Tag: car industry
Volkswagen: Drastic sales decline in November
Volkswagen Due to the lack of chips, the car company can currently only build a few vehicles. (Photo: dpa) Wolfsburg The Volkswagen Group is coming under increasing pressure in terms…
Herbert Diess remains VW boss – but largely withdraws from operational business
Herbert Diess The Volkswagen boss remains in office and is given new tasks. (Photo: alto.press / Alto Press) Dusseldorf At Volkswagen, the dispute over CEO Herbert Diess has been settled,…
Toyota, Honda and Nissan: Japan’s automakers develop lunar vehicles
Asia Techonomics In the weekly column, we alternately write about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Tesla founder Elon Musk shot a car into space with his…
Material shortage in German industry is worsening –
VW plant in Hanover The shortage of chips is putting pressure on the German auto industry. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The material shortage in German industry worsened in November. 74.4 percent…
VW, GM, Daimler and Co. order directly from chip manufacturers
Ford booth at the IAA 2021 Ford wants to develop its own chips in the future and obtain them directly from the contract manufacturer Globalfoundries. (Photo: imago images / wolterfoto)…
Less money with the IAA, VDA membership fees rise sharply
IAA in Munich – no longer the big money maker IAA in Munich in September: significantly fewer visitors came to the exhibition grounds than in the past. The open spaces…
Owner Midea announces squeeze-out
Machine builder in robotics and automation After withdrawing from the stock exchange, one can act more agile “freed from administrative requirements” and concentrate on the implementation of the strategy. (Photo:…
Audi wants to buy sports car maker McLaren
McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo The British Formula 1 team could soon belong to Audi. (Photo: Getty Images) Munich Audi shows interest in British sports car manufacturer McLaren. According to corporate…
So Musk wants to show the Germans how to build cars
Berlin Two years ago, Elon Musk received incredulous murmurs with his surprising announcement that Tesla would build a factory on the outskirts of Berlin. Now the project is about to…
Dispute over combustion engines between BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler
Rush hour The proportion of emission-free cars is still extremely low. (Photo: www.imago-images.de) Dusseldorf Eleven car manufacturers, 24 states and 38 regions and cities signed a declaration on emission-free vehicles…
Dispute over combustion engines between BMW, Volkswagen and Daimler
Rush hour The proportion of emission-free cars is still extremely low. (Photo: www.imago-images.de) Dusseldorf Eleven car manufacturers, 24 states and 38 regions and cities signed a declaration on emission-free vehicles…
Infineon boss Ploss warns of a chip crisis until mid-2022
Car production The auto suppliers are preparing for a persistent shortage. (Photo: Siemens) Dusseldorf The auto industry has to be prepared for a longer dry spell when it comes to…
A new start in the auto industry despite a lack of chips?
Handelsblatt Auto Summit 2021 Dusseldorf If Infineon boss Reinhard Ploss appears these days, then he is sure to get the attention. Especially in the auto industry. At the moment, the…
Works council boss Cavallo attacks CEO Diess
Herbert Diess and Elon Musk The Tesla boss recently joined a VW management conference from his new headquarters in Texas. (Photo: VW) Wolfsburg Herbert Diess actually didn’t want to be…
Works council boss Cavallo attacks CEO Diess
Herbert Diess The VW boss defended his position at the works meeting. (Photo: dpa) Wolfsburg Herbert Diess actually didn’t want to be in Wolfsburg that Thursday. The VW boss had…
Works council boss Cavallo attacks CEO Diess
Wolfsburg Works council boss and supervisory board member Daniela Cavallo continues to distance herself from VW CEO Herbert Diess and has attacked the manager sharply. At a works meeting at…
Toyota Q3: Automaker Profits From Demand Recovery
Toyota Even in the chip crisis, the Japanese have reliably presented good numbers. (Photo: Reuters) Tokyo Despite the global chip crisis, Toyota increased its profits in the second fiscal quarter…
New car registrations plummet by 35 percent in October
cars The numbers fell in all segments, except for mobile homes and the luxury class. (Photo: dpa) Flensburg Fewer and fewer new cars are on the German roads. In view…
Are you waiting half a year for the new car?
Daimler plant in Sindelfingen Chips are running out. That is why the manufacturers produce the high-priced models first. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Anyone who buys a new car has to wait…
Audi boss: Production losses cannot be made up
Audi boss Markus Duesmann The VW premium subsidiary continues to expect massive production losses due to the lack of chips. (Photo: imago images / sepp spiegl) Ingolstadt / Augsburg According…