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Tesla Will Start with your own robotaxis on Sunday
And Waymo no longer left the field in the USA without a fight. In China, too, more and more self -driving cars drive. And in Europe? You are still more in the announcement mode. Volkswagen is currently drumming for one to Robovan converted ID.buzz. Daughter Moia wants to add the public transport offer in the coming years and initially with security drivers. The car manufacturer Hamburg and Los Angeles chose the first cities.
Last but not least, hopes rest on Johann Jungwirth (52). The former Mercedes, Apple and Volkswagen Manager today heads the Autonomous Vehicles division at the Mobileye. He equips the ID.Buzz with the tech stack for autonomous driving. So Jungwirth knows where Germany and Europe are under development.
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China was a land of milk and honey for Audi for many years. The headquarters in Germany designed cars, gave them an extra -long wheelbase and stroked fat profits for the payable customers in Far East. At a new level, love for China should have a new showcase in Changchun. But when the factory was finished at the end of 2024, the perfect world in the Middle Kingdom was a thing of the past. Local manufacturers have rushed past with their electric cars. The 2.6 billion euro factory in Changchun can hardly be filled. Especially not if models are delayed again due to software problems. My colleague Michael Freitag reports about Audi’s new chinese problems
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The head of an automobile manufacturer was once a dream job. The posts are still well paid today. But are you still attractive? The crisis strikes almost everywhere, Stellantis, Volvo or Seat just exchanged the bosses. Now Renault also needs a new boss. Luca de Meo (58) changes to Kering. Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga instead of Renault, Dacia and Alpine. The Italian had recently complained about the increasing rage of regulation and interference in politics. However, his departure comes unexpectedly, some speak of a shock. De Meo had spent his entire career in the auto industry, a total of around 33 years. He was at Toyota, Fiat, VW, Audi or Seat. If someone suddenly staggered – then the office as a car boss may actually have lost any stimulus.
Deepdrive: View of the BMW balance
Even the sample boy has to go to a tone: BMW is better than the German Premium auto-controller, but the Munich team is also not free. Falling sales figures and high investments threaten the balance sheet of CEO Oliver Zipse (61) on the home stretch. My colleagues Henning Hinze and Jörg Stiehler show in a remarkable graphics piece where it is at BMW
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Ghost driver of the week
When is it worth switching from a combustion engine to an electric car from a climate point of view? This should scientifically determine the Infras research office for the Swiss Federal Office of Energy. The answer: almost always. In office, this triggered a strange hustle and bustle, at the end of which the decision was made not to publish the study. The authority had pumped tax money of around 118,000 Swiss francs into work in 2024. Why this expensive egg dance? The Swiss newspaper “Republic” comes to the conclusion after its research: For fear of headwind
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Come through the week well.
Your Christoph Seyerlein
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