It was one of (too many?) Many Elon Musk’s dreams: a factory without humans. While the attention of the fans and especially financial markets is turned on Tesla, which must reveal this Wednesday, May 2 after the closure of the New York Stock Exchange (around 22 hours in Paris) its results in the first quarter… Continue reading Automation, the real challenge of Tesla and its Model 3
Author: Les Echos (French)
Opel: the works council blocks candidates at departure
Things do not work out in Germany for Opel. Fearing a haemorrhage in the workforce, the works council of the new division of PSA has simply decided to block candidates for various plans for voluntary departures in progress. More than 200 cases – most of them from Russelsheim, Kaiserslautern or Eisenach plants – are currently… Continue reading Opel: the works council blocks candidates at departure
Renault: the turnover penalized by the effects of exchange
The comparison is cruel. Three days later PSA, which reported a turnover up more than 40% in the first quarter, Renault announces that it has remained virtually stable over the same period. According to figures released this Friday, the French automaker – a member of the world’s first automotive alliance by sales with Nissan and… Continue reading Renault: the turnover penalized by the effects of exchange
With Dongfeng, PSA remains unsatisfied
They were presented to shareholders with two short videos in Chinese subtitled in French. Liu Weidong and An Tiecheng, Dongfeng’s new representatives on PSA’s supervisory board, apologized on Tuesdaygeneral meeting of the manufacturer. The Peugeot and bpifrance clan, the other reference shareholders, had come in strong support Carlos Tavares and Louis Gallois, the tandem driven… Continue reading With Dongfeng, PSA remains unsatisfied
Bosch defends tooth and nail diesel
Do everything, even play the hawkers, to save the Diesel soldier. Bosch says it has found a quick fix for drastically reducing nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel engines – a fuel that theoretically emits 15 to 20 percent less CO2 than gasoline. Engineers of the German equipment manufacturer, a major player in diesel, have found… Continue reading Bosch defends tooth and nail diesel
BMW will export from China a 100% electric SUV
In the electric, BMW put on China. And for good reason, according to its local partner, Brilliance China Automotive, the German manufacturer of luxury cars plans to produce, in 2020 its first 100% electric SUV, in their joint venture in Shenyang (Northeast). Above all, this vehicle, called “iX3”, will be sold worldwide, including North America.… Continue reading BMW will export from China a 100% electric SUV
In Eisenach, Opel employees reject “French social relations”
They were nearly 800 kilometers away but gave themselves a speckled duel. On the one hand, Carlos Tavares, the boss of PSA, who promised his shareholders to straighten Opel with an iron fist. On the other hand, Wolfgang Schäfer-Klug, chairman of the German brand’s works council, promised the employees to stand firm against the “propaganda”… Continue reading In Eisenach, Opel employees reject “French social relations”
PSA: Louis Welsh will leave the presidency by 2020
This is an unexpected news just announced by Louis Gallois. On the occasion of thegeneral meeting PSA, which he chairs the supervisory board, the former boss of Airbus announced that he would leave his post in 2020 if he was re-elected on Tuesday. Louis Gallois, 74 years old, says he will use the next two… Continue reading PSA: Louis Welsh will leave the presidency by 2020
In Korea, General Motors avoids bankruptcy at the price of heavy sacrifices
An hour just before the vote on Monday night by the board of directors General Motors Korea, a probable bankruptcy of the Korean subsidiary of the US manufacturer, the union of employees of the group has accepted almost all the concessions that demanded management. And instead of coming together for a dramatic vote, management issued… Continue reading In Korea, General Motors avoids bankruptcy at the price of heavy sacrifices
How Renault has climbed the slope in Russia
Carlos Ghosn has no doubt: Russia will be his “cash machine”. Audacious, the bet has almost failed to weaken the boss of Renault and the accounts of the manufacturer. “When I came here two years ago, it was extremely difficult,” recalls Nicolas Maure, the French sent in 2016 by the Parisian management with the approval… Continue reading How Renault has climbed the slope in Russia