@Daimler: 08. Dec 2020Mercedes-Benz AG sells passenger-car plant in Hambach, France to the British company INEOS Automotive

December 08, 2020 – On the road to CO2 neutrality, Mercedes-Benz AG is investing heavily in the transformation of the company. In the context of increasing efficiency, this also includes the structural adjustment and realignment of production capacity and volume within the Mercedes-Benz Cars global production network. Against this background, Mercedes-Benz AG and INEOS Automotive… Continue reading @Daimler: 08. Dec 2020Mercedes-Benz AG sells passenger-car plant in Hambach, France to the British company INEOS Automotive

@Daimler: 14. Dec 2020Mercedes-Benz Production network goes electric: Six new EW launches by 2022

Mr. Burzer, are you equipped for the production of electric vehicles in your production network? The Mercedes-EQ production network is ready for our electric offensive. We started this transformation several years ago and set up our plants with maximum flexibility. The Mercedes-EQ electric models are gradually being integrated into our existing vehicle plants worldwide. They… Continue reading @Daimler: 14. Dec 2020Mercedes-Benz Production network goes electric: Six new EW launches by 2022

@GM: GM Commits Full Support to SGMW’s NEV Development

GM Commits Full Support to SGMW’s NEV Development 2020-12-14 LIUZHOU – General Motors will continue to fully support its SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) joint venture’s innovation and development of new energy vehicles (NEVs), said GM Executive Vice President and GM China President Julian Blissett during a recent visit to the company’s headquarters in Liuzhou, Guangxi. SGMW has… Continue reading @GM: GM Commits Full Support to SGMW’s NEV Development

@VW Group: Digital Transformation: Volkswagen factories in the U.S. and Mexico to link up with the Industrial Cloud

Dec 14, 2020 Chattanooga (TN), Puebla and Silao (Mexico) are the first Volkswagen factories outside Europe to be connected with the global Industrial Cloud initiative from the Volkswagen Group and Amazon Web Services The Industrial Cloud is an IT industrial platform and designed to increase efficiencies and production innovation on a global scale App store… Continue reading @VW Group: Digital Transformation: Volkswagen factories in the U.S. and Mexico to link up with the Industrial Cloud

@VW Group: Volkswagen Supervisory Board agrees on management positions and reorganisation of Group Board – stronger focus on costs planned

During its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG dealt extensively with the Together 2025+ strategy and, in connection with this, a realignment of personnel. The Board unanimously resolved to give its full support to the strategy, in particular the orientation of the company towards electromobility and digitalisation. This results in the following realignment… Continue reading @VW Group: Volkswagen Supervisory Board agrees on management positions and reorganisation of Group Board – stronger focus on costs planned

@VW Group: Clean and cultivated: || the 2.0 TDI engine with new Euro 6d emission standard

Clean and smooth-running – the 2.0 TDI, Volkswagen’s most important diesel engine is now in new top form. Thanks to sophisticated twin dosing technology in the exhaust gas system, it undercuts the Euro 6d emission standard limits while also running quietly and smoothly. “The two-litre TDI engine remains one of our most important engines,” says… Continue reading @VW Group: Clean and cultivated: || the 2.0 TDI engine with new Euro 6d emission standard

@VW Group: Dr Arno Antlitz becomes Board Member for Finance and IT at Volkswagen Group

Today the supervisory board of Volkswagen has taken a far-reaching personnel decision: Dr Arno Antlitz, Board Member for Finance and Legal Affairs at Audi since 1 March 2020, will take over the position of Board Member for Finance and IT in the Volkswagen Group. He will succeed Frank Witter, who will leave the Management Board… Continue reading @VW Group: Dr Arno Antlitz becomes Board Member for Finance and IT at Volkswagen Group

@Toyota: Stuart Sanders Appointed Director, Communications and Product, at Toyota (GB) PLC

Toyota (GB) PLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Stuart Sanders as Director, Communications and Product. He takes up the role on 1 January 2021, succeeding Andrew Cullis, who has moved to a new position at Toyota Motor Europe. Sanders has the distinction of having been a member of the Toyota (GB) team since… Continue reading @Toyota: Stuart Sanders Appointed Director, Communications and Product, at Toyota (GB) PLC

@Groupe PSA: PR PEUGEOT HYBRID4 500KW LION INSIDE000822

Partners for 25 years, PEUGEOT Sport and TOTAL have released the main technical characteristics of the powertrain of their Hypercar LMH for the FIA WORLD ENDURANCE CHAMPIONSHIP (FIA WEC). Their respective teams have pooled their experience and expertise in the fields of hybridization and world-class motor racing to develop a powertrain (PEUGEOT HYBRID4 500KW) in… Continue reading @Groupe PSA: PR PEUGEOT HYBRID4 500KW LION INSIDE000822