Volkswagen bundles battery activities: Ex-ZF boss Sommer is getting ready for his VW empire

DPA Production of diesel engines at the Volkswagen engine plant in Salzgitter He can rebuild and remodel: his departure at the automotive supplier ZF in December 2017 Stefan Sommer put away without major career injuries. Since September, the 56-year-old manager acts as top buyer of the Volkswagen Group, he heads the procurement and component department.… Continue reading Volkswagen bundles battery activities: Ex-ZF boss Sommer is getting ready for his VW empire

Credit agreements with Mercedes-Benz Bank: Mercedes drivers will probably fail with a sample suit

DPA Mercedes-Benz Bank: The cancellation rules in the car loan contracts of the bank are probably not objectionable. Bad luck for diesel drivers, who hoped in this detour, to be able to return their now unloved diesel By revocation out of the credit agreement – this goal has a number of car owners who want… Continue reading Credit agreements with Mercedes-Benz Bank: Mercedes drivers will probably fail with a sample suit

Electric cars from Volkswagen: “Small cars will be considerably more expensive”

Volkswagen Volkswagen I.D. Neo: “Today’s price level is unstoppable” Volkswagen Supervisory Board boss Hans Dieter Pötsch expects because of the necessary switch to electric cars with sharply rising prices for small cars. “Today’s price level can not be maintained if these cars are equipped with electric motors,” he told the “Welt am Sonntag”. “Therefore, it… Continue reading Electric cars from Volkswagen: “Small cars will be considerably more expensive”

Millions of Heavy Payments to Renault CEO – Nissan Demands Money: Ghosn is said to have received money from subsidiary

REUTERS Mitsubishi Motors: Ghosn received money from the subsidiary – without the board knowing The Ex-Chairman of the Ex-Board of Directors in custody Nissan and Mitusbishi, Carlos Ghosn, is reported to have received funds from a Dutch subsidiary without any knowledge of the board of directors following internal investigations. The sum had been transferred “illegally”… Continue reading Millions of Heavy Payments to Renault CEO – Nissan Demands Money: Ghosn is said to have received money from subsidiary

Imprisonment threatens: US justice sued four ex-Audi managers in the diesel scandal

DPA Audi export vehicles in the port of Emden: Against four ex-managers of the VW subsidiary was charged in the US indictment. Rupert Stadler does not count The US judiciary wants in the Exhaust scandal of Volkswagen Group now also presumed responsible of Audi hold to account. An indictment was filed against four ex-employees of… Continue reading Imprisonment threatens: US justice sued four ex-Audi managers in the diesel scandal

No-deal-Brexit would be “catastrophic” according to Ford: To equip British carmaker against the Brexit boom

For months, British carmakers warn of the heavy consequences of a disorderly EU exit. The automakers then face customs barriers that would severely disrupt their supply chains. The industry is working hard on contingency plans for the horror scenario of no-deal brexit. Half a year ago, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the largest British automaker, had… Continue reading No-deal-Brexit would be “catastrophic” according to Ford: To equip British carmaker against the Brexit boom

“Permanently prevented”: France drops Renault CEO Ghosn

REUTERS Carlos Ghosn has been imprisoned in Japan for two months: “There must be a new stage if Ghosn is permanently prevented” The French government is now seeking a replacement of Carlos Ghosn as head of the automaker Renault Show stock market chart on. Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told TV channel LCI on Wednesday… Continue reading “Permanently prevented”: France drops Renault CEO Ghosn

Alliance of VW and Ford: The van twins of the car alliances

Volkswagen and Ford will cooperate in the future on commercial vehicles: Together they want to build pickups and transporters. Such a close alliance in the commercial vehicle segment is quite common – in flatbed vans and vans roll numerous almost identical twin models on the streets. Volkswagen wants to first benefit from Ford in the… Continue reading Alliance of VW and Ford: The van twins of the car alliances

What the cooperation of Volkswagen and Ford means: VW and Ford – the emergency alliance of the giants

Cooperation was and is not uncommon in the automotive industry. For decades she has been practicing different style flowers – usually with moderate success. At the beginning of the 1990s, there was only one panacea for the CEOs of large manufacturers: growth through takeover. So Daimler bought the American manufacturer Chrysler, BMW, the British carmaker… Continue reading What the cooperation of Volkswagen and Ford means: VW and Ford – the emergency alliance of the giants

Autonomous Driving: The Most Important Robot Car Start-Ups in the USA

Drive.ai Display on a self-driving vehicle It should bring the self-drive start-up Zoox now all the way forward: the former Intel manager Aicha Evans. As the young company announced today, it has committed Evans as the new CEO. The graduate engineer worked for the tech group for more than twelve years and since 2017 she… Continue reading Autonomous Driving: The Most Important Robot Car Start-Ups in the USA