DPA VW boss Herbert Diess, Ford chief Jim Hackett in Detroit: alliance for light commercial vehicles The global alliance of the car company Volkswagen Show stock market chart with the US rival Ford Show stock market chart initially limited to the division of light commercial vehicles. The first concrete step of the cooperation is the… Continue reading Alliance of car manufacturers: VW and Ford announce alliance for light commercial vehicles
Author: Manager Magazin (German)
Ghosn’s wife publishes dramatic appeal: “Unheated cell and hours of interrogation”
AFP Carlos and Carole Ghosn: Inhumane Prison Conditions? Carlos Ghosn, the wife of detained car repairman in Japan, denounced the conditions of detention in a letter to the human rights organization Human Rights Watch. Her husband is sitting in an unheated seven-square-foot cell and has lost more than seven kilograms of weight since his arrest,… Continue reading Ghosn’s wife publishes dramatic appeal: “Unheated cell and hours of interrogation”
Major BMW shareholder: Stefan Quandt sets up new industrial group
With a newly founded investment company, the billionaire Stefan Quandt wants to join established industrial companies. Apparently, he also plans at least one complete takeover. The billionaire and BMW-Großaktionär Stefan Quandt plans to start with established industrial companies. The 52-year-old has founded a new investment company called Delton Technology SE, confirmed a Quandt spokesman. Earlier,… Continue reading Major BMW shareholder: Stefan Quandt sets up new industrial group
Apparently affected also 1.2-liter diesel engines: VW threatens next recall because of exhaust manipulation
REUTERS After Volkswagen has to call back thousands of cars, now threatens for the 1.2-liter engines, a recall Volkswagen threatens another recall in the diesel scandal. The Kraftfahrtbundesamt (KBA) throws the Wolfsburg carmaker also to cheat on the software update for compromised diesel vehicles with 1.2-liter engine, as reported “Bild am Sonntag” without information from… Continue reading Apparently affected also 1.2-liter diesel engines: VW threatens next recall because of exhaust manipulation
Wrong manufacturer information: new cars swallow 39 percent more than stated
Despite all the debates on the exhaust gas scandal: cars consume significantly more fuel on the road than the manufacturers specify. A study shows that the calculated CO2 reduction is thus far missed. An average new car consumed an average of 39 percent more fuel in 2017 than officially stated. That goes out a study… Continue reading Wrong manufacturer information: new cars swallow 39 percent more than stated
Premium continues to attract little interest: These ten electric cars are popular with the Germans
Since mid-2016, Germans have been able to get new electric cars to be purchased from the state. Well over 91,000 people have asked for the program so far, in June 2019 it should expire. Which cars were the most popular? An overview: 44,601 times last year, Germans applied for the state electric car purchase premium… Continue reading Premium continues to attract little interest: These ten electric cars are popular with the Germans
South Korean carmaker: Hyundai misses again sales target – share on the decline
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
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