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
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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
VW boss Diess wants to expand cooperation with Ford – even with electric cars: “VW is very strongly influenced by Chinese – we need a counterweight in the US”
DPA “We need a counterbalance in the US”: Ford CEO Jim Hackett (r) and Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess know each other well, they agreed at the beginning of the year, together to develop vans and mid-sized pick-ups The speculation about a close cooperation of Volkswagen and ford Autonomous driving and electric car technology have been… Continue reading VW boss Diess wants to expand cooperation with Ford – even with electric cars: “VW is very strongly influenced by Chinese – we need a counterweight in the US”
Car manufacturers are the largest customer group: weakness of the German car industry also reaches BASF
DPA Paint inspection at Porsche: With a sales share of just under 20 percent, car manufacturers are one of BASF’s most important customers The flagging automobile industry makes the German chemical giant BASF Show stock market chart to accomplish. In the Coatings division, up to 200 jobs will be cut at the Münster site by… Continue reading Car manufacturers are the largest customer group: weakness of the German car industry also reaches BASF
Doubting millions spent with a daughter in the Netherlands: Ghosn affair at Renault – France reimbursed
Behrouz Mehri / AFP Carlos Ghosn: Now he faces the threat in the Netherlands too France has announced legal action in the affair surrounding former Renault top manager Carlos Ghosn. It will be reported, confirmed the French Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire on Wednesday the TV station BFMTV. If the state is a company… Continue reading Doubting millions spent with a daughter in the Netherlands: Ghosn affair at Renault – France reimbursed
Cooperation agreed: BMW and Jaguar jointly develop an electric motor
BMW and Jaguar Land Rover have a cooperation for the development and production of electric cars agreed. As a result, could be shared costs and economies of scale by higher quantities in production and purchasing can be achieved, said BMW on Wednesday. The goal is also to accelerate development and bring new vehicles faster to… Continue reading Cooperation agreed: BMW and Jaguar jointly develop an electric motor
Works council prevails: Volkswagen excludes redundancies until 2029
Julian Stratenschulte / DPA VW plant in Wolfsburg: Despite the austerity measures VW extends job security for employees in Germany The carmaker Volkswagen Show stock market chart has agreed with the works council on job security for the core brand VW Passenger Cars at all German locations until 2029. This would exclude operational redundancies in… Continue reading Works council prevails: Volkswagen excludes redundancies until 2029