Tag: Car maker
BMW, VW & Daimler: Software issue divides car manufacturers
Munich, Düsseldorf Get in, log in to Android or iOS and drive off: This is the absolute horror of the German auto industry. Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW definitely do not…
Herbert Diess wants to be VW boss next year
Herbert Diess The VW boss does not see his position at risk from the conflict with the works council. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess sees his personal position…
New VW plant for e-cars in Wolfsburg?
Volkswagen main plant in Wolfsburg The work dates from the 1950s and 60s (Photo: dpa) Wolfsburg Volkswagen will probably build a completely new factory for its latest generation of electric…
Green leader alarms “Environment APO” – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
once again an emotional selfie, some kind of sign of “we-can-do-it”: That would be appropriate in the tough traffic light coalition talks. Because of “things are moving forward, history is…
BMW increases profit significantly – and pulls Mercedes away
BMW headquarters in Munich The operating profit (EBIT) improved by almost 50 percent to 2.88 billion euros, which is also significantly better than expected. (Photo: dapd) Munich More luxury cars,…
BMW increases sales and profits despite semiconductor crisis
BMW headquarters in Munich The operating profit (EBIT) improved by almost 50 percent to 2.88 billion euros, which is also significantly better than expected. (Photo: dapd) Munich Despite the global…
Daimler increases profit despite chip crisis
Daimler boss Ola Källenius The shortage of semiconductors is putting the German auto industry under pressure. (Photo: Reuters) Munich The lack of chips continues to affect Daimler. In the third…
Daimler increases profit in the third quarter despite the chip crisis
Daimler boss Ola Källenius The shortage of semiconductors is putting the German auto industry under pressure. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt Despite the slump in sales due to the chip crisis, Daimler…
Opel works council criticizes the end of toolmaking
Opel in Rüsselsheim The planned closure of the tool shop will cause the next conflict between management and the works council. (Photo: dpa) Munich In addition to the forge and…
Volkswagen News: VW Supervisory Board has to postpone planning round
Transporter production at VW in Hanover At the moment it is still unclear which models will be produced in the factory in the future. (Photo: dpa) Düsseldorf, Berlin The next…
Volkswagen’s profit shrinks more than expected
Dusseldorf The persistent lack of chips hit the VW group hard in the third quarter. Because there were not enough semiconductors and therefore significantly fewer cars than planned could be…
Volkswagen’s profit shrinks more than expected
Volkswagen The shortage of chips hit the volume brands VW, Skoda and Seat in particular. (Photo: dpa) Hamburg Volkswagen’s profit fell more sharply than expected due to the chip misery.…
Ford net profit collapses by a quarter – better than expected
ford The car maker was hit hard by the lack of chips. (Photo: dpa) Detroit Ford suffered a slump in profits in the third quarter, but did better than experts…
Plans for the Hanover plant could be the next point of contention
Herbert Diess The VW boss will attend the board meeting. (Photo: Bloomberg) Düsseldorf, Berlin Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess now wants to appear at the works meeting planned for next week.…
Plans for the Hanover plant could be the next point of contention
Herbert Diess The VW boss will attend the board meeting. (Photo: Bloomberg) Düsseldorf, Berlin The mood is likely to be chilled when the supervisory boards of Volkswagen meet for their…
“The German carmakers will recover strongly”
Elon Musk The CEO soon sees Tesla as a German automaker. (Photo: imago images / ZUMA Wire) Frankfurt One day after the record run of the Tesla share, company boss…
Short-time work at the Mercedes plant in Rastatt due to the chip crisis
Production in Rastatt The plant has more than 6,500 employees and a leading role in the Daimler production network for compact vehicles. (Photo: Daimler AG) Rastatt, Stuttgart Due to the…
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…