Dear reader,
Artificial intelligence likes the car manufacturers. The Swiss leasing fintech Gowago wanted in one experiment know: How does the AI perceive car brands? The results are flattering. VW is considered “friendly”, Peugeot as “elegant” and Audi is credited with “Vorsprung durch Technik”.
But is that really reassuring? After all, many in the auto industry fear for their jobs. Not yet because of the AI, but all the more because of the creeping end of the combustion engine. Which brings us to our topics of the week:
Why the heads of the works councils of ZF, Bosch and Mahle are calling at the chancellery
How Rose Bikes plans to defy the bike crisis
What Elke Eller, once the first woman on a VW board, does today