The electric car BMW i3 will not get a successor. This has the marketing director of the manufacturer, Pieter Nota opposite the Financial Times announced. Instead, want BMW offer other models of the group as pure battery cars or plug-in hybrids. “There is no concrete plan for an i3 successor,” Nota told The Financial Times.… Continue reading Change of strategy: BMW discontinues electric car i3
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The CO2 hangover – as the automakers present at the IAA: Vegan appetizers instead of Kobe beef – not only VW is thinking about the IAA
AFP VW boss Herbert Diess, electric car ID.3 at the IAA: It’s all a little smaller The fan of this IAA stands directly in front of the Frankfurt Festhalle: a huge, black balloon with a big CO2 imprint. The environmentalists of Greenpeace thus demonstrate against the high pollutant emissions of SUVs. The balloon holds around… Continue reading The CO2 hangover – as the automakers present at the IAA: Vegan appetizers instead of Kobe beef – not only VW is thinking about the IAA
Renault boss Bolloré: “Electric car for 10,000 euros, there will be in five years”
REUTERS Renault boss Thierry Bolloré: “The prices for electric cars have to fall dramatically, that is a necessity” So far you have to spend at least around 20,000 euros for one electric car output. But RenaultCEO Thierry Bolloré expects that the Stromer will be available in the future for 10,000 euros. “We’re working on that,… Continue reading Renault boss Bolloré: “Electric car for 10,000 euros, there will be in five years”
Drivers of large SUVs should pay more: Scholz wants higher taxes on SUVs
Daimler Mercedes GLE: Large SUVs with high CO2 emissions sell well not only in the US. Finance Minister Scholz wants to tax SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle) in Germany now higher Finance Minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) wants to ask drivers of large SUVs to pay more. “If brand-new cars with high CO2 emissions are sold, this… Continue reading Drivers of large SUVs should pay more: Scholz wants higher taxes on SUVs
Volvo wants to chase away Tesla customers: “We had to make a radical break with the past”
manager-magazin.de: Mr Ingenlath, with Polestar Volvo is building up its own electric car brand. Unlike VW with its ID models or Mercedes with its EQ family, you do not create a completely new brand, but with Polestar, you are modifying a former tuning and performance company for the electric car brand. Why so complicated? Thomas… Continue reading Volvo wants to chase away Tesla customers: “We had to make a radical break with the past”
At the premiere of the first electric car Taycan: Porsche under power
Porsche The cockpit in the new Taycan: Porsche today presents its first electric car At the same time on three continents Porsche today his first pure electric model before: the Taycan. The diesel scandal Porsche has not left its mark, the VW subsidiary has put everything on the map, invested billions in electromobility and sustainability… Continue reading At the premiere of the first electric car Taycan: Porsche under power
Deceased VW Patriarch: Piëch’s former partner airs a secret about the 13th child
AFP The late VW Patriarch Ferdinand Piëch (Archive, 2017) Ferdinand Piëch once joked about the Number of his children, “About a dozen, so you do not know that,” he said in an interview. So far twelve children from four relationships known. But how the “World on Sunday“reported that the manager, who died a week ago,… Continue reading Deceased VW Patriarch: Piëch’s former partner airs a secret about the 13th child
Study as alarm signal: automotive supplier in “emergency stop”
Short-time work and again 35-hour week at Schaeffler, Job removal at Bosch, possible factory closures at Continental – The weakening demand in the automotive industry means less business for suppliers in Germany, and they are already having consequences. It is by far not only the big ones who are sometimes even more flexible than smaller… Continue reading Study as alarm signal: automotive supplier in “emergency stop”
Crisis in the auto industry: 9 out of 32 Conti plants are threatened with closure
The automotive supplier Continental is considering closing nine of the world’s 32 power plants Powertrain. At least 4000 jobs would then be in danger. German locations could also be affected by the job cuts, it is said. When crisis supplier Continental are apparently several works on the edge. In the course of the announced redevelopment,… Continue reading Crisis in the auto industry: 9 out of 32 Conti plants are threatened with closure
Fusion fantasies are revived: FiatChrysler and Renault boost auto stocks
REUTERS / AFP FiatChrysler, Renault: The topic of possible merger is not yet buried, investors speculate on a new attempt of the merger Reinfected fusion fantasies around Fiat Chrysler and Renault Investors have lured in auto stocks on Wednesday. The European car index grew fastest with 1.7 percent among the industry barometers. The German car… Continue reading Fusion fantasies are revived: FiatChrysler and Renault boost auto stocks