Here is the most important news associated with the automotive industry identified by the SEA for the week February 12, 2018 – February 18, 2018. We hope it helps you stay up to speed on the key developments in our industry: -AEA Membership News- The 2018 NADA AEA Member Reception is coming soon! The next… Continue reading Top Automotive Industry News for Week of February 12 – February 18, 2017
Tag: VW
Daimler may have used software to cheat on US emissions tests
Getty Images Daimler has been under suspicion of cheating on US emissions tests for quite a while now — in 2016, a number of customers even sued the automaker, claiming their cars had sneaky software made to trick testers similar to Volkswagen’s. Now, according to German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, US authorities investigating the Mercedes… Continue reading Daimler may have used software to cheat on US emissions tests
Car companies are threatening new callback
Volkswagen and Mercedes are in the sights of the authorities, the transporters T6 and Vito threatens an official recall. For the Porsche Macan threatens the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt even the withdrawal of the type approval. Volkswagen VW T6 Friday, 16.02.2018 13:18 clock For a long time, the federal government and the auto companies had a harmonious relationship.… Continue reading Car companies are threatening new callback
Carlos Ghosn continues as Renault boss until 2022
Renault Group boss Carlos Ghosn has been tasked with making the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance “irreversible” by ensuring better integration, as the company’s board of directors decided to renew his position for another four years. Implementing Renault’s ‘Drive the future’ mid-term plan will be Ghosn’s main focus, with that plan ending in the same year as Ghosn’s extended tenure comes… Continue reading Carlos Ghosn continues as Renault boss until 2022
Volkswagen Group deliveries grow 10.1 percent in January
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Authority suspects illegal defeat device in the Mercedes Vito
The Federal Motor Transport Authority examines a hearing of representatives of the car company Daimler. In a Mercedes pickup truck could work an illegal Abschalteinrichtung. imago / Sebastian Geisler Mercedes Benz Vito at a fair (2015) Wednesday, 14.02.2018 6:00 pm The Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) is alerted by the diesel emission values of the… Continue reading Authority suspects illegal defeat device in the Mercedes Vito
Porsche and Audi developing shared architecture for electric cars
The joint electric offensive by Porsche and Audi was launched ten months ago. Now the premium manufacturers are deepening their development partnership and achieving concrete results. The goal of the cooperation, which will create a pioneering architecture called the Premium Platform Electric (PPE), is to shape the mobility of tomorrow together and to put future… Continue reading Porsche and Audi developing shared architecture for electric cars
Volkswagen Group assumes pioneering role in rapid road safety improvement
News Press Release News Group Wolfsburg, 15 February 2018 Volkswagen Group assumes pioneering role in rapid road safety improvement From 2019 onwards, the brands of the Volkswagen Group are to use the WLANp standard, which has already been comprehensively tested, for communications among vehicles and between vehicles and their …more
Skoda workers in the Czech Republic do not accept the salary increase and prepare a strike
Posted 2/15/2018 11:37:16 PM PRAGUE, Feb. 15 (Reuters / EP) – The union organizations of the plants maintained by the car firm Skoda, of the Volkswagen group, in the Czech Republic have rejected the salary offer made by the company and have begun preparations for a strike. According to the unions, the proposal to raise… Continue reading Skoda workers in the Czech Republic do not accept the salary increase and prepare a strike
Volkswagen suffering in France
Annoying exception. Volkswagen is the only major car brand to have suffered a decline in sales last year in France. The German manufacturer sold 139,360 vehicles in 2017, 2.7% less than in 2016. In January, VW even saw its volumes unscrew by 18%, and Dacia take fourth place in the market behind Peugeot, Renault and… Continue reading Volkswagen suffering in France