Tag: Daimler

German Manager Magazin: Automarkt: Opel overtakes Tesla for electric car sales004415

Tesla loses as an electric car maker in Germany massively in importance and is now even behind that crising carmaker Opel  . Since the end of the year, the US group has only sold 11,441 cars in the Federal Republic and fell back to eleventh place in the statistics of the largest electric car manufacturers,… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Automarkt: Opel overtakes Tesla for electric car sales004415

Piyush Goyal inaugurates SIAM’s EV Zone at IEC General Meeting 2025

Piyush Goyal said sustainability was being positioned as a key pillar of growth in India, and added that standards were essential for a developing country. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal inaugurated the EV Zone at the exhibition held during the 89th General Meeting of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC GM) in New… Continue reading Piyush Goyal inaugurates SIAM’s EV Zone at IEC General Meeting 2025

Mercedes-AMG priming electric two-door GT coupe

Mercedes-AMG is exploring an electric version of the AMG GT sports coupé – but it needs to “justify the investment” said the performance brand’s boss. AMG has already confirmed an electric successor to the GT 4-door Coupé will arrive next year, previewed by the GT XX Concept (below). It will be the first car to sit on the 800V… Continue reading Mercedes-AMG priming electric two-door GT coupe

German FAZ: Diligitated Über9987

The country produces too little compared to its conditions. The education system is exposed that the social model invented 80 years ago will no longer be financed. There is a lack of affordable living space, integration opportunities for immigrants, security and justice. Now they mean, reader and reader in the feudal armchair on the lumped… Continue reading German FAZ: Diligitated Über9987

Via raises $492.9M in IPO, and German automakers go on the offensive

Welcome back! Did you miss me? Yes, of course you did. There is a lot of “future of transportation” news to keep track of. Let’s jump in.  It’s comeback week, and not just because I have returned from vacation. I’m talking about the biennial IAA Mobility conference in Munich and the purposeful effort among German… Continue reading Via raises $492.9M in IPO, and German automakers go on the offensive

India to need 2 lakh professionals to manage EV charging stations by 2030

Public charging points grew sharply, from just 25 in 2015 to nearly 30,000 by August Tata Power inaugurated Mumbai’s first premium MegaCharger hub near the city airport on Tuesday, adding to its 1,000-plus charging points in the city. The facility, developed with Tata Passenger Electric Mobility, features eight fast DC chargers with 16 bays, aiming… Continue reading India to need 2 lakh professionals to manage EV charging stations by 2030

Chinese EV players take fight to legacy European automakers on their home turf

Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng speaks to reporters at the electric carmaker’s stand at the IAA auto show in Munich, Germany on September 8, 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Germany this week played host to one of the world’s biggest auto shows — but in the heartland of Europe’s auto industry, it was buzzy Chinese electric… Continue reading Chinese EV players take fight to legacy European automakers on their home turf

German FAZ: Fixed energy for Elektroautos009984

Overtake without catching up. The motto borrowed by Walter Ulbricht made the round, as a representative of the auto industry, scientists and specialist politicians for the first time gathered for the national platform for electromobility. That was in 2010. It was already evident that future CO2 limit values ​​in Europe could not be created without… Continue reading German FAZ: Fixed energy for Elektroautos009984