According to Shitstorm: Volkswagen board deals with racist commercial

Swen gatekeeper / dpa Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg After the internet shit storm because of a racist promotional videos at VW Now the entire board should deal with the further processing of the topic. Volkswagen decided this Show stock market chart on Friday after internal auditors reviewed the history of the heavily criticized Instagram spot… Continue reading According to Shitstorm: Volkswagen board deals with racist commercial

Presidium of the supervisory board expanded to eight members: family shareholder Piëch moves into VW management circle

DPA Hans Michel Piëch, Wolfgang Porsche (r) .: The largest single shareholder of VW is promoted to the management circle The supervisory board of Volkswagen has expanded his presidium. The group announced on Friday that Hans Michel Piëch would move into the closer management group of the control committee. Piech is spokesman for the family… Continue reading Presidium of the supervisory board expanded to eight members: family shareholder Piëch moves into VW management circle

EXCLUSIVE Volkswagen: CEO Diess plans new offensive against Tesla

Swen gatekeeper / dpa, Audi Mission Tesla-Fight: VW CEO Herbert Diess makes Audi boss Markus Duesmann the project manager of the electric offensive. Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess (61) is planning a new offensive against electric car market leader Tesla. A Tesla fighter is planned for 2025. In a “Mission T” workshop, corporate and brand directors… Continue reading EXCLUSIVE Volkswagen: CEO Diess plans new offensive against Tesla

Despite the corona crisis: Tesla drives factory construction forward – third building application in Grünheide

DPA Deforestation work in Grünheide: Tesla is pushing ahead with building preparations The US electric car maker Tesla wants his plans for the despite the Corona crisis continue to drive the first factory in Europe. According to the Brandenburg state government, the company made a third application for early measures to prepare for the construction.… Continue reading Despite the corona crisis: Tesla drives factory construction forward – third building application in Grünheide

“Historical process” ended: Volkswagen reaches agreement with 235,000 diesel customers

Julian Stratenschulte / DPA VW Golf at the manufacturer’s main plant in Wolfsburg: Volkswagen has agreed to a comparison with many thousands of customers in the diesel scandal. Immediately before the extended acceptance period for the diesel comparison came to an end, the VW group had agreed with around 235,000 customers on compensation payments. The… Continue reading “Historical process” ended: Volkswagen reaches agreement with 235,000 diesel customers

Slump in sales, overcapacity: carmakers demand new purchase premium in the Corona crisis

Getty Images Looking for buyers: German carmakers are suffering from overcapacity and dwindling demand. The corona crisis is putting itself under pressure. Now VW and BMW are campaigning for another purchase bonus. The call for further support in the corona-Crisis will also occur among Germans Car makers volume up. In any case, characterized by falling… Continue reading Slump in sales, overcapacity: carmakers demand new purchase premium in the Corona crisis

Employees should donate part of the bonus: Porsche pays each employee a bonus of 9,000 euros

DPA Porsche CEO Oliver Blume: “Employees are encouraged to donate to non-profit organizations on a voluntary basis” The sports car maker Porsche Show stock market chart Pays its employees a bonus of € 9,000 each for their work in the past year 2019 as agreed – but calls on the employees to voluntarily donate something… Continue reading Employees should donate part of the bonus: Porsche pays each employee a bonus of 9,000 euros

Sales plummet 15 percent worldwide: Mercedes wants to gradually ramp up production again

DPA Mercedes plant in Sindelfingen: Controlled ramp-up of production at Daimler from April 20 The car maker Daimler suffered significant sales losses worldwide in the first quarter due to the corona pandemic. In total, around 477,400 Mercedes and Smart cars were sold from January to March this year, which corresponds to a decline of 14.9… Continue reading Sales plummet 15 percent worldwide: Mercedes wants to gradually ramp up production again

March 2020 strongest month so far: Purchase premium drives demand for electric cars to record highs

Jan Woitas / dpa central image An electrically powered BMW i3 in downtown Leipzig Last March, more applications were made for the electric car and plug-in hybrid purchase premium than ever in a month. A total of 12,365 people or companies registered with the responsible Federal Office of Economics and Export Control, as can be… Continue reading March 2020 strongest month so far: Purchase premium drives demand for electric cars to record highs

Coronavirus is decommissioning car factories worldwide – but not everywhere: where the car industry is idle, where something is still rolling

AP VW plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee: Nothing is rolling off the assembly line here either In the past few days, events in the automotive industry have overturned: Because of the Corona virus-Pandemic, car manufacturers and suppliers had to shut down their plants and temporarily shut them down – first in Europe, now almost everywhere in… Continue reading Coronavirus is decommissioning car factories worldwide – but not everywhere: where the car industry is idle, where something is still rolling