Jaguar has just invested untold years and countless people – plus a cool half a billion quid – on a new, world-beating product with a loud but stylish ‘Made in England’ tag proudly attached to it. But the firm is insisting that this latest masterpiece, built at Gaydon, Warwickshire, isn’t for sale – at… Continue reading ‘Jaguar is beating the rest of the world in terms of car design and style’
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Eisenach under pressure: “Crash planning”: Opel struggles with massive problems in SUV production
Opel in Eisenach The Grandland X is produced far below schedule. (Photo: AP) Munich OpelChief Michael Lohscheller was full of praise. “What happened here in the last ten weeks is really remarkable,” the manager complimented his team at the end of August at the start of production of the city SUV Grandland X, Dozens of… Continue reading Eisenach under pressure: “Crash planning”: Opel struggles with massive problems in SUV production
Car discount study: VW: E-Golf now cheaper than gasoline
Getty Images E-Golf at the charging station Before the big electric offensive gives the car maker Volkswagen Show stock market chart obviously still his stock of older E models. According to the most recent discount study of the CAR Institute of the University of Essen-Duisburg, the battery-powered e-Golf is currently being pushed into the market… Continue reading Car discount study: VW: E-Golf now cheaper than gasoline
Electric car: Volvo announces the start of production of the Polestar 2
Volvo wants in a few months with the production of the electric cars Start Polestar 2 The first customers are her automobile in the summer of 2020 to receive. October 4, 2019, 10:59 am, Werner Pluta Electric car Polestar 2: The Launch Edition has various optional extras. (Image: Volvo) The electric Volvo is coming: The… Continue reading Electric car: Volvo announces the start of production of the Polestar 2
BMW to cut work hours, pay of highly-qualified employees
BERLIN, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) — German carmaker BMW is planning to reduce the salaries of its highly qualified employees by 10,000-14,000 euros each year, the German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche reported on Friday.
BMW is also seeking to reduce the working time of its skilled workforce from 40 to 35 hours a week, a measure that would save around 100 million euros, WirtschaftsWoche said.
In the past, the German carmaker let employees with sought-after qualifications work 40 hours instead of 35 hours a week to avoid having to train new people and to be able to deploy proven specialists for longer time.
“I will ensure that highly qualified workers can continue to work 40 hours,” Manfred Schoch, head of the workers' council, told WirtschaftsWoche.
The reduction of working time would affect around one-third of the company's 17,000 employees.
According to WirtschaftsWoche, BMW was negotiating with the workers' council on a package of several measures to save 12 billion euros ..
Lynk & Co electric cars to arrive in UK by 2022
Lynk & Co will definitely be available in the UK by the end of 2022 according to the company’s CEO Alain Visser, with only the 01 SUV model to be sold in Europe via the company’s novel subscription model. “In Europe we start next year,” Visser told Auto Express. “At the end of the year we… Continue reading Lynk & Co electric cars to arrive in UK by 2022
Car manufacturer: BMW cuts highly qualified employees working hours and salary
BMW employees BMW wants to conclude the talks on the austerity package by the end of the year. (Photo: AP) Munich BMW wants to reduce working hours and salary in the course of its savings program with thousands of highly qualified employees. This can mean losses of 10,000 to 14,000 euros per year for some… Continue reading Car manufacturer: BMW cuts highly qualified employees working hours and salary
Enrollment of electrified, hybrid and gas vehicles grew 63.5% in September
In the ninth month of 2019, 12,751 vehicles of these types have been delivered in Spain. All Autonomous Communities increased their purchases of hybrid vehicles in September. This market grows 55%. Madrid, October 1, 2019 – Enrollment of electrified, hybrid and gas vehicles (passenger cars, ATVs, commercial and industrial vehicles and buses) increased in September… Continue reading Enrollment of electrified, hybrid and gas vehicles grew 63.5% in September
UAW FCA director touts progress in committee negotiations as strike against GM continues
CLOSE Two GM employees on strike, one, a temp worker celebrating her 37th birthday, the other a skilled tradesman of 48 years speak. Kathleen Galligan, Detroit Free Press A day after the director of the UAW’s Ford Department touted progress in bargaining negotiations to members as the strike against General Motors continues, the head of… Continue reading UAW FCA director touts progress in committee negotiations as strike against GM continues
Announcing ‘D-Ford’: Creating Tomorrow, Starting with People
Sandy Fershee, Lab Director, D-Ford Detroit At Ford, we drive human progress through the freedom of movement. But now we face increasingly new challenges to this freedom. Connectivity, automation, electrification, AI, the sharing economy — these profound waves of change are all converging upon us right now, and not just in transportation. For 116 years,… Continue reading Announcing ‘D-Ford’: Creating Tomorrow, Starting with People