D he global trade dispute with the United States remains the main topic of conversation on the German stock market floor. The Dax investors hoped on Thursday that the European carmakers still get around to higher US tariffs. The German leading index gained 0.9 percent to 12,433 points. The papers of Daimler , Volkswagen and… Continue reading Car values pull Dax up
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e s sounds once surprisingly: The Chinese group CATL is investing 240 million euros in a highly modern car battery factory in Thuringia. Thuringia – that was this low-wage country, you have to drive through, if you want to go from Berlin to Munich. So why are the Chinese now building the heart of the… Continue reading Why the Chinese chose Thuringia?
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Diesel scandal helped us
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Auto stocks in the acid test
e It was the German afternoon on Friday afternoon, when the 45th President of the United States was doing his favorite thing in faraway Washington: Donald Trump tweeted. His message moved – as the President likes it – immediately the stock exchanges. In Germany, shortly before the market closed, the prices of German automakers Daimler,… Continue reading Auto stocks in the acid test
Stefan Sommer becomes Volkswagen Board Member
D he after a power struggle with the supplier ZF Retired former CEO Stefan Sommer changes to the world’s largest carmaker. There, he takes over a VW release on Monday evening according to the procurement department. Sommer follows the long-term purchasing director Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz, who left the group at his own request. Volkswagen… Continue reading Stefan Sommer becomes Volkswagen Board Member
So dependent are the car manufacturers of China
D he German automakers are becoming increasingly dependent on the Chinese market. Last year Volkswagen sold two out of five cars in China, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Center for Automotive Management (CAM) in Bergisch Gladbach. Audi Every third sold there, BMW every fourth and Daimler every fifth. According to CAM… Continue reading So dependent are the car manufacturers of China
New Optimization Algorithm Exponentially Speeds Computation
Image: iStockphoto A new algorithm could dramatically slash the time it can take computers to recommend movies or route taxis. The new algorithm, developed by Harvard University researchers, solves optimization problems exponentially faster than previous algorithms by cutting the number of steps required. Surprisingly, this approach works “without sacrificing the quality of the resulting solution,” says… Continue reading New Optimization Algorithm Exponentially Speeds Computation
Microbots Deliver Stem Cells in the Body
Image: University of Hong Kong/Science RoboticsMicrorobots designed to carry stem cells (fluorescent green) throughout the body are shown here on a cell culture plate. The astonishing thing about stem cells is that they can be coaxed, in the laboratory, into becoming nearly any kind of cell—from bone marrow to heart muscle. That remarkable capability has for… Continue reading Microbots Deliver Stem Cells in the Body
Sprawling Wheel Leg Robot Crawls and Climbs
Photo: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev We’re always impressed by the way David Zarrouk (a professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev by way of UC Berkeley’s Biomimetic Millisystems Lab) manages to extract a ton of functionality from the absolute minimum of hardware in his robots. In the past, we’ve seen clever designs like a… Continue reading Sprawling Wheel Leg Robot Crawls and Climbs
A Double First in China for Advanced Nuclear Reactors
Photo: SNPTC Nine years after construction began at China’s Sanmen nuclear power plant, the world’s first AP1000 unit has connected to the grid. Call it the world’s slowest photo finish. After several decades of engineering, construction flaws and delays, and cost overruns—a troubled birth that cost their developers dearly—the most advanced commercial reactor designs from… Continue reading A Double First in China for Advanced Nuclear Reactors