Car2go and Drive Now will become “ShareNow” in the future: Daimler and BMW are investing one billion in shared mobility service

PR BMW and Daimler have already merged their services Car2Go and DriveNow. Now they are investing one billion euros in the joint mobility service “ShareNow” based in Berlin The car companies Daimler Show stock market chart and BMW Show stock market chart want to invest more than one billion euros in their common mobility services.… Continue reading Car2go and Drive Now will become “ShareNow” in the future: Daimler and BMW are investing one billion in shared mobility service

VW and PSA fuel-saving technology is too expensive for the segment: Why the supply of auto-dwarfs will probably shrink soon

VW VW Up: The future of the micro car in the VW Group is rather uncertain Really cheap cars and stricter CO2 requirements of the EU: This can, in the opinion of VolkswagenGroup CEO Herbert Diess did not last long. With tightened EU fleet limits, especially small cars will be significantly more expensive, he warned… Continue reading VW and PSA fuel-saving technology is too expensive for the segment: Why the supply of auto-dwarfs will probably shrink soon

How VW converts the Zwickau plant to electromobility: The most important project of the German automotive industry

Motionless, hundreds of orange robot arms rise into the air. Some are still wrapped in plastic, instructions stick to it. In hall 2 of the Zwickau Volkswagen plant there is a standstill. Only from the back it shrieks and roars, a worker flexes there a steel beam. Hall 2, the “Karohalle”, is the world of… Continue reading How VW converts the Zwickau plant to electromobility: The most important project of the German automotive industry

VW relies on internal candidates: Christian Senger is to become Volkswagen Software Board

Volkswagen Christian Senger at the L.A. Autoshow in 2017 “We are the first car company to do this,” announced Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess (60), not without pride, when he announced to the World Economic Forum in Davos that the Company expanded its board by adding a software development post, The candidate for the post has… Continue reading VW relies on internal candidates: Christian Senger is to become Volkswagen Software Board

After losses on stock transactions: Toyota receives annual forecast

REUTERS Profit target reduced by more than a sixth Hail losses in stock transactions Toyota the annual balance sheet. Japan’s largest carmaker has cut its profit target for fiscal year 2018/19 to a net profit of 1.87 trillion yen (15 billion euros). Originally, the carmaker had expected 2.3 trillion yen. However, the carmaker holds on… Continue reading After losses on stock transactions: Toyota receives annual forecast

Daimler cuts dividend after profit slump: Dieter Zetsche last year’s balance sheet disappointed

DPA “We can not and will not be satisfied with this”: Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche It’s his last year’s record as a Daimler boss, and that’s not good. Dieter Zetsche has to announce a significant drop in profits with stagnant sales for 2018. The outlook is not optimistic: The significantly lower return on the passenger… Continue reading Daimler cuts dividend after profit slump: Dieter Zetsche last year’s balance sheet disappointed

Purchase of energy storage specialist Maxwell: So Tesla makes the race for the super battery exciting

Christophe Gateau / dpa Tesla Model 3 in a showroom Has three weeks ago Tesla-Boss Elon Musk His company actually one vigorous austerity measures including job cuts prescribed, Musk wants to reduce the production costs of the Model 3 – and so bring the promised Model 3 entry-level version for $ 35,000 on the market.… Continue reading Purchase of energy storage specialist Maxwell: So Tesla makes the race for the super battery exciting

Government against flat-rate regulation: Berlin rejects general speed limit on motorways

DPA 130 nationwide on German motorways? The federal government rejects that The Germans are divided on the issue, the federal government has now committed. It rejects a general speed limit on motorways for reducing traffic pollutants. The Federal Government has given a speed limit on highways a clear rejection. The government plans no general speed… Continue reading Government against flat-rate regulation: Berlin rejects general speed limit on motorways

Upcoming partial sale of the development center: works council mobilizes against sale of “Opel’s heart”

DPA Main building of Opel’s development center in Rüsselsheim Opel does not rest. In a leaflet, the works council fights against the impending Partial sale of the development center (ITEZ) to the external service provider Segula. The Segula deal “carries considerable risks” for those affected, according to the paper available to manager magazin. The change… Continue reading Upcoming partial sale of the development center: works council mobilizes against sale of “Opel’s heart”

Bands in Ingolstadt stand still: strike in Hungary paralyzes Audi plant

Audi Audi production in Ingolstadt After days of strike in the Hungarian engine plant Györ can Audi Show stock market chart at the headquarters in Ingolstadt at the beginning of the week do not build cars. On Monday and Tuesday, the bands were completely silent, a company spokesman said on Monday. Several thousand vehicles could… Continue reading Bands in Ingolstadt stand still: strike in Hungary paralyzes Audi plant