Tag: Car & e-mobility
Tesla to change plans for expanded battery factory
Tesla’s “Gigafactory” in Brandenburg The company says it wants to double the factory’s production capacity of 500,000 cars. (Photo: Reuters) Grünheide The US electric car manufacturer Tesla is to change…
“Will see exponential growth in electric cars”
Ola Källenius The Mercedes boss is pushing ahead with his electric strategy despite setbacks. (Photo: Bloomberg) Vienna The Stuttgart car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz wants to invest even more money in the…
“Will see exponential growth in electric cars”
Ola Källenius The Mercedes boss is pushing ahead with his electric strategy despite setbacks. (Photo: Bloomberg) Vienna The Stuttgart car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz wants to invest even more money in the…
Joint venture with Foxconn – ZF’s axle business brings in half a billion euros
Axle production at ZF in Beijing The chassis components business is brought into a joint venture with the electronics group Foxconn. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart ZF has found a partner for…
Germany is likely to miss its climate targets for 2030 and 2045
Traffic on the A8 near Munich The transport sector in particular emits so many greenhouse gases that Germany may not reach its climate targets. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a…
Germany is likely to miss its climate targets for 2030 and 2045
Traffic on the A8 near Munich The transport sector in particular emits so many greenhouse gases that Germany may not reach its climate targets. (Photo: dpa) Berlin According to a…
Battery manufacturer works on rechargeable batteries for electric flight
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt Manufacturers of batteries for electric cars have discovered a potential new market for themselves: civil aviation. The Swedish company Northvolt, together with its Californian subsidiary Cuberg, has developed…
Audi faces a radical restart in China
Audi appearance at a car show in Wuhan The VW subsidiary has so far hardly been able to deliver what Chinese customers want. (Photo: Getty Images; Per-Anders Pettersson) Munich, Berlin,…
Suppliers are turning to Chinese automakers
Electric cars from Nio The Chinese manufacturer was the launch customer for ZF’s electronic steering system. (Photo: IMAGO/VCG) Dusseldorf, Stuttgart The German automotive suppliers could always rely on one thing:…
Audi’s restart in China is becoming more concrete
Berlin According to the company, the Volkswagen subsidiary Audi is negotiating with the Chinese joint venture partner SAIC about a joint development of electric cars. SAIC chief engineer Zu Sijie…
Auto suppliers rely on automakers from China
Electric cars from Nio The Chinese manufacturer was the launch customer for ZF’s electronic steering system. (Photo: IMAGO/VCG) Dusseldorf, Stuttgart The German automotive suppliers could always rely on one thing:…
Elon Musk promises autonomous driving by the end of the year
san francisco Tesla boss Elon Musk predicts that fully autonomous driving will become a reality by the end of the year. “I think we’re going to be better than humans…
Elon Musk expects self-driving cars by the end of the year
san francisco Tesla boss Elon Musk predicts that fully autonomous driving will become a reality by the end of the year. “I think we’re going to be better than humans…
Elon Musk predicts self-driving cars by year-end and ‘biggest shift in value in history’
san francisco Tesla boss Elon Musk predicts that fully autonomous driving will become a reality by the end of the year. “I think we’re going to be better than humans…
Elon Musk predicts self-driving cars by year-end and ‘biggest shift in value in history’
san francisco Tesla boss Elon Musk predicts that fully autonomous driving will become a reality by the end of the year. “I think we’re going to be better than humans…
Tesla’s price war is putting pressure on its own margins
Tesla The carmaker has published its quarterly figures. (Photo: AP) san francisco The price war for e-cars that he himself instigated is affecting Tesla. The company announced on Wednesday after…
Traffic light politicians reject new purchase premium for e-cars
Production of electric cars Traffic light traffic politicians reject a new purchase premium. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Leading politicians in the traffic light coalition reject a new purchase premium for electric…
Tata plans to build new battery factory in UK
Car production at Jaguar Land Rover The Indian parent company Tata apparently wants to build a new battery factory in Great Britain. (Photo: REUTERS) London The Indian industrial group Tata…
How stable is our power grid?
Dusseldorf The German power grid was one of the most important topics of all last year. The fear of power outages was great, but in the end, despite the problems…
Will Germany create 15 million electric cars by 2030?
Brand new e-cars in Zwickau According to experts, the goal of 15 million e-cars by 2030 is almost impossible to achieve. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The traffic light coalition has set…