German Manager Magazine: Electric cars: Why there could be a battery transition003542

While Europe’s auto industry looks anxiously at its stumbling battery hope, Northvolt, the Asian market leaders are sharpening their blades. In the truest sense of the word: Where Northvolt is struggling with the production of its nickel-manganese-cobalt batteries (NMC), better known as lithium-ion batteries, BYD uses blade cells. Or, in German, “blade cells”). The individual… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: Electric cars: Why there could be a battery transition003542

German Manager Magazine: Volkswagen: Christiane Benner and Stephan Weil bring a four-day week into play at VW003543

IG Metall boss Christiane Benner (56) is open to reintroducing the four-day week Volkswagen shown. “We should leave no stone unturned to maintain employment,” she said on Thursday. Accordingly, a reduction in working hours could be one of the options. However, the employer side, which has recently rejected shorter working hours, would have to open… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: Volkswagen: Christiane Benner and Stephan Weil bring a four-day week into play at VW003543

German Manager Magazine: News about Volkswagen, BYD, Airbus, Martin Winterkorn and more in the newsletter “manage:mobility”003542

Dear reader, Volkswagen has never closed a factory in Germany. Now the top management around Oliver Blume (56) is no longer ruling it out. Above all, VW brand boss Thomas Schäfer (54) has to save much harder than he has tried before  . The fact that the management also wants to terminate the job security… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: News about Volkswagen, BYD, Airbus, Martin Winterkorn and more in the newsletter “manage:mobility”003542