“Volkswagen has to become more decent”

Faster, harder – and humble: Herbert Diess, just moved to the top VW, wants to promote the cultural change in the Group and bring this year 70 new models on the market. imago / Sven Simon Thursday, 03.05.2018 11:59 clock VW wants to implement its much-vaunted cultural change – after a bumpy start – finally… Continue reading “Volkswagen has to become more decent”

Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt has to disclose files

In the process around blackened files, which had handed over the Kraftfahrt Bundesamt of the German environmental aid, a court has now decided against the authority: It must disclose controversial correspondence with VW in the diesel affair. The entrance to the Kraftfahrtbundesamt in Flensburg. Friday, 20.04.2018 5:41 pm It is a serious slump for the… Continue reading Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt has to disclose files

Austria enables class action against Volkswagen

Volkswagen threatens trouble in Austria: Vienna wants to open diesel owners the opportunity for a class action, so they can fight more effectively for damages. Headquarters of Volkswagen in Wolfsburg Thursday, 19.04.2018 11:45 clock After this diesel scandal At VW around 360,000 affected car owners in Austria can participate in class action lawsuits. The Ministry… Continue reading Austria enables class action against Volkswagen

Winterkorn extends the statute of limitations

He seems to be sure of his case: former VW boss Martin Winterkorn waived for another year on the statute of limitations of possible claims for damages against him. There is a warrant in the United States. Martin Winterkorn Monday, 21.05.2018 13:57 clock Martin Winterkorn emphasizes for a long time, in the diesel affair to… Continue reading Winterkorn extends the statute of limitations

Thousands of Slovenians file lawsuits against VW

Car buyers from Slovenia pull against VW in court. However, the competent Brunswick judges have so far decided on many cases in favor of the car manufacturer. Monday, 09.04.2018 12:39 clock The exhaust affair has further legal consequences for VW: Thousands of owners of manipulated diesel cars from Slovenia have filed a claim for damages… Continue reading Thousands of Slovenians file lawsuits against VW

“Who tries to cheat the United States …”

US Attorney General Sessions accompanies the indictment of Martin Winterkorn with pithy words. The ex-VW boss is accused of conspiracy to fraud because of the diesel scandal – he would pay for it “a high price”. Ex-Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn Friday, 04.05.2018 08:25 clock The processing of the VW exhaust scandal by the criminal justice… Continue reading “Who tries to cheat the United States …”

So dependent are the car manufacturers of China

D he German automakers are becoming increasingly dependent on the Chinese market. Last year Volkswagen sold two out of five cars in China, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Center for Automotive Management (CAM) in Bergisch Gladbach. Audi Every third sold there, BMW every fourth and Daimler every fifth. According to CAM… Continue reading So dependent are the car manufacturers of China

Stefan Sommer becomes Volkswagen Board Member

D he after a power struggle with the supplier ZF Retired former CEO Stefan Sommer changes to the world’s largest carmaker. There, he takes over a VW release on Monday evening according to the procurement department. Sommer follows the long-term purchasing director Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz, who left the group at his own request. Volkswagen… Continue reading Stefan Sommer becomes Volkswagen Board Member

Salaries in Dax companies diverges

D The salary gap in Germany’s top corporations has increased in the past year. The executives of the 30 Dax companies earned an average of 52 times as much as their employees, as a study published on Thursday in Frankfurt by the German Association for the Protection of Securities ( DSW ) and the Technical… Continue reading Salaries in Dax companies diverges

The uncertainty for the Neue Halberg casting continues

D The striking employees of the automotive supplier Neue Halberg Guss have chosen big words on Thursday to support the further negotiations on a social wage agreement for their company with protests. When around 600 employees from Saarbrücken and Leipzig gathered at the Opernturm in Frankfurt at noon, they carried several banners: “Where justice becomes… Continue reading The uncertainty for the Neue Halberg casting continues