Hyundai Santa Fe of Hyundai: The hope-bringer in the USA The South Korean automobile group Hyundai Motor missed its sales targets again in the past year. Nevertheless, the fifth-largest car manufacturer in the world wants to sell this year with 7.6 million vehicles 3 percent more than last year. For 2018, Hyundai had with its… Continue reading South Korean carmaker: Hyundai misses again sales target – share on the decline
Author: Manager Magazin (German)
Federal Ministry of Transport sets technical specifications: Diesel engines are to be retrofitted
DPA Federal Ministry of Transport has allegedly set the technical rules for the hardware retrofitting of older diesel cars The Federal Ministry of Transport has created the condition for retrofitting older diesel engines. “Now is the retrofit industry on the train to develop effective systems that comply with all limits and regulations,” said Transport Minister… Continue reading Federal Ministry of Transport sets technical specifications: Diesel engines are to be retrofitted
Transport Minister Scheuer criticizes the car industry: “Manufacturers have to make damn much”
DPA “2019 must be the year of confidence retrofitting”: Federal Transport Minister Scheuer In view of approaching diesel driving bans in German cities in the new year calls Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer more efforts from the car manufacturers. “2019 not only the discussion about the hardware retrofits must lead to the result, but it… Continue reading Transport Minister Scheuer criticizes the car industry: “Manufacturers have to make damn much”
New CO2 limits: Transport Minister demands changes in strategy from car makers
DPA “There will also have to be a change in strategies”: Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer In the dispute over lower CO2 limits, the Federal Government wanted to play no longer the guardian angel for Daimler, VW and Co. Now Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer is calling on corporations to adapt their strategies and business… Continue reading New CO2 limits: Transport Minister demands changes in strategy from car makers
Demand is falling: Opel Ruesselsheim threatens short-time working
DPA Rüsselsheim headquarters: Employees must expect short-time work or even the discontinuation of a full shift in the coming year The models Insignia and Zafira apparently sell worse. Therefore, Opel has a substantial personnel overhang at its headquarters in Rüsselsheim, it says in a press release. Now short-time working or even one-shift operation threatens in… Continue reading Demand is falling: Opel Ruesselsheim threatens short-time working
Daniela Cavallo now represents VW works council chief Bernd Osterloh: This woman could replace one of the most powerful VW men
Volkswagen works council Volkswagen Works Council member Daniela Cavallo already played an important role in the negotiations on the “Future Pact” Volkswagen works council chief Bernd Osterloh is considered one of the most powerful men in the auto industry. Now, with Daniela Cavallo, a woman comes to his side as new substitute. Thus, the succession… Continue reading Daniela Cavallo now represents VW works council chief Bernd Osterloh: This woman could replace one of the most powerful VW men
What’s behind the austerity drive: Will Jaguar Land Rover first victim of the car revolution?
Wolfgang Reitzle (69) and Ralf Speth (63) have liked each other for many years. Where the elder worked, the younger wanted to be. So it happened at BMW, later at the gas manufacturer Linde, in the meantime at Ford’s Premier Automotive Group (PAG), which collected brands such as Jaguar and later Land Rover. Never was… Continue reading What’s behind the austerity drive: Will Jaguar Land Rover first victim of the car revolution?
Exhaust scandal: Baden-Württemberg sued VW for damages
picture alliance / Marijan Murat Long gone: Baden-Württemberg’s Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) with Lutz Mesche, CFO of Porsche AG, and Hubert Waltl, then head of production at Audi, at a meeting in May last year Although the subsidiary Audi also produces in Baden-Württemberg. But this does not prevent the black-green state government from being… Continue reading Exhaust scandal: Baden-Württemberg sued VW for damages
Ex-Porsche boss invests in engine improver startup: Wendelin Wiedeking returns to the auto industry – as an investor
He has put his money in a pizza restaurant chain, in a custom-made shoe factory, in real estate companies or even in a fashion startup. Wendelin Wiedeking made a big bow to the car industry after his departure Porsche-Chef in July 2009. “I’ll stay out of this,” he said just over a year ago, when… Continue reading Ex-Porsche boss invests in engine improver startup: Wendelin Wiedeking returns to the auto industry – as an investor
Euro 6 emission standard is not enough according to court of the EU: Driving bans for diesel cars of the latest generation possible
AFP Traffic on the Champs-Elysees: Paris wants 2024 no diesel cars left in the city The Court of the European Union (ECJ) has opened the gate for driving bans against diesel cars the latest generation. The court declared on Thursday a regulation of the European Union commission to higher emission values for diesel of the… Continue reading Euro 6 emission standard is not enough according to court of the EU: Driving bans for diesel cars of the latest generation possible