AM100 newcomer Richmond Motor Group acquires Sparshatts Group

Richmond Motor Group has completed the acquisition of Sparshatts Group less than a fortnight after being named as the highest-placed newcomer to the AM100 ranking of the UK largest franchised car retailers. The Portsmouth-based group said in a statement issued today (July ) that the deal, which was brokered by MotorVise (Automotive) Ltd, would see… Continue reading AM100 newcomer Richmond Motor Group acquires Sparshatts Group

There are layoffs again

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Horst Hanschur – Biography

Horst Hanschur was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, on December 1, 1970. After studying business administration, political science and international business in Norway and Austria, he began his career at AUDI AG in 1996. Hanschur held several positions, including one in sales controlling, before becoming the assistant to the Board of Management member responsible for Sales… Continue reading Horst Hanschur – Biography

Martin Sander – Biography

Martin Sander was born in Hildesheim, Germany, on March 12, 1967. After studying mechanical engineering at the Braunschweig University of Technology, Sander began his career as a Project Manager at AUDI AG in Ingolstadt in 1995. He then went on to spend three years as the Product Manager responsible for the Audi A8. In 2002… Continue reading Martin Sander – Biography

Worker leader and crisis manager: Bertold Huber – the red disruptor

When Berthold Huber moves into the small apartment in the Leipzig hotel “Astoria” next to the train station, he feels a bit lost. But he did that for himself. It is the year 1990 and his IG Metall had actually intended to take over the members of the GDR sister organization just like that –… Continue reading Worker leader and crisis manager: Bertold Huber – the red disruptor

Croatia could be center of auto industry in Europe: Rimac

ZAGREB, June 28 (Xinhua) — Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, accompanied by five ministers, visited on Friday the headquarters of Rimac Automobili in the suburb of Zagreb, where the company's CEO Mate Rimac presented an analysis on how to attract automotive industry in Croatia.
Rimac, the founder of the electric vehicle technology company, believed that Croatia could be the center of the future automotive industry in Europe.
“The automotive industry is changing like never before. In the next 10 to 20 years, the industry will change more than it has changed in the last 100 years. And that is an opportunity for Croatia,” Mate Rimac said at a press conference after the meeting.
Rimac Automobili is very successful, he explained, because it started producing electrical vehicle technology at the right time when it was still a new thing on the market. He stressed the significance of the auto industry and the huge impact it could have on the Croatian economy.
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BMW executive calls EVs ‘overhyped’ at company event about EVs

BMW executive and board member Klaus Fröhlich told reporters this week that the shift to cars powered by electricity is “overhyped,” and said that there is “no” consumer demand for them. Curiously, Fröhlich made these comments at an event where BMW proudly announced it will accelerate plans to release 25 cars that are partially or… Continue reading BMW executive calls EVs ‘overhyped’ at company event about EVs

Ionity to expand EV fast charger network at Extra services

EV charging network Ionity, backed by BMW, Daimler, Ford and the VW Group, has partnered with Extra MSA Group to expand its network of fast chargers at motorway service stations across the UK.  Up to six 350kW fast chargers will be installed at eight Extra’s motorway service areas, starting this year with the company’s £60m Skelton Lake,… Continue reading Ionity to expand EV fast charger network at Extra services

Management of Volkswagen Navarra presents its proposal for agreement of the third model to the works committee

PAMPLONA, June 28 (EUROPA PRESS) – The management of Volkswagen Navarra has presented this Friday to the works committee its proposal of agreement of the third model of the factory. The definitive text to be agreed will be sent to the Volkswagen center in Wolfsburg (Germany), with the aim of “getting the award of a… Continue reading Management of Volkswagen Navarra presents its proposal for agreement of the third model to the works committee