Tag: Car & e-mobility
Volkswagen plans to mass-produce dry-coated batteries
VW battery production The car manufacturer is working on a more efficient and environmentally friendly process. (Photo: Volkswagen) Wolfsburg The substance that Volkswagen is supposed to bring forward in the…
Volkswagen plans to mass-produce dry-coated batteries
VW battery production The car manufacturer is working on a more efficient and environmentally friendly process. (Photo: Volkswagen) Wolfsburg The substance that Volkswagen is supposed to bring forward in the…
Lea Corzilius becomes the new Head of Human Resources at the automotive supplier ZF
Leah Corzilius The new head of human resources for ZF comes from the competitor Hella. (Photo: PR) Stuttgart Lea Corzilius will be Chief Human Resources Officer at ZF, Germany’s second…
Volkswagen plans to mass-produce dry-coated batteries
VW battery production The car manufacturer is working on a more efficient and environmentally friendly process. (Photo: Volkswagen) Wolfsburg The substance that Volkswagen is supposed to bring forward in the…
Mercedes brings ChatGPT into the car – and wants to rule out AI errors with a trick
S class Mercedes is working with Microsoft and is starting an initial three-month test phase. (Photo: Daimler AG) New York, San Francisco Mercedes-Benz wants to improve the voice control of…
Tesla has to take back the vehicle
Tesla Model S The judges in Belgium were convinced that the Tesla had “actually serious defects”. (Photo: AP) Berlin, Dusseldorf The electric car manufacturer Tesla has suffered another defeat in…
VW wants to improve profits by three billion euros annually
Dusseldorf, Berlin With a show of strength, the carmaker Volkswagen wants to keep its core brand from falling into the red. At a works meeting on Wednesday, CEO Thomas Schäfer…
Suppliers fear new Volkswagen austerity package
Continental wants to review return target A Continental employee checks the circuit board for a vehicle control unit in electronics production. The supplier group is reviewing its return target for…
Core brand VW wants to make ten billion euros more profit by 2026
Production of the ID.3 The VW brand should have a return of 6.5 percent by 2026. (Photo: IMAGO/Sylvio Dittrich) Frankfurt The car manufacturer Volkswagen wants to increase its operating profit…
What the new EU rules mean for consumers
Brussels On Wednesday, the EU Parliament passed new rules for batteries. For the first time, these are now regulated along the entire life cycle. “It’s revolutionary,” says Green MEP Malte…
Porsche wants to bring the Bundesliga into the car
Cockpit in the Porsche Cayenne The sports car manufacturer also wants to live up to its claim to luxury when it comes to infotainment. Stuttgart Watching a football game in…
Electric trucks cheaper than diesel trucks from 2024
Vienna Fully electric trucks in the fleet are currently not an issue for most companies in the forwarding trade. The available electricity trucks are simply too expensive – especially for…
Ford makes Cologne an electric car factory – but there are four challenges
Cologne Site inauguration with the character of a state ceremony: On Monday, the US car manufacturer Ford ceremonially opened its “Cologne Electric Vehicle Center” in Cologne. In front of the…
Volkswagen secures battery raw materials from Brazilian mines
Nickel processing in Indonesia Car manufacturers are increasingly securing direct access to important raw materials. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich, Dusseldorf Car makers Volkswagen and Stellantis and mining group Glencore are backing…
Message in a bottle converts delivery fleet to electric vehicles
Dusseldorf The delivery service Flaschenpost still delivers most of its goods in diesel vehicles. Only 300 of the online drinks retailer’s 2,300 delivery vans are powered by electricity. But that…
How language models can help automakers
Dusseldorf, Vienna If BMW has its way, revolutionary times will dawn in software development. “Become part of the ‘iPhone moment in artificial intelligence’ as our magician who makes things possible…
AI could help VW, BMW and Mercedes solve the software problem
Dusseldorf, Vienna If BMW has its way, revolutionary times will dawn in software development. “Become part of the ‘iPhone moment in artificial intelligence’ as our magician who makes things possible…
Porsche Mission X: Automaker develops new electric sports car
Porsche Mission X For the 75th anniversary, Porsche presented an all-electric concept study: the Porsche Mission X sports car. Image: Lazar Backovic/Handelsblatt Stuttgart There was a world premiere for the…
Porsche Mission X: Automaker develops new electric sports car
Porsche Mission X For the 75th anniversary, Porsche presented an all-electric concept study: the Porsche Mission X sports car. Image: Lazar Backovic/Handelsblatt Stuttgart There was a world premiere for the…
California allows Drive Pilot
new York It’s a breakthrough: After months of waiting, the California Transportation Authority has approved Mercedes-Benz’s advanced autopilot “Drive Pilot”. The Swabians have thus received the most far-reaching approval of…