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CEO Mary Barra bets GM can grow beyond cars and trucks – Reuters
(Reuters) – Pam Fletcher wants to change the way General Motors Co makes money. The veteran GM engineer’s Global Innovation team is looking for new enterprises to expand the automaker’s sources of revenue well beyond vehicle sales and is incubating ventures from commercial delivery services to vehicle insurance, to address future markets worth an estimated… Continue reading CEO Mary Barra bets GM can grow beyond cars and trucks – Reuters
Porsche makes its case for an all-electric Taycan wagon
Porsche has always gone its own way when it comes to creating new vehicles. It is, after all, the company that continues to stick to the wacky idea that putting the weight of an engine in the rear of a sports car is a great idea. (It is!) So, bucking the crossover trend to create… Continue reading Porsche makes its case for an all-electric Taycan wagon
@VW Group: Start of construction of new electric car plant in China002934
Volkswagen Group China has begun construction of an all-new MEB plant at Volkswagen Anhui recently. As the third of the Group’s pure-electric vehicle manufacturing facilities in China, following completion of the Anting (SAIC VW) and Foshan (FAW-VW) plants, the Volkswagen Anhui plant will be powered by green energy from day one. Due for completion mid-2022,… Continue reading @VW Group: Start of construction of new electric car plant in China002934
Sports carmaker Lotus to ramp up production more than tenfold
The sports carmaker Lotus has unveiled plans to increase its output more than tenfold, in a boost to the UK’s post-Brexit automotive sector that will lead to new electric models being built in Norfolk. Lotus, majority-owned by China’s Geely since 2017, said it would ramp up production at sites including its Hethel plant, near Norwich,… Continue reading Sports carmaker Lotus to ramp up production more than tenfold
@VW Group: Volkswagen builds supply chain efficiency through industry-wide data exchange002923
The Volkswagen Group will be a founding member of the Catena-X Automotive Network. The union, which currently consists of 25 partners from the fields of business and science, is pursuing the goal of creating uniform standards for the flow of data and information in the automotive value chain. This should serve as the basis for… Continue reading @VW Group: Volkswagen builds supply chain efficiency through industry-wide data exchange002923
@VW Group: Data from the Porsche 911 RSR transferred in milliseconds002926
26/04/2021 The Porsche works team sends two 911 RSR to tackle the opening round of the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC at Spa-Francorchamps on 1 May. The successful team of the Stuttgart sports car manufacturer faces unique conditions in Belgium’s Ardennes region. No other racetrack apart from Le Mans is as long (7.004 kilometres), as… Continue reading @VW Group: Data from the Porsche 911 RSR transferred in milliseconds002926
German Handelsblatt: Industry: Chip crisis: Volkswagen Slovakia stops part of production 001943
VW factory Cars of five brands are produced in Bratislava at the same time, and production at other international locations can be taken over if necessary. (Photo: Reuters) Bratislava As a result of the global shortage of microchips, the Volkswagen site in Slovakia must also reduce its production. From Thursday, Volkswagen Slovakia will suspend production… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Industry: Chip crisis: Volkswagen Slovakia stops part of production 001943
German Handelsblatt: Berlin start-up: Digital tool for engineers – Mercedes, VW and Porsche work with Spread001941
Robert Göbel (2nd from right), co-founder of Spread with some colleagues The software of the start-up graphically breaks down motors or even entire machines into all of their individual parts in an instant with the help of 3D animated optics. (Photo: Spread) Berlin If the first larger customer – measured by the order volume –… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Berlin start-up: Digital tool for engineers – Mercedes, VW and Porsche work with Spread001941
German Manager Magazin: Volkswagen AG: Bernd Osterloh on the change from the works council to Traton SE000765
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