Oliver Killig / Volkswagen VW ID.3: The electric car is due to come onto the market in summer despite software delays and the corona crisis The Corona crisis will be a tough test for the VW Group’s main brand in the middle of the ramp-up of e-mobility this year. The business figures continued to improve… Continue reading VW brand had a good year in 2019, but …: Coronavirus is also weighing on VW’s electric car plans
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EXCLUSIVE goal for 2023: Volkswagen plans cheaper electric cars
Friso Gentsch / Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess wants platform for small electric cars. Volkswagen wants a significantly cheaper generation of Electric cars launch. The models should have their own architecture and if possible go on sale from 2023. CEO Herbert Diess wants to make it possible with the new architecture to also offer small cars… Continue reading EXCLUSIVE goal for 2023: Volkswagen plans cheaper electric cars
EURO NCAP “Advanced” award for new Volkswagen safety technology
EURO NCAP “Advanced” award for new Volkswagen safety technology 03/18/2020 Sticchi Damiani (ACI): “The potential for improving road safety technologies is enormous. Standards must be agreed and disseminated on all vehicles “. The “Local Hazard Warning” system, standard warning on the Volkswagen Golf 8, received the “Advanced” award from Euro NCAP. The device allows the… Continue reading EURO NCAP “Advanced” award for new Volkswagen safety technology
ABI Research: Increase in 5G connected vehicles
The research institute ABI Research has forecast the networking of vehicles with the 5G mobile radio. There are various ways to network the vehicles. A variant runs over the Cellular and in doing so 5G will play an important role in the future. The question of Patents play a role in integration. This is how… Continue reading ABI Research: Increase in 5G connected vehicles
Scania Stops Production in Europe
SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden, March 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Scania plans to stop operations at most of its European production units on Wednesday next week (25 March) due to component shortages and the major disruptions that have occurred in the supplier and logistics chain as a result of the spread of COVID-19 in Europe. “To ensure our… Continue reading Scania Stops Production in Europe
Jaguar Land Rover stops production in Nitra
Following the decision of two big carmakers in Slovakia, Volkswagen and PSA Peugeot, to temporarily stop production, the Nitra-based plant of Jaguar Land Rover will limit its operation.The decision was made by the company’s management and the representatives of the trade unions.The representatives of the trade unions at Jaguar Land Rover thanked the management for the decision.
[Covid-19] Actia suspends the production of electronic cards in its factory in Toulouse
Plant closings due to coronavirus are spreading in the automotive industry. In the wake of manufacturers like Renault, PSA, Toyota and Volkswagen, the equipment supplier Actia is suspending, for a period of 15 days, renewable, the production of electronic cards in its only French factory in Colomiers, near Toulouse (Haute-Garonne). To read the entire article,… Continue reading [Covid-19] Actia suspends the production of electronic cards in its factory in Toulouse
Volkswagen’s key brand warns of supply chain disruptions
FILE PHOTO: An employee fixes a VW sign at a production line of the electric Volkswagen model ID.3 in Zwickau, Germany, February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/File Photo HAMBURG (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE) key namesake brand warned of supply chain disruptions on Wednesday due to the spread of the coronavirus. “Given the increasingly challenging and dynamic… Continue reading Volkswagen’s key brand warns of supply chain disruptions
New Volkswagen Amarok teased with design sketch
Volkswagen has given the first image of its new Amarok pick-up, due in 2022, which is being jointly developed with Ford. The two firms agreed a wide-ranging ‘global alliance’ last year, which will commercial vehicles and electric cars. The next-generation Amarok will be the first model launched as a result of the initiative, and is… Continue reading New Volkswagen Amarok teased with design sketch
Corona virus: BMW shuts down production – and wants to apply for short-time work
BMW headquarters in Munich The automaker is hit by the corona crisis. (Photo: dpa) Munich The BMWCorporation drastically shortens its outlook for this year due to the Corona crisis. For 2020, the Munich-based carmaker expects sales to be “significantly below the previous year’s level”. For the year as a whole, the group expects an operating… Continue reading Corona virus: BMW shuts down production – and wants to apply for short-time work