Category: Automotive

Publications – Overview: tax incentives for electric vehicles in the EU

Incentives for electrically-chargeable vehicles are now applied in many European countries. The incentives mainly consist of tax reductions and exemptions, as in countries such as Austria or Germany, and bonus payments and premiums for the buyers of electric vehicles in France and the UK. This document provides an overview of tax incentives for buying electric… Continue reading Publications – Overview: tax incentives for electric vehicles in the EU

Michael Lohscheller: Opel boss wants a discount on the metal tariff

Michael Lohscheller The Opel boss hopes to suspend the upcoming tariff increase. (Photo: AP) The automaker Opel demands further salary concessions of the approximately 19,000 employees in Germany during the ongoing restructuring. He had asked the IG Metall to suspend the tariff increase in April for the time of the restructuring negotiations, confirmed Opel-Mark Michael… Continue reading Michael Lohscheller: Opel boss wants a discount on the metal tariff

Groupe PSA: Appointment of Laurence Noël as Senior Vice President, ASEAN and Chief Executive Officer of the NAM Joint Venture in Malaysia

RUEIL-MALMAISON, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: Groupe PSA (Paris:UG): Laurence Noël has been appointed Senior Vice President, ASEAN and Chief Executive Officer of the NAM joint venture in Malaysia, effective 12 April 2018. She will report to Carlos Gomes, Executive Vice President, China & Southeast Asia. Laurence Noël joined Groupe PSA in 1995. After holding various positions in Powertrain Projects… Continue reading Groupe PSA: Appointment of Laurence Noël as Senior Vice President, ASEAN and Chief Executive Officer of the NAM Joint Venture in Malaysia

UPDATE 1-Audi CEO Stadler to keep post, brand may be excluded from VW overhaul -source

* VW to split management into subgroups – source * VW, Skoda, Seat to belong to volume brand group – source * Porsche, Bentley, Bugatti to form super premium group – source * Audi to remain an independent premium group – source * VW Trucks to form another group – source (Adds detail on new… Continue reading UPDATE 1-Audi CEO Stadler to keep post, brand may be excluded from VW overhaul -source

EVgo to build fast charging network for GM’s Maven unit

(Reuters) – Electric vehicle charging station provider EVgo said on Thursday it would build a dedicated direct current fast charging network for General Motor Co’s Maven car sharing and rental unit. EVgo said the new network will add hundreds of charging stations across the United States in markets where Maven operates. Last year, Maven’s executives… Continue reading EVgo to build fast charging network for GM’s Maven unit

GM, EVgo to build Chevy Bolt EV fast-charging network, for Maven drivers only

Follow John 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric car in Maven car-sharing fleet, Los Angeles [photo: Dan MacMedan fo Enlarge Photo General Motors has consistently declined to fund public charging stations that increase the utility and long-distance potential of the electric cars it sells. The company said firmly two years ago it had no intention of… Continue reading GM, EVgo to build Chevy Bolt EV fast-charging network, for Maven drivers only

Thiel-Backed Autonomous Car Supplier Slashing Cost, Scaling Up

Luminar Technologies Inc., the self-driving sensor startup backed by billionaire Peter Thiel, is rolling out a cheaper-to-make version of its laser technology and ramping up production to supply the key component for autonomous vehicles. The startup released a new sensor platform Thursday that reduces the cost of its most expensive part from tens of thousands… Continue reading Thiel-Backed Autonomous Car Supplier Slashing Cost, Scaling Up

“We want to invest in Germany”

*/ ]]> Michael Lohscheller Opel Post: Mr. Lohscheller, further negotiations are going on this week with IG Metall. Where are we standing? Michael Lohscheller: The talks with our social partners in Germany are now in a decisive phase. After the good solutions that we have agreed upon together at our European locations, the result of… Continue reading “We want to invest in Germany”

Luminar’s New Lidar Could Dominate the Self-Driving Car Market

Self-driving cars are nearly ready for primetime, and so are the laser sensors that help them see the world. Lidar, which builds a 3-D map of a car’s surroundings by firing millions of laser points a second and measuring how long they take to bounce back, has been in development since 2005, when a guy… Continue reading Luminar’s New Lidar Could Dominate the Self-Driving Car Market