Tag: VW

Alphabet’s Waymo Takes a Page Out of Google’s Android Playbook

When Google set out to tackle the smartphone market with its Android operating system, it picked off the more vulnerable subscale brands with little software expertise. Within three years, those phone makers had surged up the sales charts to become the biggest players. At the time of Android’s launch in 2008, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and… Continue reading Alphabet’s Waymo Takes a Page Out of Google’s Android Playbook

Germany May Inflict More Diesel Pain on Carmakers

Germany is preparing to take another run at shoring up diesel as it seeks to balance efforts to improve urban air quality with concerns about lost jobs from the technology’s decline. Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer signaled automakers including Volkswagen AG and BMW AG could be hit with more painful measures to reduce smog-causing emissions, while… Continue reading Germany May Inflict More Diesel Pain on Carmakers

Gunnar Kilian becomes HR Director

The car maker Volkswagen wants to rebuild its leadership. The successor to SPIEGEL information has already been determined for the personnel director. Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg Tuesday, 10.04.2018 18:35 clock The Volkswagen Group is building his board around, In addition to CEO Matthias Müller and HR Director Karlheinz Blessing go. Blessings successor is already clear… Continue reading Gunnar Kilian becomes HR Director

Toyota’s China Crisis

The world’s biggest carmaker and the world’s biggest car market should be made for each other. So why is Toyota Motor Corp. misfiring in China? As recently as 2015, it was the No. 2 marque in the country, behind the eternally dominant Volkswagen AG.  Since then, though, sales have flatlined, while rivals have picked up… Continue reading Toyota’s China Crisis

BMW, Daimler, Toyota: Speech by China’s head of state Xi inspires the auto industry

Lexus production The Toyota luxury brand would benefit particularly strongly from the market opening. (Photo: AP) Automakers like BMW. Daimler and Toyota are likely to over the Message from the Chinese President Xi Jinping pleased: This announced in his speech on Tuesday to lower import tariffs on cars later this year. In doing so, the… Continue reading BMW, Daimler, Toyota: Speech by China’s head of state Xi inspires the auto industry

BMW and Mini launch pay-as-you-go subscription service

BMW and Mini have launched a subscription service that rolls all the costs of car ownership into monthly instalments. Payments, which start from £131 per week (equating to around £568 a month), include the costs of insurance and maintenance, as well as breakdown cover, as one bill. Although BMW is the first major car maker to offer such a service… Continue reading BMW and Mini launch pay-as-you-go subscription service

Intensified customer experience: Volkswagen creates new Holistic User Experience (HUX) Division

News Press Release News Brand Wolfsburg, 09 April 2018 Intensified customer experience: Volkswagen creates new Holistic User Experience (HUX) Division Volkswagen is consistently preparing itself to become the most user centered mobility brand. Therefore, the company establishes the new Holistic User Experience (HUX) division headed by Dr. Matthias   …more

More than 463,000 deliveries worldwide: Audi sets new record for first quarter

New record-breaking figure for the Four Rings: Audi concluded its best first quarter in the company’s history. Between January and March the company sold around 463,800 automobiles worldwide, 9.8 percent more than in the same quarter last year. In particular, the high demand in China (+41.9%) and North America (+10.2%) drove growth in the first… Continue reading More than 463,000 deliveries worldwide: Audi sets new record for first quarter