e s sounds once surprisingly: The Chinese group CATL is investing 240 million euros in a highly modern car battery factory in Thuringia. Thuringia – that was this low-wage country, you have to drive through, if you want to go from Berlin to Munich. So why are the Chinese now building the heart of the… Continue reading Why the Chinese chose Thuringia?
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Stefan Sommer becomes Volkswagen Board Member
D he after a power struggle with the supplier ZF Retired former CEO Stefan Sommer changes to the world’s largest carmaker. There, he takes over a VW release on Monday evening according to the procurement department. Sommer follows the long-term purchasing director Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz, who left the group at his own request. Volkswagen… Continue reading Stefan Sommer becomes Volkswagen Board Member
Microbots Deliver Stem Cells in the Body
Image: University of Hong Kong/Science RoboticsMicrorobots designed to carry stem cells (fluorescent green) throughout the body are shown here on a cell culture plate. The astonishing thing about stem cells is that they can be coaxed, in the laboratory, into becoming nearly any kind of cell—from bone marrow to heart muscle. That remarkable capability has for… Continue reading Microbots Deliver Stem Cells in the Body
Sprawling Wheel Leg Robot Crawls and Climbs
Photo: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev We’re always impressed by the way David Zarrouk (a professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev by way of UC Berkeley’s Biomimetic Millisystems Lab) manages to extract a ton of functionality from the absolute minimum of hardware in his robots. In the past, we’ve seen clever designs like a… Continue reading Sprawling Wheel Leg Robot Crawls and Climbs
Video Friday: World Cup Fever, Tricopters of Doom, and Generation Robot
Image: ETH Zürich via YouTube Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here’s what we have so far (send us your events!): ICARM 2018 – July 18-20, 2018 – Singapore ICMA 2018 – August… Continue reading Video Friday: World Cup Fever, Tricopters of Doom, and Generation Robot
Car companies pay now but quarter of a billion euros in the diesel Fund
They see it as very one-sided or wrong. First, the air in Germany is as clean as it has not been for decades. Secondly, every citizen is aware that cars emit exhaust gases that are certainly harmful but this will […] Quote from Referendum Cheaper is not really! If all diesel muddlers had to be… Continue reading Car companies pay now but quarter of a billion euros in the
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That’s it, Mr. Zetsche
Saturday, 02/24/2018 13:24 clock For weeks it has begun, now it is official. Li Shufu, boss of the Chinese automaker Geely, is with 9.69 percent the largest single shareholder at Daimler , So far, the Kuwait sovereign wealth fund was the largest shareholder with 6.8 percent, the corporation does not have a real anchor shareholder.… Continue reading That’s it, Mr. Zetsche
The electric Volksauto comes from Aachen
A chim Kampker is only 34 years old. He is likely to be by far the youngest boss of a German automobile company – and probably this superlative even applies to the entire car industry around the globe. Granted: The Kampker founded Streetscooter GmbH in Aachen has almost nothing in common with the big companies… Continue reading The electric Volksauto comes from Aachen
VW Truck & Bus will soon be called Traton
D In the future, the commercial vehicle group in the Volkswagen Group wants to operate under the name Traton Group instead of “Volkswagen Truck & Bus”. The new name is an important milestone on the way to a leading global market position, said CEO Andreas Renschler on Wednesday. Under the roof of the Traton Group,… Continue reading VW Truck & Bus will soon be called Traton
It’s about more than just the diesel
A On Thursday, the fierce debate on nitrogen dioxide pollution on the road has arrived. Hamburg is now the first driving ban for older diesel cars in Germany. Even if the city fulfills its duty to improve the air quality, it is an inglorious premiere. After the diesel summit last summer, politics and car manufacturers… Continue reading It’s about more than just the diesel