The state-owned company’s passenger transport is getting the better of the ever-popular rail bashing. The division is in a terrible state. But it gets even worse: Deutsche Bahn’s biggest loss-maker is the freight division, DB Cargo. Their boss, Sigrid Evelyn Nikutta (54), wanted to renovate the unit with a good mood course. She failed with that. My colleague Michael Machatschke sheds light on the mission impossible of one of the country’s most prominent managers. One insight: Now Nikutta is trying it the hard way
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No car cut in the recent “TÜV report” worse than Tesla’s Model 3. More than one in seven Model 3s (14.7%) had defects in the general inspection: last place, still behind long-term loser Dacia Logan. A big slap. The Tesla’s most common weak points: lights, brakes and Axles. Other electric cars also have to struggle with poor brakes and axles. Overall, the electric cars don’t do badly. The Renault Zoe ended up in the middle of the field, the VW E-Golf came in fourth place with a defect rate of 2.6 percent. The top spot also went to a Golf: the Sportsvan with a defect rate of just 2 percent.
Deep Drive: China’s “little giants” are coming
Local manufacturers are making life in China increasingly difficult for European and especially German car manufacturers. But smaller companies are also facing difficult times there. Supported by politicians, the so-called “little giants” are contesting market share from European hidden champions. The China experts Alexander Brown, Francois Chimits and Gregor Sebastian from the Merics Institute warn in their guest post: If Europe does not react decisively, 40 percent of exports to China will be at risk.
Breakdown pilot of the week
Ralf Rottmann (50) sold his company Grandcentrix to Vodafone a few years ago. What does a retired entrepreneur do? Rottmann seems to have a weakness for expensive cars. He presents himself to his LinkedIn followers as a critical driver. A few weeks ago, Porsche left Rottmann stranded on a federal highway with engine problems on his 911. His service experience on “most miserable level
” he shared with more than 100,000 readers. Was it because of his driving style? Recently, Rottmann’s electric EQS apparently sent such disturbing data to headquarters that Mercedes emailed him the additional option “Novice driver mode
” recommended. After all, according to Rottmann: “The family had to laugh a lot.”
Have a good week.
Kind regards, Christoph Seyerlein
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