Category: Automotive

VW redistributes responsibility in the Group

V olkswagen CEO Herbert Diess will divide responsibility within the Group for the world regions in the future for his brands. In the future, one leading brand will take over group-wide control of a clearly defined world region, said Volkswagen on Friday in Wolfsburg. Decisions could be made more decentralized. “We’re giving the responsibility over… Continue reading VW redistributes responsibility in the Group

VW Truck & Bus will soon be called Traton

D In the future, the commercial vehicle group in the Volkswagen Group wants to operate under the name Traton Group instead of “Volkswagen Truck & Bus”. The new name is an important milestone on the way to a leading global market position, said CEO Andreas Renschler on Wednesday. Under the roof of the Traton Group,… Continue reading VW Truck & Bus will soon be called Traton

The dear poultry

N Not everything is bad for American automakers, even though the US Department of Commerce is currently reviewing whether they are so vulnerable to import competition in existence that America’s security interests would be threatened. Because President Donald Trump has given the audit mandate, one can count on protective measures at the expense of mainly… Continue reading The dear poultry

The electric car does not come alone

M sometimes things just take a bit longer. Electromobility is an example. The topic has been going through the railroad for decades. But in road-bound traffic – that lasts. Now it seems that the electric car will prevail, at least in the medium term, and slowly, but steadily, the electric (city) bus sneaks into public… Continue reading The electric car does not come alone

ZF brings out the robot mini bus

N Still, the streetcars’ transporters are a source of surprise: electric vans that are used by the postal service in large numbers while large automakers are still in the test stage. The co-founder of Streetscooter GmbH, the Aachen Professor Günther Schuh, has now become the automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen taken to the partner. Together, they… Continue reading ZF brings out the robot mini bus

Questions about Stadler’s role in the exhaust gas scandal

e In its own agenda item “Rupert Stadler” does not exist at the meeting of the supervisory board of Volkswagen on Monday. The pressure on the Audi boss at the weekend but after media reports of investigations against him in the United States because of the manipulation of diesel vehicles has become so large that… Continue reading Questions about Stadler’s role in the exhaust gas scandal

The truck revolution

A ls Frank Appel the motto was that Deutsche Post DHL should become a green corporation, he could not imagine this scenario yet: the CEO would once run a company that manufactures electric cars. Not at all, his imagination was so far that the largest postal and logistics service provider in the world would once… Continue reading The truck revolution

Here it must be natural gas

V W golf or Opel astra ? Who asks this question for a new natural gas vehicle, must necessarily know a difference: The natural gas Golf 1.4 TGI bivalent, the natural gas Astra 1.4 CNG monovalent. In the Golf, the 50-liter gas tank remains unchanged, the second tank for natural gas holds 15 kilograms. The… Continue reading Here it must be natural gas

The thousandth electric van in the post office

e r is on soft feet therefore, is nimble, manoeuvrable, environmentally friendly and a deliverer of a special kind: The electric transporter of Deutsche Post, briefly called street scooter, is one of the favorite projects of Manager Jürgen Gerdes , Gerdes is responsible for letters, e-commerce and parcels in the Post Group. And he has… Continue reading The thousandth electric van in the post office