Slovenian car battery manufacturer Tovarna Akumulatorskih Baterij (TAB) plans to lay off 23 workers as part of measures to fight the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.In July 2019, local media reported that TAB had decided to stop looking for a strategic partner and to continue its operations as an independent entity.
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Neutrino Energy: An Ideal Power Source for Self-Driving Taxis
BERLIN, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Neutrino Energy Group founder Holger Thorsten Schubart proposes that Neutrino Energy could power electric cars. Recently, self-driving taxi service Cruise announced that its all-electric fleet of cars will now run on renewable energy. Even in Southern California, however, there isn’t enough sunshine to power the self-driving taxi fleets of the future with… Continue reading Neutrino Energy: An Ideal Power Source for Self-Driving Taxis
Valmet’s co-determination negotiations for temporary layoffs are completed
Valmet Oyj’s stock exchange release on April 24, 2020 at 13:00 p.m. EETValmet announced on April 21, 2020 the start of co-determination negotiations for temporary lay-offs in Finland. The negotiations were started due to financial and production related reasons, especially because of the reducing workload in the services business done close to customers and in… Continue reading Valmet’s co-determination negotiations for temporary layoffs are completed
AutoLiv: Financial Report January – March 2020
STOCKHOLM, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Q1 2020: Perhaps, the end of the beginning Financial highlights Q1 2020 $1,846m net sales 13% organic sales decline* 7.3% operating margin 7.4% adj. operating margin* $0.86 EPS – a decrease of 32% $0.88 adj. EPS* – a decrease of 27% Full year 2020 indications No indications will be provided until effects of… Continue reading AutoLiv: Financial Report January – March 2020
Volkswagen restarts production in Germany after coronavirus shutdown
BERLIN, April 23 (Xinhua) — After around five weeks of shutdown due to the coronavirus crisis, Germany's largest car manufacturer Volkswagen restarted production in two of its plants on Thursday.
Volkswagen's vehicle plant in Zwickau, Saxony would “cautiously resume” production of its all-electric model ID.3, according to the company.
“We all have a historic task to accomplish,” said Thomas Ulbrich, Volkswagen brand board member for e-mobility. “That task is to protect the health of our employees and at the same time get business back on track responsibly.”
Volkswagen announced that with an initial production of 50 vehicles per day, operations were restarted “at reduced speed.” Before COVID-19, production volumes at the plant had been around three times as high.
To ensure the health of its employees, Volkswagen introduced new rules at the workplace, such as an obligation to wear mouth and nose protection when keeping the minimum distance of 1.5 meters between employees was n..
Ford engineers are working on electric Mustang SUVs in their own garages
Hen Aleyna Kapur started working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, she had to take a few things from the office: her laptop, some cables and a Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV.The Mach-E is the first Ford model designed and engineered purely as an electric vehicle.The engineers and designers are working on what they can do from home.
Veoneer: Financial Report January – March 2020
STOCKHOLM, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Financial Summary – Q1’20 Underlying financial results better than expected, due to our Market Adjustment Initiatives (MAI) Net Sales $362 million Net Sales decline 27% including Organic Sales1 decline 15%, 9pp better than the global LVP Active Safety Net Sales decline 15% including Organic Sales decline of 13% Operating… Continue reading Veoneer: Financial Report January – March 2020
Daimler to gradually restart production at base in Hungary
German carmaker Daimler will gradually restart production at its plant in Kecskemét (about 85 km southeast of Budapest) from Tuesday, April 28, Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary said on Thursday.Production at the plant in Kecskemét was suspended on March 20 because of the pandemic.Daimler employs more than 4,400 people at the Mercedes-Benz base in Kecskemét.
Carmakers Pledge 5 Million ‘Talking Cars’ in FCC Airwaves Bid
The U.S. auto industry will deploy millions more wireless systems to help prevent traffic collisions if the Federal Communications Commission abandons a proposal that would take away most of the radio frequencies reserved to carry those signals, according to an industry trade association.
Veoneer to Focus on Core Electronics Business
STOCKHOLM, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The automotive technology company, Veoneer, Inc. (NYSE: VNE) and (SSE: VNE SDB), has, following a strategic review, decided to exit the brake control business and has signed a non-binding agreement with a well-established automotive supplier to divest Veoneer’s yet to be launched US brake control programs. Following the strategic review… Continue reading Veoneer to Focus on Core Electronics Business