Data center “Catena-X” is intended to enable a standardized exchange of data across the supply chains. (Photo: dpa) Munich The endeavors of the German auto industry to build up its own cloud are becoming more and more concrete. After BMW, SAP and Daimler, Volkswagen also announced on Monday that it would join the “Catena-X” project.… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Autoindustrie: “Catena-X”: VW joins German Auto-Cloud001936
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German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: Porsche wants to build battery cell factory in Tübingen001932
Electric Porsche Taycan Turbo S Volkswagen wants to build a total of six battery cell factories in Europe by 2030 to cover the need for batteries (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Stuttgart The Volkswagen Group is making rapid progress with its planned network of six European battery cell factories. The sports car subsidiary Porsche wants to build… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: Porsche wants to build battery cell factory in Tübingen001932
German Manager Magazin: Daniela Cavallo becomes head of the VW works council and top worker leader in Wolfsburg000759
Generation change at the head of the powerful Volkswagen works council: After 16 years in office, works council chief Bernd Osterloh (64) is stepping down. His tasks – including the seat on the supervisory board – will be taken over by his previous deputy, 46-year-old Daniela Cavallo, as the VW group works council announced on… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Daniela Cavallo becomes head of the VW works council and top worker leader in Wolfsburg000759
German Handelsblatt: Car manufacturer: Volkswagen recruits former State Secretary Suder from Leyens as IT director
Katrin Suder takes over the management of the newly created IT department at VW. This gives the former advisor and public servant a key position. Go to source
German Manager Magazin: Tesla: Elon Musk offered Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess the executive chair000728
Out of his admiration for the US electric car maker Tesla makes Volkswagen-Chef Herbert Diess (62) makes no secret: internally as well as publicly, he regularly praises the competitor, often combined with an invitation to his own people to take an example from the efficiency and speed of development of the Californians. Sometimes the impression… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Tesla: Elon Musk offered Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess the executive chair000728
German Manager Magazin: Rimac: This is what the new headquarters of the electric car manufacturer looks like000727
He is often called “The Elon Musk des Balkans “- Mate Rimac (33) doesn’t really like the comparison. On the one hand, because the most famous Croatian entrepreneur has a” huge respect for Elon “, as he says. On the other hand, because the creator of fully electric PS monsters everything other than a mass… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Rimac: This is what the new headquarters of the electric car manufacturer looks like000727
German Handelsblatt: Interview with Diess and Starace: No more bureaucracy – VW and Italian energy supplier Enel are pushing the pace with the Green Deal001864
VW boss Diess and Enel CEO Starace (r.) “Instead of promoting future technologies in a simplified manner, the EU is tripping itself through bureaucratic hurdles.” Düsseldorf Europe’s industry is demanding more speed and support in the restructuring of transport and energy supply. Too many decisions in favor of the European Union’s (EU) Green Deal “still… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Interview with Diess and Starace: No more bureaucracy – VW and Italian energy supplier Enel are pushing the pace with the Green Deal001864
German Handelsblatt: Interview with Herbert Diess and Francesco Starace: No more bureaucracy – VW and Italian energy supplier Enel are pushing the pace with the Green Deal001859
VW boss Diess and Enel CEO Starace (r.) “Instead of promoting future technologies in a simplified manner, the EU is tripping itself through bureaucratic hurdles.” Düsseldorf Europe’s industry is demanding more speed and support in the restructuring of transport and energy supply. Too many decisions in favor of the European Union’s (EU) Green Deal “still… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Interview with Herbert Diess and Francesco Starace: No more bureaucracy – VW and Italian energy supplier Enel are pushing the pace with the Green Deal001859
German Handelsblatt: Auto supplier: IG Metall calls for a strike at the Continental plant in Karben 001837
Continental The group wants to close its location in Karben, Hessen, with 1,100 employees by 2023. (Photo: dpa) Karben The conflict over the threatened closure of the plant of the automotive supplier Continental in Karben in Hesse is escalating. After renewed fruitless negotiations with management, IG Metall calls on employees to go on a 24-hour… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Auto supplier: IG Metall calls for a strike at the Continental plant in Karben 001837
German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: “Bidirectional charging”: This is how Volkswagen wants to earn money from storing electricity001807
Electric cars are supposed to be used for storage A VW Passat charging: In the future, the electric cars from Wolfsburg will also be able to deliver their electricity again – and will become a huge storage facility. (Photo: dpa) Düsseldorf Germany is wasteful of its green electricity on many days. Often the wind on… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: “Bidirectional charging”: This is how Volkswagen wants to earn money from storing electricity001807