Tag: car industry
Boris Johnson wins but doesn’t win
we begin this short week with two men who have been able to recite Hamlet’s line, “To be or not to be,” to themselves for some time. You can picture…
BMW restarts production
Munich The BMW Group wants to radically reorganize its production structures. The blueprint for the restart will be the new plant in Hungary, which is scheduled to start production from…
The Japanese remain loyal to the combustion engine
Asia Technonomics In the weekly column we take turns writing about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Tokyo The supporters of electromobility like to rail against the…
Let the suppliers live
car industry The auto industry is becoming less profitable. Raw material costs rise and selling prices fall. (Photo: Kostas Koufogiorgos) The ritual is known. The big car manufacturers regularly ask…
Carmaker wants to make lithium supply more sustainable
Electric car from BMW The Munich-based carmaker wants to be ahead of the competition when it comes to new technologies by investing in start-ups. (Photo: Reuters) Munich It is a…
Auto parts supplier is in the red because of the Ford Bronco disaster
Stockdorf The new edition of the legendary Ford Bronco has met with immense demand in the USA. The Upper Bavarian car supplier Webasto was all the more proud to be…
Uwe Hochschützz is promoted at Stellantis
Opel boss Uwe Hochschurtz After less than a year, the manager is to take on a new position in the Stellantis group. Munich Opel is getting a new boss again.…
Toyota share: earnings decline expected
Toyota Toyota expects the yen to appreciate significantly against the dollar. (Photo: Reuters) Tokyo At first glance, Toyota’s strength seemed unbroken when the 2021 balance sheet was presented. Sales and…
Uwe Hochschützz is promoted at Stellantis
Opel boss Uwe Hochschurtz After less than a year, the manager is to take on a new position in the Stellantis group. Munich Opel is getting a new boss again.…
Uwe Hochschützz is promoted at Stellantis
Opel boss Uwe Hochschurtz The car manager is to hold a new position at Stellantis. Munich Opel gets a new boss after less than a year. Florian Huettl replaces Uwe…
Tesla competitor brings the Lucid Air to Germany
Lucid Air The futuristic electric sedan is now also to be sold in Europe. Newark Lucid is heavily promoting its expansion into Europe. In the entrance hall of the company…
BMW & Qualcomm sell their software together
Munich It is a deal that goes far beyond the usual cooperation between a car manufacturer and a chip company: This spring, BMW and Qualcomm joined forces in automated driving.…
Challenges to come after record profit
BMW balance sheet check The car manufacturer survived the serious crisis in the course of the corona pandemic well, at least financially. Munich A decent start to the year in…
Electric truck manufacturer delivers first trucks
Nikola truck The first copies have been delivered. (Photo: Nikola Motor) Phoenix, NY Nikola has reached an important milestone: As the electric truck manufacturer from Phoenix, Arizona, founded in 2014,…
The battery strategies of the German car manufacturers
Electric car from Mercedes The German car manufacturers are pursuing quite different strategies for the procurement of the central batteries. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf, Munich A new technology should make the…
VW defies the chip shortage and doubles the operating return
Wolfsburg Despite the economic turbulence caused by the war in Ukraine and rising costs, Volkswagen is sticking to its outlook for the current year. Europe’s largest car company confirmed its…
Herbert Diess counters the criticism of the Cariad software unit
Herbert Diess The Volkswagen boss calls on the internal critics in the group to cooperate more with the software unit Cariad. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Volkswagen will work with the US…
For whom an electric car is worthwhile
fast charging station Charging electric cars is cheaper than refueling combustion engines. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Anyone who is currently trying to buy an electric car is usually put off. “This…
Nancy Faeser raises awareness for the catastrophes of the turning point
maybe the queues at the supermarket checkouts are a little longer today and the shelves with toilet paper, pasta and fish cans are emptied faster. If so, then it would…
Weak core business – Conti boss Setzer is still waiting for a liberation
Nikolai Setzer The Continental boss continues to try to bring the core business back to profitability. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The liberation does not come. Continental CEO Nikolai Setzer will most…