BMW boss Harald Krüger A lawsuit is to be filed against the group leader in Korea. (Photo: AP) Munich, TokyoThe pressure on BMW growing in South Korea: On Friday, a law firm in Seoul wants to file a collective complaint against the carmaker. Lawyer Jason Ha said he also filed a lawsuit against the company’s… Continue reading After vehicle fires: Koreans want to sue BMW boss Kruger
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Jörg Stratmann in an interview: “We need to be open to technology” – Mahle-Chef does not write down Verbrenner
Jörg Stratmann The new Mahle boss wants to bring the technology for electric cars on the road. (Photo: Verena Müller for Handelsblatt Verena Müller for Handelsblatt) StuttgartMahle boss Jörg Stratmann is unpretentious. When looking out of his office, he looks directly at the Stuttgart Wilhelma. But he cares less about the animals in the zoo… Continue reading Jörg Stratmann in an interview: “We need to be open to technology” – Mahle-Chef does not write down Verbrenner
Volkswagen: former VW boss Winterkorn was allegedly already inaugurated in 2007 in exhaust gas manipulation
Martin Winterkorn According to a media report, the former VW boss in the investigation file is more heavily loaded. (Photo: AP) WolfsburgThe former VW-Boss Martin Winterkorn could already have been informed in 2007 about the exhaust gas manipulation in the group. This is reported by the magazine “Der Spiegel” on Friday citing witness testimony in… Continue reading Volkswagen: former VW boss Winterkorn was allegedly already inaugurated in 2007 in exhaust gas manipulation
Suspected of tax evasion: “Nest egg” ex-VW boss Winterkorn alarmed the investigators
Ex-VW boss Martin Winterkorn The former car manager wanted to save millions to Switzerland. (Photo: AP) Zurich, Düsseldorf is the classic behavioral pattern of men who do not do good. “Asset protection” tax specialists call such transfers, as they Martin Winterkorn in the past two years. The “Picture on Sunday” reported from investigation filesthat the… Continue reading Suspected of tax evasion: “Nest egg” ex-VW boss Winterkorn alarmed the investigators
Portrait of VW Works Council: Bernd Osterloh – the last representative of Volkswagen’s old corporate culture
WolfsburgAnd then Alexander Wilke tells the trick with the underground car park. Wilke is in front of 300 works councils of the VolkswagenGroup, without suit, but in jeans and with gray mottled hair. He can talk, and he can also be suspenseful. Wilke, head of communications at Thyssen-Krupp, accompanied the cultural change there and should… Continue reading Portrait of VW Works Council: Bernd Osterloh – the last representative of Volkswagen’s old corporate culture
Comment: The arrest of Audi CEO Stadler is a debacle for VW
The Munich public prosecutor has a remarkable timing: in time for the meeting of the Volkswagen-Supervisory Council in Wolfsburg on Monday She had Rupert Stadler arrested, Now he is sitting AudiChief in custody. The days of Stadler at Audi are numbered: He was on leave – provisionally, according to Handelsblatt information sales boss Bram Schot… Continue reading Comment: The arrest of Audi CEO Stadler is a debacle for VW
Volkswagen: VW designers have to cut costs – CEO Diess continues its austerity
VW prototype Sedric In the design department, VW boss Diess uses the red pencil. (Photo: AP) Potsdam Peter Wouda strokes his fingers over the “Volkswagen” lettering on the Self-propelled model Sedric emblazoned. Earlier, he explains VW-Designer, you have also crafted the brand names for the prototypes by hand. Today, the lettering comes from the 3D… Continue reading Volkswagen: VW designers have to cut costs – CEO Diess continues its austerity
Diesel scandal: crime scene Daimler – The precipitous crash of Dieter Zetsche
Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, StuttgartAs often was Dieter Zetsche not already in Berlin to talk to the greats of politics. Zetsche has noted more than 20 meetings with Chancellor Angela Merkel, her Head of Chancellery or the Economics, Environment and Transport Ministers in his calendar. It was discreet, details of the discussions remained confidential. It was… Continue reading Diesel scandal: crime scene Daimler – The precipitous crash of Dieter Zetsche
Logistics Group: Deutsche Post maintains production plans for street scooters
Street scooter of Deutsche Post At the end of May, the group had opened a new street scooter factory for 250 employees. (Photo: picture alliance / Rolf Vennenbe) Aachen / BonnDie German postal service want after the Departure of Innovation Board Jürgen Gerdes cling to their production plans for the electric delivery truck Streetscooter. Gerdes’… Continue reading Logistics Group: Deutsche Post maintains production plans for street scooters
New EU test procedure: VW can build up to 250,000 cars later
Freight train with VW vehicles Possible effects of the WLPT test procedure are taken into account in the business outlook for 2018, says the carmaker. (Photo: AP) HamburgVolkswagen Due to the conversion to the new exhaust gas measurement cycles, there are delays in the production and delivery of hundreds of thousands of vehicles. “We anticipate… Continue reading New EU test procedure: VW can build up to 250,000 cars later