million vehicles in the USA. It is about possible problems with software that should transmit the location of the car in the event of an accident, the group… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Software problem: Daimler recalls 1.29 million cars in the USA 001293
German Handelsblatt: Legal dispute between battery producers: Volkswagen wants a longer grace period in the US dispute between two battery manufacturers001291
Volkswagen SKI had won an order from Volkswagen to supply e-car batteries in the USA in 2018 from bigger rival LG Chem. (Photo: dpa) Washington In the legal dispute between two South Korean battery manufacturers in the United States, Volkswagen is asking the authorities for a concession to secure electric car production. On Friday, the… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Legal dispute between battery producers: Volkswagen wants a longer grace period in the US dispute between two battery manufacturers001291
German Handelsblatt: Revised bestseller: This is how Mercedes wants to renew the C-Class001279
More agile than its predecessor The new dynamism is represented by a more agile chassis with the first rear-axle steering for the series and a design with more muscles – right through to the standard power domes on the bonnet. Stuttgart The S-Class may be important for prestige and profit. But when it comes to… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Revised bestseller: This is how Mercedes wants to renew the C-Class001279