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Bosch again on growth course
Despite the crisis in the automotive industry, Bosch again expects slight growth in its supplier area in the current year. The increase in sales is expected to be almost 2 percent, as the company on the IAA Mobility announced. Despite a worldwide stagnating vehicle production, weak demand, and delays in electromobility and automated driving are growed.
Last year, sales of the supplier division fell by 0.7 percent to 55.8 billion euros. The largest Bosch business area accounts for more than 60 percent of total sales of a good 90 billion euros.
The world’s largest car supplier from Gerlingen near Stuttgart recently made the crisis difficult in the auto industry. In many areas, the group is only partially competitive. And even in the business areas that offer heating, household appliances and power tools, it is not run smoothly. That is why Bosch has had a number of savings programs since the end of 2023. Thousands of jobs are to be eliminated worldwide in the coming years – many of them in the supply area in Germany.
The IAA summit will take place on the Munich exhibition center from September 9th to September 12th. The press day is on September 8th.
In the city center of Munich, the general public can visit the free IAA Open Space from September 9th to 14th.
The organizers expect more than 500,000 visitors.
Around 750 companies will be on site as exhibitors.
More than half of the exhibitors come from abroad, especially Chinese companies such as Aito, Changan, Dongfeng and GAC. So the IAA is more international than ever.
There are some returnees among the exhibitors: Hyundai, Kia, Renault, Stellantis or Volvo dare to go back.
Companies from the tech scene such as Amazon Web Services, Google or SAP are also included.
German carmakers reach CO₂ goals-except for Mercedes
With the exception of Mercedes-Benz, according to a study, all major European car manufacturers are expected to reach the EU CO₂ targets for the years 2025 to 2027. The reason for this is an expected strong increase in the sales of electric vehicles, as can be seen from a report from the Transport & Environment (T&E) research group published on Monday. This is a significant improvement compared to the forecasts for the first half of 2025. At that time, only the Volvo Cars belonging to Geely were and BMW on course while Stellantis, Renault and Volkswagen horn behind.
The introduction of affordable models thanks to the falling battery prices and strong growth of the charging infrastructure cranked the demand, the report said. The study predicts that the proportion of battery-electric vehicles at the EU car market will increase to over 30 percent in 2027, from 18 percent this year. T&E rated this as a sign that the targets worked. However, a weakening of the next destinations for 2030 and 2035 would investigate investments in e-cars and China enable an expansion of its management position. “Europe is now facing a crucial choice: either taking the lead in global competition in battery -electric vehicles (…) or risking to lose the connection technologically,” it said.
VW boss Blume wants to invest more in the USA
Volkswagen boss Oliver Blume (57) sets the US President’s import duties Donald Trump (79) on investments in the USA. Basically it is welcome that the European Union And the United States had agreed on a customs deal, Blume told the Reuters news agency on Monday at the IAA automotive fair in Munich. However, import duties of 15 percent in the United States are a burden for Volkswagen. At the same time, asymmetrical customs reduction hinders the competition in Europe. “That’s why we count on our plan to invest in the USA.” Volkswagen is in close contact with the US government. The conversations are very positive.
Blume left open how high the customs loads for Volkswagen could be. This depends on the agreements, not only between the EU and the USA, but also between the USA and Mexico as well as Canada. The burdens for the group in the balance sheet are at a billion dollar height, said Blume.
Mercedes-Benz does not want to change pricing policy in China
The car manufacturer Mercedes Benz Will despite the enormous competition in China Keep the price level of its premium models stable there. The strategy of keeping out of the hard price war, especially at electric cars, the most important global car market is not changed, said Mercedes CEO Ola Källenius (56) shortly before the IAA car facility on Sunday in Munich of the Reuters news agency.
The brand with the star fights in China with a decline in sales. The first electrical top class models of the EQ brand have not brought the hoped -for success in recent years. The competition from Chinese manufacturers is large for electric cars, the prices of their models are lower, and the vehicles are often technically superior to digital functions and networking.
Four new e-models from Volkswagen
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Incognito: VW boss Oliver Blume is still slightly disguised by the new models
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The Wolfsburg car manufacturer presented four new e-models from VW, ŠKODA and Cupra at its booth, which are due to come on the market next year. The models at the fair are still lightly camouflaged or only as a study.
The ID is also among the new models. Polo, which is to be sold at a price of almost 25,000 euros. The world premiere of the ID. Polo should only take place in May, the sale will start in autumn 2026.
With the ID. Polo is the series version of the study shown two and a half years ago. The length of 4.05 meters corresponds almost exactly to the combustion polo, and the group has also been more oriented towards the combustion engine than for the previous ID models. VW promises an electrical range of up to 450 kilometers and 226 hp in the sporty GTI version. In the entry -level version, however, there should be a smaller battery with less reach.
All four sister models of the Volkswagen-Group for cost reasons in Spain. In 2027, an even cheaper model with the working title ID. EVERY1 for around 20,000 euros follow, as the successor to the VW Up, which was hired in 2023. It is built in Portugal.
With the new models, the core brand VW also says goodbye to the previous numbers in the model names of its electric cars. Instead of ID.3, 4 or 5, they should be called the combustion engines again in the future, starting with ID. Polo and ID. Cross as an electric version of the t-cross combustion. This would “finally have real names again,” said brand boss Thomas Schäfer (55).
Mercedes presents fully electric GLC
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Hope carrier: The GLC from Mercedes is also available as a fully electric model for the first time
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Mercedes Benz has presented its new hope in Munich with the fully electric GLC. So far, the SUV from the car manufacturer’s middle segment was only available as a combustion engine or plug-in hybrid. “The GLC is the best-selling model at Mercedes-Benz, so this car is so important,” said Mercedes boss Ola Källenius (56) of the German Press Agency. The sale starts before Christmas and the first deliveries in Europe will be in spring.
The head of the DAX group did not call a specific price. Anyone who is driving a GLC today will also feel the price of the new GLC, said Källenius. According to Källenius, the prices of electric cars and burners approach Mercedes. For the combustion GLC, the prices at Mercedes are currently starting around 54,000 euros. Mercedes is at the beginning of an unprecedented product offensive that started with the new electric CLA from the entry segment a few months ago.
Mercedes could use a seller. In the first half of the year, the Stuttgart team had dropped 8 percent fewer cars and vans than in the already weak period of the previous year. The group result has more than halved. Mercedes, among other things, cited tariffs and lower sales figures as reasons.
The new class from BMW
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Starts after four years of praise BMW Now finally the so -called new class. First of more than a dozen new models with the pioneering technology package, Bayern reveal the IX3 to the IAA in Munich. This is to be offered parallel to the X3 from spring. It starts with the IX3 50 XDrive for 68,700 euros, the manufacturer announced. Later there are other drive variants with which the price should drop to around 60,000 euros.
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The IX3 has a fresh shape and follows a new design language, but adheres to the well -known format and grows only by a few centimeters. According to the BMW, it measures 4.78 meters in length and has a wheelbase of 2.90 meters. This ranges for better space in the rear and a larger trunk with 520 to 1,750 liters; the 58 liters in the so -called Frunk not yet included. Also new is the cockpit with an almost angular steering wheel without spokes, a sloping touchscreen in the middle and an display bar that spans directly under the windscreen across the entire width.
Under the sheet, there is a new generation of batteries with initially 109 kWh for 805 kilometers of standard reach, which are polished to 800 volts and can load up to 400 kW. Two engines with a total of 345 kW/469 hp and 645 Nm, which accelerate from a standing start to 100 km/h in 4.9 seconds and enable up to 210 km/h.
For BMW boss Oliver Zipse (61) Is it the fate car.
If the new class would remain behind the expectations, overgrown Zipse on his departure in one year A group as a large construction site – with all the dramatic consequences of a misplaced investment offensive.