Tag: car industry
E-mobility: Viktor Orban’s dubious ambitions
Victor Orban The Hungarian prime minister wants to bring large Asian corporations into the country. (Photo: Reuters) Budapest In the small town of Göd, Hungary wants to create an ecological…
No influence on Germany’s electric car market
VW electric car production in Emden Falling purchase premiums will have no impact on the generally high demand for electric cars. (Photo: dpa) The federal government will reduce the purchase…
No influence on Germany’s electric car market
VW electric car production in Emden Falling purchase premiums will have no impact on the generally high demand for electric cars. (Photo: dpa) The federal government will reduce the purchase…
The new CEO wants a lot of electric power, quickly
Dusseldorf Outsiders have a hard time in the auto industry. Only those who have diligently worked their way up through the various departments of a car manufacturer over decades can…
ZF, Bosch, Conti and Schaeffler fight for the crown in electronic steering
No connection to the wheels Electronic steering transmits the steering commands via signal. (Photo: ZF) Stuttgart, Dusseldorf It’s a sensitive topic: In the future, car steering wheels will no longer…
Bosses with a consultant past help the auto suppliers
ZF Friedrichshafen The foundation group promotes a former consultant to the top. This is advantageous because he already knows the company. (Photo: dpa) It may be a coincidence that after…
Who could follow Wolf-Henning Scheider
Stuttgart The search for a new CEO has come to an end at ZF. The supervisory board of the second largest German automotive supplier ZF promoted chassis boss Holger Klein…
Who could follow Wolf-Henning Scheider
Stuttgart At ZF, the second largest German automotive supplier, the search for a new boss is entering its final phase. According to information from the Handelsblatt, the supervisory board will…
Who could follow Wolf-Henning Scheider
Stuttgart At ZF, the second largest German automotive supplier, the search for a new boss is entering its final phase. According to information from the Handelsblatt, the supervisory board will…
Who could follow Wolf-Henning Scheider
Stuttgart At ZF, the second largest German automotive supplier, the search for a new boss is entering its final phase. According to information from the Handelsblatt, the supervisory board will…
That’s how hard the sanctions are hitting Putin’s economy
Russian President Vladimir Putin The IMF expects Russia’s gross domestic product to fall by 8.5 percent in the current year. (Photo: Reuters) Riga Sergei Belov, deputy chairman of the Russian…
Improved business situation in the automotive industry
Production of the VW ID. Buzz in Hanover The car industry is currently able to push through higher prices. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The business situation of the German car manufacturers…
The two faces of Wolfgang Reitzle
Wolfgang Reitzel The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Continental is always well informed about what is happening at the supplier. In the diesel affair, he has inexplicable memory gaps.…
The two faces of Wolfgang Reitzle
Wolfgang Reitzel The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Continental is always well informed about what is happening at the supplier. In the diesel affair, he has inexplicable memory gaps.…
VW, BMW, Mercedes: Software development overwhelms car manufacturers
Dusseldorf, Munich It should be a liberation. Volkswagen wanted to counter the headlines with a major software update for the electric ID models. Group boss Herbert Diess has been criticized…
Operation of cattle farms probably under forced labor
Rio de Janeiro Ricardo Rezende Figueira first heard about the brutality of the German carmaker Volkswagen when three workers came to see him in the mid-1970s. They had fled from…
Why e-fuels are not a good alternative
Brussels In theory, every normal car could be driven in a climate-friendly manner – because petrol and diesel can also be produced from green electricity instead of from crude oil.…
Reactions to the end of combustion engines from Porsche & Co.
Brussels, Dusseldorf The lobbyists of the internal combustion engine in Brussels had fought for a long time. On Wednesday evening, the Parliament of the European Union probably sealed their defeat.…
Schaeffler founds hydrogen company with Faurecia and Michelin
Klaus Rosenfeld The Schaeffler boss sees a long-term investment in the joint venture with Michelin and Faurecia. (Photo: imago images/argum) Paris, Dusseldorf Schaeffler is increasing its commitment in the field…
The car boss of the future is a programmer
programmer at work In car companies, business economists and mechanical engineers without programming knowledge set the tone. (Photo: action press) For decades, the board members of German car companies had…