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 attacked the group 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.004447
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German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: No second Kuka: Kretschmann and Källenius rule out Chinese Mercedes takeover004446
Ola Källenius (left) and Winfried Kretschmann The CEO and the prime minister do not want to make the same mistake in terms of industrial policy as they did with the robot manufacturer Kuka. (Photo: imago images/Arnulf Hettrich) China has been expanding its influence in Europe through investments and infrastructure projects for more than two decades.… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: No second Kuka: Kretschmann and Källenius rule out Chinese Mercedes takeover004446
German Handelsblatt: New mobility: This is how a small Greek island becomes the Volkswagen future laboratory004447
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 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 laboratory004447
German Handelsblatt: Diesel scandal: 288 million euros are not enough: VW shareholders want to overturn comparison with Winterkorn and Co.004446
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 attacked the group 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.004446
German Handelsblatt: New mobility: This is how a small Greek island becomes the Volkswagen future laboratory004446
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 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 laboratory004446
German Handelsblatt: Diesel scandal: 288 million euros are not enough: VW shareholders want to overturn comparison with Winterkorn and Co.004445
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 attacked the group 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.004445
German Handelsblatt: Hyundai subsidiary: This electric sedan is designed to challenge Mercedes – an exit in the Genesis Electrified G80004444
After the introduction of the battery-electric Genesis GV60, the electric version of the G80 sedan follows immediately. With it, the luxury brand from Hyundai is electrifying its range in the business class. The e-offshoot of the middle-class SUV GV70 is coming in the fall. Genesis’ goal is to offer all new models exclusively with electric… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Hyundai subsidiary: This electric sedan is designed to challenge Mercedes – an exit in the Genesis Electrified G80004444
German Handelsblatt: Insight Innovation: Silicon in batteries: Mercedes and Tesla rely on the super material 004443
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 004443
German Handelsblatt: Mercedes: “We wouldn’t allow it” – Kretschmann and Källenius rule out a Chinese takeover004442
Ola Källenius (left) and Winfried Kretschmann The CEO and the prime minister do not want to make the same mistake in terms of industrial policy as they did with the robot manufacturer Kuka. (Photo: imago images/Arnulf Hettrich) China has been expanding its influence in Europe through investments and infrastructure projects for more than two decades.… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Mercedes: “We wouldn’t allow it” – Kretschmann and Källenius rule out a Chinese takeover004442
German Handelsblatt: Automotive suppliers: Electric motors don’t need pistons: Supplier giant Mahle is in crisis004441
Mahle chief supervisor Heinz Junker (left) Looking for the right personnel for the top of the supplier. (Photo: dpa, Mahle [M]) The engine with six pistons in front of the Mahle headquarters is meters high. If you drive into Stuttgart from the west via the Pragsattel, the sculpture will inevitably catch your eye. It is… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Automotive suppliers: Electric motors don’t need pistons: Supplier giant Mahle is in crisis004441