Stuttgart, Frankfurt Daimler-Boss Ola Källenius is on Tuesday before his most important appearance so far: When presenting the annual balance sheet, he has to explain to investors how he wants to make the car manufacturer future-proof. After three profit warnings in a short time, many investors are upset, trust in the successor of Dieter Zetsche… Continue reading Car group: Daimler is tightening its austerity measures: up to 15,000 employees are expected to leave
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Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt: Court proceedings – ex-CEO of VW opposes the group
Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt The lawyer was on the VW board for 13 months. (Photo: Michael Loewa / laif) Düsseldorf Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt appeared the perfect candidate for four years ago Volkswagen to be: The one shaken by the exhaust gas scandal VWCorporation needed someone with experience in white collar crime, and the former SPD politician and federal… Continue reading Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt: Court proceedings – ex-CEO of VW opposes the group
Commercial vehicle manufacturer: Iveco builds Nikola TRE electric and fuel cell trucks in Ulm
Nikola TRE Production is expected to start in the first quarter of 2021. Stuttgart The Iveco plant in Ulm has been awarded the Nikola TRE electric truck. The company announced that now. The Nikola TRE is a battery-electric heavy-duty truck, and at the same time the first step towards the planned fuel cell truck. Iveco… Continue reading Commercial vehicle manufacturer: Iveco builds Nikola TRE electric and fuel cell trucks in Ulm
Auto parts supplier: Continental builds new plant in the USA
Continental logo The auto parts supplier Continental is increasing its investments in the business with assistance systems and plans to open another factory in the United States to build. In New Braunfels (Texas), work on a plant producing radar sensors is scheduled to start by the middle of this year. The start of production is… Continue reading Auto parts supplier: Continental builds new plant in the USA
Auto industry: VW is investing hundreds of millions of euros in the construction of SUV models in Argentina
VW logo The car maker is investing in Latin America. (Photo: AFP) Berlin, Pacheco The Volkswagen Group invests in Argentina around 800 million dollars, equivalent to 720 million euros, among other things in the construction of a new SUV model for Latin America. VW plans to build the new urban off-road vehicle Tarek at the… Continue reading Auto industry: VW is investing hundreds of millions of euros in the construction of SUV models in Argentina
Delivery bottlenecks and price jumps threaten: Why the auto industry is heading for a battery crisis
When Ola Källenius (50) praises the first electric Mercedes EQC, as he must do as a Daimler boss, it sounds like bitter irony to many of his colleagues. Källenius recently spoke of the EQC as hot goods that “customers would have to wait nine to twelve months for”. That sounds good, but, as the Daimler… Continue reading Delivery bottlenecks and price jumps threaten: Why the auto industry is heading for a battery crisis
Small car: The new E-Smarts are Daimler’s tiny CO2 hope
Smart EQ fortwo Daimler sold more than 18,400 fully electric smarts in 2018. (Photo: AP) Valencia finally tried Daimler at his Small car subsidiary Smart with humor. With lines like “Before Otto is just a first name”, the brand advertised its last models with a petrol engine last year. But that didn’t bring much. The… Continue reading Small car: The new E-Smarts are Daimler’s tiny CO2 hope
“I want a higher CO2 tax”
Mr. Diess, after his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the American President Donald Trump invited a group of company bosses to dinner. You too were among the participants. The next day he threatened Europe again with punitive tariffs. How worried are you? Sven Astheimer Responsible editor for corporate reporting. We have been… Continue reading “I want a higher CO2 tax”
Tesla now more valuable than Volkswagen: How Elon Musk made hunters out of hunters
Tesla is now the most valuable American car brand with a market cap of over $ 100 billion – and more valuable than Volkswagen, This is all the more impressive when you consider that only eight years have passed since the introduction of the Tesla Model S, Tesla currently only offers three models and is… Continue reading Tesla now more valuable than Volkswagen: How Elon Musk made hunters out of hunters
Comment: Dieter Zetsche should forego the post of Daimler chief supervisor
Dieter Zetsche It is becoming increasingly clear how much the manager has let the reins slip over the past few years of his 13-year reign as Daimler boss. (Photo: AP) The timing was perfect. On September 26, 2018, the former Daimler-Boss Dieter Zetsche and his supervisor Manfred Bischoff put their master plan into practice. First,… Continue reading Comment: Dieter Zetsche should forego the post of Daimler chief supervisor