Cariad and Volkswagen – a difficult relationship An ID.3 from Volkswagen with Cariad inscription: The car company’s new software unit is not making good progress with the work. (Photo: dpa) Currently, most VW cars are running software version E1.1. Thousands of developers have been working on version E2.0 since 2020, which should allow automated driving… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: VW: VW subsidiary Cariad: More chaos than coordinated programming004415
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German Handelsblatt: Insight Innovation: Silicon in batteries: Mercedes and Tesla rely on the super material 004414
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 004414
German Handelsblatt: Insight Innovation: Silicon in batteries: Mercedes and Tesla rely on the super material 004411
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 004411
German Handelsblatt: Brake problems: Mercedes is recalling almost a million cars worldwide004410
Mercedes Mercedes is recalling models of the GL class, among others. (Photo: dpa) According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, Mercedes-Benz is recalling almost a million older vehicles worldwide because of possible brake problems. Accordingly, ML, GL and R-Class cars built between 2004 and 2015 are affected, as the authority announced in its recall database.… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Brake problems: Mercedes is recalling almost a million cars worldwide004410
German Handelsblatt: Brake problems: Mercedes is recalling almost a million cars worldwide004407
Mercedes Mercedes is recalling models of the GL class, among others. (Photo: dpa) According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, Mercedes-Benz is recalling almost a million older vehicles worldwide because of possible brake problems. Accordingly, ML, GL and R-Class cars built between 2004 and 2015 are affected, as the authority announced in its recall database.… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Brake problems: Mercedes is recalling almost a million cars worldwide004407
German Handelsblatt: New mobility: This is how a small Greek island becomes the Volkswagen future laboratory004406
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 laboratory004406
German Handelsblatt: Brake problems: Mercedes is recalling almost a million cars worldwide004404
Mercedes Mercedes is recalling models of the GL class, among others. (Photo: dpa) According to the Federal Motor Transport Authority, Mercedes-Benz is recalling almost a million older vehicles worldwide because of possible brake problems. Accordingly, ML, GL and R-Class cars built between 2004 and 2015 are affected, as the authority announced in its recall database.… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Brake problems: Mercedes is recalling almost a million cars worldwide004404
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