Tag: VW

AUDI gives update on use of SLM metal 3D printing for the automotive industry

Metal additive manufacturing specialists, the SLM Solutions Group AG has worked with fellow Germany based enterprise AUDI AG for several years now. A new update from SLM Solutions provides further details on how AUDI are using metal additive manufacturing. This includes the SLM280HL purchased in 2016. At AUDI, selective laser melting is used to manufacture… Continue reading AUDI gives update on use of SLM metal 3D printing for the automotive industry

This is how the software update from VW works

VW tries to avert a driving ban of diesel cars with a software update for manipulated models. What is to be held? Cover of a manipulated EA 189 Thursday, 22.02.2018 09:48 clock No internal combustion engine ever received larger negative headlines than the EA 189, commonly known as cheat diesel. VW was caught more than… Continue reading This is how the software update from VW works

Geneva Motor Show: Volkswagen premiers ‘autonomously driving’ I D VIZZION concept car

CHENNAI: German auto major Volkswagen on Thursday premiered its I D VIZZION concept car at Geneva Motor Show. After presenting the first all-electric vehicles of the new I D family models , the Volkswagen brand is now showing, for the first time, a concept of an autonomously driving automobile.Volkswagen is currently advancing the development of… Continue reading Geneva Motor Show: Volkswagen premiers ‘autonomously driving’ I D VIZZION concept car

Macan, Cayenne and Co .: How it comes to Porsche for creeping diesel off

DusseldorfPorsche is having a hard time with the diesel. As chief executive Oliver flower Last summer in Stuttgart presented the latest version of the SUV Cayenne, there was no clarity about a possible diesel variant. “We have not yet decided whether the new Cayenne will get a diesel engine,” said Blume at the time.

India: Tata said to be mulling sale of auto components unit

February 22, 2018 Tata group is planning to sell its automotive parts manufacturing company Tata AutoComp Systems Ltd (TACO), two people aware of the matter said. The group is currently in talks to hire an investment bank to manage the sale, the first of the two said on condition of anonymity. The sale process is… Continue reading India: Tata said to be mulling sale of auto components unit

Entering the ridesharing business

Berlin and Stuttgart, Germany – Bosch is entering the ridesharing business. The supplier of technology and services has acquired Splitting Fares Inc. (SPLT), a U.S. start-up based in Detroit. SPLT operates a platform that allows companies, universities, and municipal authorities to offer their workforces ridesharing services. The B2B approach is designed especially for commuters. SPLT… Continue reading Entering the ridesharing business

VW employees receive 4.3 percent more wages

The more than 120,000 employees in the West German VW plants get from May 4.3 percent more money. Those who look after children or have to look after dependents can hope for six days off each year. VW production in Wolfsburg Wednesday, 21.02.2018 11:27 clock More money, better pensions and greater safety for apprentices: In… Continue reading VW employees receive 4.3 percent more wages

VW subsidiary: union threatens Skoda with “unlimited strike”

Skoda Last year, the car manufacturer had delivered the record number of more than 1.2 million vehicles. (Photo: obs) In the collective bargaining at the VW-Daughter Skoda The Czech metalworkers’ union Kovo is threatened with an “unlimited strike”. The recent proposals from the employers’ side are like a “spit in the face,” said union representative… Continue reading VW subsidiary: union threatens Skoda with “unlimited strike”