New Pininfarina car brand to launch electric hypercar in 2020

Automobili Pininfarina has confirmed that it will launch an all-electric hypercar in 2020 with racing technology taken from parent company Mahindra’s Formula E programme. The newly launched car brand, which is built from the base of renowned Italian design house Pininfarina and will be lead by former Audi India boss Michael Perschke, will launch the car as a halo… Continue reading New Pininfarina car brand to launch electric hypercar in 2020

Board restructuring: VW boss Diess swears employees on corporate restructuring – the letter in the text

Herbert Diess The new VW boss swears his employees on the corporate restructuring. (Photo: AP) After VW–Works council chief Bernd Osterloh and ex-chief Matthias Müller also has the new one VWCEO Herbert diess on Friday with a letter addressed to the employees of the Volkswagen Group. In the letter, which is available to the Handelsblatt,… Continue reading Board restructuring: VW boss Diess swears employees on corporate restructuring – the letter in the text

First appearance of Herbert Diess as VW CEO: Two offices for the double Volkswagen chief, five-year contract for predecessor Müller

All articles and backgrounds 04/13/2018 First appearance of Herbert Diess as VW CEO Two offices for the double Volkswagen chief, five-year contract for predecessor Müller DPA Herbert Diess Timeshift in Wolfsburg: Herbert Diess takes over the post of Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller, at the same time becomes the management structure of the group fundamentally rebuilt,… Continue reading First appearance of Herbert Diess as VW CEO: Two offices for the double Volkswagen chief, five-year contract for predecessor Müller

Escape tendencies at Opel: The new Opel rulers are heading for conflict with IG Metall

All articles and backgrounds 04/13/2018 Escape tendencies at Opel The new Opel rulers are heading for conflict with IG Metall AFP The boss and his Opel boss: Carlos Tavares (l.) And Michael Lohscheller. Carlos Tavares has a reputation to lose: that of the successful car company Sanierers. So the head of PSA Peugeot Citroën after… Continue reading Escape tendencies at Opel: The new Opel rulers are heading for conflict with IG Metall

First appearance of Diess as VW CEO: This is “not a revolution,” says Herbert Diess

All articles and backgrounds 04/13/2018 First appearance of Diess as VW CEO This is “not a revolution,” says Herbert Diess DPA Herbert Diess Timeshift in Wolfsburg: Herbert Diess takes over the post of Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller, at the same time becomes the management structure of the group fundamentally rebuilt, manager-magazin.de shows you the first… Continue reading First appearance of Diess as VW CEO: This is “not a revolution,” says Herbert Diess

Volkswagen facing upheaval: VW Works Council Osterloh praises Diess and the conversion

All articles and backgrounds 04/13/2018 Volkswagen facing upheaval VW works council Osterloh praises Diess and the conversion DPA Bosse among themselves: Herbert Diess (l.), Since yesterday officially new Volkswagen CEO and Group Works Council Bernd Osterloh (image archive) Following the decisions on the fundamental restructuring of the world’s largest car maker Volkswagen, Works Council Chairman… Continue reading Volkswagen facing upheaval: VW Works Council Osterloh praises Diess and the conversion

Letter to employees: VW works council chief Osterloh praises Diess – brand Volkswagen gets vice chairman

Bernd Osterloh, works council chairman of VW “Matthias Müller has made a name for himself with Volkswagen. The respect of the employees is certain. “ (Photo: AP) Of the new VW CEO Herbert Diess has the full support of the works council in setting up a new structure in the world’s largest automotive group. In… Continue reading Letter to employees: VW works council chief Osterloh praises Diess – brand Volkswagen gets vice chairman

Japan: Mirai Creation Fund invests in financial robo-adviser WealthNavi

February 5, 2018 WealthNavi, provider of Japan’s biggest financial robo-adviser service, has raised fresh funds from Mirai Creation Investment Limited Partnership (Mirai Creation Fund) to further develop and improve its robo-adviser and asset management application. In a disclosure to the JASDAQ Securities Exchange on Monday, Sparx Group Co, operator and co-founder of Mirai Creation Fund,… Continue reading Japan: Mirai Creation Fund invests in financial robo-adviser WealthNavi

Herbert Diess, a cost killer at the head of Volkswagen

He had targeted the chair of the BMW boss, he finally won the Volkswagen. Herbert Diess, who succeeds Matthias Müller at the head of the group of twelve brands, landed in July 2015 in Wolfsburg, the historic headquarters of Volkswagen, just a few weeks before the outbreak of the scandal on faked engines. The Munich… Continue reading Herbert Diess, a cost killer at the head of Volkswagen

A LiDAR Prodigy Cranks Up Production In The Race For Robot Car Vision Sales

Austin Russell, Luminar’s CEO and co-founder, is convinced his company has the most advanced, highest resolution laser LIDAR sensor on the market and he’s quickly boosting production to supply autonomous vehicle test fleets. One year after emerging from stealth mode Luminar, a maker of laser LiDAR sensors for self-driving vehicles led by 23-year-old optics whiz… Continue reading A LiDAR Prodigy Cranks Up Production In The Race For Robot Car Vision Sales