Herbert Diess The VW boss, who is known for his rapid pace of change, has obviously lost patience with his team. (Photo: AP) Rarely has a German corporate leader read his Levites like the Levites VW-Boss Herbert Diess. The CEO’s findings is so devastating that with a view to the necessary transformation of the traditional… Continue reading Comment: The fire speech by VW boss Diess was overdue
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Car company in transition: VW boss Diess: “If we continue at our current pace, it will be very tight”
VW CEO Herbert Diess The car manager appeals to its managers to face up to change. (Photo: AP) Berlin / Wolfsburg VW-Boss Herbert Diess is considered a man of quiet tones. All the more remarkable is the flaming appeal with which Diess swore his managers in a strategy speech on Thursday. This warned the managers… Continue reading Car company in transition: VW boss Diess: “If we continue at our current pace, it will be very tight”
StreetScooter inventor Günther Schuh: Why the electric car guru is losing the street fight
When Günther Schuh (61) talks about electric cars, there are plenty of wrong conclusions – with the others. Above all, he is annoyed by this “fundamental mistake” of the industry: “That a good electric car can drive as far and as fast as a combustion engine and then costs as much.” Schuh, an engineer and… Continue reading StreetScooter inventor Günther Schuh: Why the electric car guru is losing the street fight
Suppliers against Volkswagen: Prevent attacks VW – “were actively excluded”
DPA Volkswagen production in Emden: In 2016, almost all employees at the Emden plant had to do short-time work because two smaller suppliers had stopped supplying VW The feud between Volkswagen and the ex-supplier Prevent is heading for the next escalation. The company group, which is controlled from Bosnia, sees VW’s million claims for damages… Continue reading Suppliers against Volkswagen: Prevent attacks VW – “were actively excluded”
Porsche works council demands ten years of job security: “There is no reason for job cuts”
DPA Taycan Turbo: The vehicle is the first purely electrically powered vehicle from Porsche PorscheWorks council chief Werner Weresch calls for long-term security of jobs and locations in the Stuttgart area. “That is why we are looking to talk to the company over the next few weeks in order to secure the workforce and the… Continue reading Porsche works council demands ten years of job security: “There is no reason for job cuts”
Tesla factory in Brandenburg: “Gigafactory” is to build 500,000 cars annually
AFP In Grünheide you are not quite there yet: This is Tesla’s new factory in Shanghai. The US electric car maker Tesla wants to produce several models in his planned factory in Brandenburg. In Grünheide near Berlin, an estimated 500,000 a year electric vehicles of the 3 and Y models as well as future models… Continue reading Tesla factory in Brandenburg: “Gigafactory” is to build 500,000 cars annually
Will the VW comparison come in spring? Possible damages for hundreds of thousands of diesel drivers
In the dispute over possible compensation for hundreds of thousands of diesel customers of Volkswagen Show stock market chart Auto expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer expects a comparison in the spring. “It will certainly take two or three months until the comparison is complete in all its facets, but the time is manageable,” said the professor from… Continue reading Will the VW comparison come in spring? Possible damages for hundreds of thousands of diesel drivers
Diesel lawsuits: VW diesel process: what complicates the comparative talks
Braunschweig Higher Regional Court The fronts between the parties to the dispute were still hardened in the first negotiations. (Photo: AP) Düsseldorf, Berlin Always has Volkswagen noted that the United States and Germany are not comparable. There have been violations of the law by diesel manipulation on the American car market, but not in this… Continue reading Diesel lawsuits: VW diesel process: what complicates the comparative talks
The difficult restart for Audi
At the end of an already unpleasant year, the Audians were once again put to the test. 9,500 jobs will be lost at the German locations of the troubled Volkswagen subsidiary by 2025. Even the pessimists in the workforce had hardly expected this, and the optimists had to bury their illusion that the conversion in… Continue reading The difficult restart for Audi
Help, the car is gone!
Suddenly he was no longer there. On a gray day in early November, the space in front of the house remained empty. He was not a beauty. Black, big and kind of boxy. He had a long scratch on the left door and a dent on the bottom right. We liked him anyway, he somehow… Continue reading Help, the car is gone!