Every year, the manager magazin takes people to the Hall of Fame the German economy, which has earned outstanding services to the land and society. This year they were next to the longtime IG Metall boss Berthold Huber the two entrepreneurs (and siblings) Susanne Klatten and Stefan Quandt. The award ceremony at the end of… Continue reading Speech of the BMW major shareholder: Susanne Klatten on entrepreneurs: “Goals of the Social Needy”
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IPO in the second attempt: VW subsidiary Traton disappointed in IPO
Volkswagen Traton consists of the VW subsidiaries MAN and Scania and the Brazilian commercial vehicle subsidiary Did Andreas Renschler want too much? Instead of the initially expected six billion euros in proceeds from the issue, Traton’s IPO plays just over a quarter of it in the fund. Volkswagen’s truck and bus business is considered a… Continue reading IPO in the second attempt: VW subsidiary Traton disappointed in IPO
Government and auto industry want to develop “master plan”: charging stations for 10.5 million electric cars
DPA Sales of e-cars are still slow to get going: more acceptance is lacking at charging stations, politics and the auto industry are convinced It is a declaration of intent, nothing more: the car industry and politics want to help the electric car in Germany to a breakthrough. As a central requirement, they have identified… Continue reading Government and auto industry want to develop “master plan”: charging stations for 10.5 million electric cars
Impending CO2 penalties: BMW wants to more than double the number of electric cars
AFP BMW iNext. As a concept car, the electric car was presented in November 2018 in Los Angeles. 2021 is the iNext, which can drive highly automated, roll in Dingolfing from the tape The car maker launches a gear in the electrification of its vehicles in view of the diesel crisis and impending CO2 penalties.… Continue reading Impending CO2 penalties: BMW wants to more than double the number of electric cars
Self-doubt even in the Volkswagen Board: The crazy Elektrowette of Herbert Diess
There are moments when the yes or no of an East Frisian works council chairman is central to the future of the largest carmaker in the world. So it happened on November 7, 2018 in a meeting room of Wolfsburg VW headquarters. The top management, represented by CEO Herbert Diess (60) and its strategist Michael… Continue reading Self-doubt even in the Volkswagen Board: The crazy Elektrowette of Herbert Diess
Peter Altmaier’s electromobility plans: With three battery consortia to the electric car world champion
DPA Battery of a smart electric car: Three consortiums will in future produce lithium-ion cells in Germany Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier has last for his industrial strategy a lot of criticism plug in have to. With a central project in the course of this strategy the CDU man obviously advances: So Altmaier wants… Continue reading Peter Altmaier’s electromobility plans: With three battery consortia to the electric car world champion
VDA President Bernhard Mattes: Top lobbyist loses confidence of the automobiles
Already the first working day as president of the respectable association of the automobile industry (VDA) Bernhard Mattes (62) fell into a fiasco. To this day, one of the greats in the industry remembers how Mattes went down in Maybrit Illner’s (54) talk show on ZDF. “First he lost the speech duel with environmental aid… Continue reading VDA President Bernhard Mattes: Top lobbyist loses confidence of the automobiles
KBA wants to expand investigation: Daimler has to recall 60,000 cars because of defeat device
Daimler has to recall 60,000 Mercedes Benz GLK 220 diesel vehicles to the workshops. As part of the investigations into pollutant and exhaust gas strategies at various manufacturers, the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has established an inadmissible defeat device for models of the type with the engine OM 651 of the pollutant category Euro… Continue reading KBA wants to expand investigation: Daimler has to recall 60,000 cars because of defeat device
Slight plus after eight months: new registrations of new cars in Europe are increasing again
DPA Again, a little more cars will be registered in Europe – but not in Britain, which has been hit hard by Brexit Demand in the European car market has not fallen for the first time in eight months last month. In May, new registrations in the European Union rose compared to the same month… Continue reading Slight plus after eight months: new registrations of new cars in Europe are increasing again
Simplify complexity, save costs: VW creates new software unit with 5000 digital experts
Volkswagen Christian Senger, Software Director at Volkswagen (Bild Archiv) The software in the car industry is becoming increasingly important. In Volkswagen cars alone, up to 70 control units with operating software from 200 suppliers are integrated. Volkswagen wants to simplify the software architecture in the vehicles and bundle its competences in a new unit with… Continue reading Simplify complexity, save costs: VW creates new software unit with 5000 digital experts