FRANKFURT: Daimler is open to supplying Volvo with engines and could even take a small stake in the Swedish carmaker, Manager Magazin said, raising the possibility of increased cooperation between Mercedes-Benz and China’s Geely. Daimler could buy “a couple of percent” in Volvo Cars, Manager Magazin said on Thursday, without citing sources. Volvo declined to… Continue reading Daimler open to buying small stake in Volvo cars: Report
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Electrify America To Install Fast Chargers At 100-Plus Walmart Locations
30 M BY MARK KANE Walmart will be one of the key partners in Electrify America’s charging infrastructure project of more than 2,000 DC fast chargers. Electrify America fast charging station According to the press release, Electrify America will install fast charging stations at more than 100 Walmart locations across 34 states by June 2019.… Continue reading Electrify America To Install Fast Chargers At 100-Plus Walmart Locations
How Tesla and Waymo are tackling a major problem for self-driving cars: data
There’s a race happening right now that stretches from Silicon Valley to Detroit and back: who can make a self-driving car that behaves better than a human driver? It’s a far harder task than it sounded even a few years ago because human drivers know a lot — not just about their cars but about… Continue reading How Tesla and Waymo are tackling a major problem for self-driving cars: data
Really fast electric-car charging stations coming to a Walmart near you.
Electrify America Level 2 chargers with Chevrolet Bolt and Nissan Leaf Enlarge Photo Tired of not being able to find a fast charging station near the stuff you need to buy? Not anymore. Electrify America, an organization born out of the Volkswagen emissions settlement, plans to install an unspecified number of DC fast-charge stations at… Continue reading Really fast electric-car charging stations coming to a Walmart near you.
Editorial: Li Shufu, Dirk Notheis and their foray
All articles and backgrounds 04/19/2018 Editorial Li Shufu, Dirk Notheis and their foray David Maupile Steffen Klusmann, editor-in-chief of the manager magazin Dirk Notheis, ex-Germany boss of Morgan Stanley, was considered as burned, because he had served too much the stereotype of the greedy investment banker with the sales of the energy supplier EnBW to… Continue reading Editorial: Li Shufu, Dirk Notheis and their foray
Open to cooperation: how Daimler imagines cooperation with Geely
All articles and backgrounds 04/19/2018 Open to cooperation How Daimler imagines cooperation with Geely DPA Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche: Joint electric platform with major shareholder Geely? The German carmaker Daimler Show stock market chart sets the limits of possible cooperation with the new Chinese major shareholder Geely. For example, work on a joint electric platform… Continue reading Open to cooperation: how Daimler imagines cooperation with Geely
Tesla factory to be investigated over safety concerns
Tesla California base faces claims of unreported injuries as it struggles to roll out Model 3 Customer deliveries of the Model 3 have been delayed by the production problems. Photograph: Justin Pritchard/AP Tesla is facing an investigation by Californian safety regulators into reports of serious injuries at its factory in Fremont, California, where it is… Continue reading Tesla factory to be investigated over safety concerns
New 2019 Vauxhall Astra facelift gears up for fight with Focus
The Vauxhall Astra, one of the UK’s most popular new cars, will be given cosmetic and engineering tweaks next year to keep it competitive. And these spy shots of the car testing in Germany are our first sighting of the new model. By the time the updated Astra lands in dealers during the second half… Continue reading New 2019 Vauxhall Astra facelift gears up for fight with Focus
Merkel agrees with Opel employees
The Opel owner Peugeot wants to cancel the Eisenach site, apparently half of the jobs. The Chancellor now promises help to the staff – and reminds the French of their promise to take over. Merkel in Bad Schmiedeberg Wednesday, 18.04.2018 17:55 clock After reports of cuts at Opel’s Eisenach site, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has… Continue reading Merkel agrees with Opel employees
Bernd Osterloh in the interview – boss must “sometimes also on the table”: VW works council boss demands of Diess tighter leadership of the group
All articles and backgrounds 04/19/2018 Bernd Osterloh in an interview – boss has to “hit the floor sometimes” VW works council chief demands from Diess tighter leadership of the group REUTERS Bernd Osterloh: “I do not need anyone to put Herbert Diess on the chain” Volkswagen works council chief Bernd Osterloh expects the new boss… Continue reading Bernd Osterloh in the interview – boss must “sometimes also on the table”: VW works council boss demands of Diess tighter leadership of the group