Continental builds natural rubber research facility Natural rubber is still essential today for truck tires and winter tires for passenger cars. Therefore, it should be further researched how this can be extracted from a dandelion root. (Photo: AP) AnklamThe white plant milk in the dandelion sticks: it contains rubber. The tire manufacturer Continental wants to… Continue reading Tire manufacturer: Dandelion in a car tire – Continental opens a research laboratory for rubber production
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Post subsidiary: Streetscooter can produce new model in mass production
Achim Kampker The former startup company Streetscooter has been part of the Deutsche Post DHL Group since 2014. (Photo: Reuters) FrankfurtThe Post subsidiary Streetscooter is able to extend the series production of its small electromotive model “Work”. The Federal Motor Transport Authority gave the green light for the production of more than 1000 vehicles a… Continue reading Post subsidiary: Streetscooter can produce new model in mass production
Auto parts supplier: ZF invests billions in conversion of transmission technology
Worker in a factory of ZF Friedrichshafen AG “The proportion of hybrid transmissions in production will increase tenfold over the next few years – from five to 50 percent,” explained ZF CEO Scheider. (Photo: AP) FrankfurtThe car supplier ZF Friedrichshafen wants to invest three billion euros in the conversion of gearbox production from pure combustion… Continue reading Auto parts supplier: ZF invests billions in conversion of transmission technology
Car manufacturer: Volkswagen calls cars with faulty documents back
Volkswagen cars It would be mostly so-called pre-production vehicles that would be built for test purposes. (Photo: AP) WolfsburgVolkswagen calls in Germany According to the Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt (KBA) about 4000 cars due to faulty documents back. The recall was monitored, as a serious risk can not be excluded, the Flensburg Authority said on Friday. A spokesman… Continue reading Car manufacturer: Volkswagen calls cars with faulty documents back
Car company: VW increases the “transformation speed” – and wants to save billions
WolfsburgFor Ralf Brandstätter it is the first big appearance at home in Wolfsburg. Since August, the 50-year-old has headed the car brand as Chief Operating Officer (COO) Volkswagen, the most important part of the eponymous group with 80 billion euros annual turnover and with more than six million vehicles produced each year. In the first… Continue reading Car company: VW increases the “transformation speed” – and wants to save billions
Claims for damages: Porsche SE wants new judge in the diesel gate procedure
Porsche SE Investors accuse the holding company of having informed them too late about the diesel scandal and its financial consequences for VW. (Photo: AP) StuttgartIn connection with the numerous complaints filed by investors in the VWDiesel scandal wants the umbrella company Porsche SE achieve the replacement of the competent Stuttgart judge. The district court… Continue reading Claims for damages: Porsche SE wants new judge in the diesel gate procedure
Diesel scandal: Audi recalls 64,000 cars for software update
Audi The recall affected cars with V-TDI engines. (Photo: AP) FrankfurtThe car company Audi calls in the context of the diesel scandal another 64,000 vehicles returned to his workshops. In the affected cars with V-TDI engines to parts of software to be removed from the engine control, such as the VWDaughter announced on Thursday. This… Continue reading Diesel scandal: Audi recalls 64,000 cars for software update
Handelsblatt Auto summit: BMW sees itself well positioned with Elektrostrategie in the USA
BMW manager Oliver Zipse “You have to accept the primacy of politics.” (Photo: Uta Wagner for Handelsblatt) Wolfsburg is relaxed BMWProduction Manager Oliver Zipse on the Handelsblatt car summit, Because the manager knows: In the discussion about tariffs and added value with the US government has BMW good arguments. “Long before the issue of tariffs… Continue reading Handelsblatt Auto summit: BMW sees itself well positioned with Elektrostrategie in the USA
Handelsblatt Auto Summit: Volkswagen announces the end of the internal combustion engine
VW production director Michael Jost Energy balance for the entire life cycle of a vehicle. (Photo: Uta Wagner for Handelsblatt) Wolfsburg product strategy is nothing new for Michael Jost. Already ten years ago, the automanager joined Skoda taken care of. In 2015 he moved to Wolfsburg to do the same job for the brand there… Continue reading Handelsblatt Auto Summit: Volkswagen announces the end of the internal combustion engine
Car manufacturer: VW HR Board: The savings program will not continue
Volkswagen Not only in Zwickau, but also in Hanover and Emden, the auto company wants to build e-cars in the future. (Photo: AP) WolfsburgBei Volkswagen According to Human Resources Director Gunnar Kilian, it will not continue the “Future Pact” called austerity program give. “But even after completing this program, we must continue to work intensively… Continue reading Car manufacturer: VW HR Board: The savings program will not continue