Category: Automotive

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

Muster suit against model boys

e Ine-for-all lawsuit calls Minister of Justice Katarina Barley (SPD) the model declaration of claim passed by the Bundestag meanwhile. The idea: an established consumer association has “one” model lawsuit, and “all” consumers can stick to it by signing up for free. In disputes over small amounts or lawsuits against particularly rebellious corporations – such… Continue reading Muster suit against model boys

Electric car from the kit

I Somehow it must be the clan’s blood: Anyway, Achim Kampker is not the only inventor in the family. His father works as a civil engineer; one of two older brothers takes care of production robots Daimler , the other screwed in the service of the workshop chain Moto. And all three of them studied… Continue reading Electric car from the kit

The policy comes to help VW customers

e ine billion euro penalty for VW – and what do consumers have of it? Actually, one does not follow much Klaus Müller, head of the Federal Association of Consumer Organizations (VZBV): “In principle, it is to be welcomed that it is obviously finally begun to hold Volkswagen accountable for the fraud,” he said on… Continue reading The policy comes to help VW customers

The electric Volksauto comes from Aachen

A chim Kampker is only 34 years old. He is likely to be by far the youngest boss of a German automobile company – and probably this superlative even applies to the entire car industry around the globe. Granted: The Kampker founded Streetscooter GmbH in Aachen has almost nothing in common with the big companies… Continue reading The electric Volksauto comes from Aachen