Electric car production in Untertürkheim Daimler wants to transform its main plant with 18,500 employees into an electrical campus as quickly as possible. (Photo: Daimler AG) Sindelfingen 136 years ago, Gottlieb Daimler and the engineer Wilhelm Maybach developed the so-called “grandfather clock” in a garden house in Bad Cannstatt. A global corporation emerged from this… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Mercedes-Benz: Daimler converts main plant to electric drives – production for combustion engines is relocated
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German Handelsblatt: More e-cars and more software: VW takes Tesla as a benchmark – new strategy with “Trinity” 001454
First impression of the VW project “Trinity” Silhouette of the Volkswagen “Trinity” project: from 2026 onwards, this new electric car will roll off the assembly line at the main plant in Wolfsburg. “Trinity” should only be the project name, however, the final name has not yet been determined. (Photo: Volkswagen) Düsseldorf The words “Tesla” and… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: More e-cars and more software: VW takes Tesla as a benchmark – new strategy with “Trinity” 001454
German Handelsblatt: Mercedes-Benz: “Electric first” – Daimler converts its main plant to electric drives001449
Electric car production in Untertürkheim Daimler wants to transform its main plant with 18,500 employees into an electrical campus as quickly as possible. (Photo: Daimler AG) Sindelfingen 136 years ago, Gottlieb Daimler and the engineer Wilhelm Maybach developed the so-called “grandfather clock” in a garden house in Bad Cannstatt. A global corporation emerged from this… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Mercedes-Benz: “Electric first” – Daimler converts its main plant to electric drives001449
German Handelsblatt: More e-cars and more software: VW takes Tesla as a benchmark – new strategy with “Trinity” 001448
First impression of the VW project “Trinity” Silhouette of the Volkswagen “Trinity” project: from 2026 onwards, this new electric car will roll off the assembly line at the main plant in Wolfsburg. “Trinity” should only be the project name, however, the final name has not yet been determined. (Photo: Volkswagen) Düsseldorf The words “Tesla” and… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: More e-cars and more software: VW takes Tesla as a benchmark – new strategy with “Trinity” 001448
German Handelsblatt: More e-cars and more software: VW takes Tesla as a benchmark – new strategy with “Trinity” 001446
First impression of the VW project “Trinity” Silhouette of the Volkswagen “Trinity” project: from 2026 onwards, this new electric car will roll off the assembly line at the main plant in Wolfsburg. “Trinity” should only be the project name, however, the final name has not yet been determined. (Photo: Volkswagen) Düsseldorf The words “Tesla” and… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: More e-cars and more software: VW takes Tesla as a benchmark – new strategy with “Trinity” 001446
German Manager Magazin: Sixt: Erich Sixt gives leadership to Alexander and Konstantin Sixt from000620
Generation change at the top of Germany’s largest car rental company: CEO and major shareholder Erich Sixt (76) hands over the helm to his sons Alexander and Konstantin. After the annual general meeting on June 16, shortly before his 77th birthday, Erich Sixt is leaving the management board and will then take over the chairmanship… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Sixt: Erich Sixt gives leadership to Alexander and Konstantin Sixt from000620
German Manager Magazin: Electric car: Volvo will be a purely electric car brand from 2030, e-cars will only be sold online000619
The previous big electric announcements often came from brands whose sales figures were comparatively low – and for whom switching to battery-only electric drives should therefore be a little easier. Now, with the Swedish-Chinese luxury car maker Volvo (vehicle sales 2020: 705,452 cars, annual profit in the Corona year: 770 million euros), a significantly larger… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Electric car: Volvo will be a purely electric car brand from 2030, e-cars will only be sold online000619
German Manager Magazin: Börse: Dax at 14,000 points, Bitcoin below 50,000 US dollars 000619
Breathing after the recovery: The German leading index Dax fluctuated in early trading on Tuesday just under the mark of 14,000 points. After catching up the day before, investors are initially holding back: On Monday, the Dax closed 1.6 percent higher at 14,012 points. The reasons for the renewed purchases were the falling yields on… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Börse: Dax at 14,000 points, Bitcoin below 50,000 US dollars 000619
German Manager Magazin: New car registrations January: Electric boom in the German car market continues – KBA Numbers000612
Of the 169,754 newly registered cars in January 2021, 62,371 cars, and thus 36.7 percent, had alternative drives, counted by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). More than a third of all new cars registered in January are therefore purely battery-electric, with plug-in or normal hybrid, and have a fuel cell, hydrogen or gas tanks… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: New car registrations January: Electric boom in the German car market continues – KBA Numbers000612
German Manager Magazin: Mercedes-Benz: Why Daimler’s C-Class is not becoming a Tesla Fighter000611
For decades this model was for Daimler A safe bet: The C-Class, the first generation of which was still called the Mercedes 190, ensured that Mercedes-Benz had consistently high sales, turnover and profit figures for almost 40 years. An important part of the recipe for success was to pass innovations from the upper class to… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Mercedes-Benz: Why Daimler’s C-Class is not becoming a Tesla Fighter000611