The European Car market shows in September for the first time this year an increase compared to the same month last year. In the EU, 933,987 new cars were registered, the European industry association Acea announced on Friday in Brussels. That was 3.1 percent more than in September 2019. However, in the previous year the… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Car market in the EU recovers in September000233
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German Manager Magazin: Audi emissions scandal: celebrity penalty for ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler – a comment000228
Today is the fifth day of negotiations in Audi-Process. And the third day in a row that the defendant Giovanni P. speaks in his defense. The Italian once headed the “Thermodynamics, OBD, Exhaust Aftertreatment” department at Audi. Now he explains in extenso how to do it Manipulation of exhaust gas values at Audi Motoren. He… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Audi emissions scandal: celebrity penalty for ex-Audi boss Rupert Stadler – a comment000228
German Manager Magazin: VW orders 2,200 robots for battery assembly and bodywork in car plants in Emden, Hanover and USA000228
The automaker Volkswagencontinues the conversion of several plants for the production of Electric cars continues and invests in the necessary automation. The world’s largest car manufacturer has now ordered around 2,200 specialized robots that are to be used in the redesigned factories in Emden, Hanover and Chattanooga (USA). There you take on the battery assembly… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: VW orders 2,200 robots for battery assembly and bodywork in car plants in Emden, Hanover and USA000228
German Manager Magazin: Continental: Supervisory Board decides to end the Aachen and Karben000187 plants
The supervisory board of the auto supplierContinentalhas confirmed the Group’s comprehensive closure plans. The tire plant in Aachen will be closed at the end of 2021, the location for automotive electronics in Karben, Hesse, by the end of 2024, as the company announced in Hanover on Wednesday. In addition, the Regensburg site is to be… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Continental: Supervisory Board decides to end the Aachen and Karben000187 plants
German Manager Magazin: Volkswagen AG: Herbert Diess announces conversion of VW at the annual general meeting000187
The auto company VolkswagenThe manager said on Wednesday at the virtual general meeting that it had to “transform itself from a collection of valuable brands”, primarily with combustion engines, to a digital company that reliably operated millions of networked electric vehicles. VW wants to be constantly connected online with these “mobility devices” in order to… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Volkswagen AG: Herbert Diess announces conversion of VW at the annual general meeting000187
German Manager Magazin: Opel wants to extend short-time working until the end of 2021000169
The short-time work as a result of the Corona crisis will be at the car manufacturer Opel Extended until the end of 2021 – subject to the approval of the employment agency. The management and the general works council agreed on this in a key issues paper, as the company announced on Saturday. In addition,… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Opel wants to extend short-time working until the end of 2021000169
German Manager Magazin: Tesla Battery Day: Elon Musk slows down battery euphoria000153
Tesla-Boss Elon Musk (49) tried to curb the self-generated hype about the “Battery Day” he staged. The event, which was already announced for Tuesday in 2019, had aroused great expectations. Tesla’s share price had also risen against the market at the beginning of the week, the company is now around four and a half times… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Tesla Battery Day: Elon Musk slows down battery euphoria000153
German Manager Magazin: Motor vehicle tax: Cars with very high CO2 emissions are taxed higher000144
Holder of cars those with high CO2 emissions will have to be prepared for rising vehicle tax costs in the future. In contrast, particularly environmentally friendly vehicles will be relieved by the tax reform passed by the Bundestag on Thursday. In addition, the tax exemption for Electric vehicles extended until the end of 2030. The… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Motor vehicle tax: Cars with very high CO2 emissions are taxed higher000144
German Manager Magazin: Nikola, the stock exchange supervisory authority and Rivian: What good is the Tesla competition? 000129
Karl-Thomas Neumann (59) had never heard of this obscure financial trick with which companies can be brought to the stock market in flash mode. Until the ex-boss of Opel Steve Girsky (58) announced two years ago – formerly vice of the long-time Opel mother General Motors (GM). Girsky wanted to put a vehicle on the… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Nikola, the stock exchange supervisory authority and Rivian: What good is the Tesla competition? 000129
German Manager Magazin: Volkswagen: Klaus Zellmer replaces Jürgen Stackmann as Chief Sales Officer000114
The automaker Volkswagen gets a new sales director. Porsche’s USA boss Klaus Zellmer will replace Jürgen Stackmann (58), who has long been controversial, in Wolfsburg, several participants confirmed to manager magazin. When asked, the company did not want to comment. About Stackmann’s withdrawal was since a few months has been speculated. He had come to… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Volkswagen: Klaus Zellmer replaces Jürgen Stackmann as Chief Sales Officer000114