German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Ultimatum: VW boss Diess must present a solution for the software chaos in three weeks004424

VW boss Herbert Diess The manager took over responsibility for the VW software division Cariad at the beginning of the year. (Photo: dpa) According to the website of the subsidiary Cariad, which was founded in 2020, the software from Volkswagen should be groundbreaking and groundbreaking. But after start-up investments of more than six billion euros,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Ultimatum: VW boss Diess must present a solution for the software chaos in three weeks004424

German Handelsblatt: New mobility: This is how a small Greek island becomes the Volkswagen future laboratory004425

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 laboratory004425

German Handelsblatt: Automotive suppliers: Fear of piston seizures: Why Mahle is not making progress with the electric transformation004424

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: Fear of piston seizures: Why Mahle is not making progress with the electric transformation004424

German Handelsblatt: New mobility: This is how a small Greek island becomes the Volkswagen future laboratory004424

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 laboratory004424

German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Ultimatum: VW boss Diess must present a solution for the software chaos in three weeks004423

VW boss Herbert Diess The manager took over responsibility for the VW software division Cariad at the beginning of the year. (Photo: dpa) According to the website of the subsidiary Cariad, which was founded in 2020, the software from Volkswagen should be groundbreaking and groundbreaking. But after start-up investments of more than six billion euros,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Ultimatum: VW boss Diess must present a solution for the software chaos in three weeks004423

German Handelsblatt: Insight Innovation: Silicon in batteries: Mercedes and Tesla rely on the super material 004421

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 004421

German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Diess vs. Duesmann: Dispute over VW software alerts the supervisory board004419

VW boss Herbert Diess The manager took over responsibility for the VW software division Cariad at the beginning of the year. (Photo: dpa) According to the website of the subsidiary Cariad, which was founded in 2020, the software from Volkswagen should be groundbreaking and groundbreaking. But after start-up investments of more than six billion euros,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Diess vs. Duesmann: Dispute over VW software alerts the supervisory board004419

German Handelsblatt: Future technology: Why Tesla and Mercedes have failed so far with fully autonomous driving004419

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 driving004419

German Handelsblatt: Auto industry: No future for combustion engines: ZF converts largest transmission plant to electric004418

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: Auto industry: No future for combustion engines: ZF converts largest transmission plant to electric004418

German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Diess vs. Duesmann: Dispute over VW software alerts the supervisory board004417

VW boss Herbert Diess The manager took over responsibility for the VW software division Cariad at the beginning of the year. (Photo: dpa) According to the website of the subsidiary Cariad, which was founded in 2020, the software from Volkswagen should be groundbreaking and groundbreaking. But after start-up investments of more than six billion euros,… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Diess vs. Duesmann: Dispute over VW software alerts the supervisory board004417