Tag: Car maker
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…
VW plant in Wolfsburg threatens weakest production for decades
VW production in Wolfsburg The weak utilization of the main plant has repeatedly caused disputes between the works council and management. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Volkswagen is coming under massive pressure…
Mercedes dealers in Australia are suing Daimler
Munich Daimler threatens legal trouble in Australia. A group of dealers filed a lawsuit against the Stuttgart-based car maker in Melbourne on Tuesday. Accordingly, the Australian sales partners are demanding…
Authorities are recalling more and more cars because of software deficiencies
Auto Show 2015 in New York The Mercedes GLE was also affected by a recall. (Photo: AFP) Munich Dangerous airbags, defective brake lights, defective gearboxes: due to such safety deficiencies,…
Herbert Diess swears VW managers to compete with Tesla
Herbert Diess “We need a new way of thinking. It’s not just about the brand, but also about the group. It’s about Wolfsburg. “ (Photo: imago images / Jan Huebner)…
The chip crisis has a greater impact on car suppliers than car manufacturers
Suppliers in crisis The mixture of transformation, missing chips and rising raw material prices is particularly affecting automotive suppliers. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf For many automotive suppliers in Germany, it is…
Elon Musk’s risky chip strategy has paid off
Elon Musk The Tesla boss understood earlier than others that semiconductor supplies are strategically important for car manufacturers. (Photo: dpa) It has been reading for years: Cars are becoming computers…
Elon Musk’s risky chip strategy has paid off
Elon Musk The Tesla boss understood earlier than others that semiconductor supplies are strategically important for car manufacturers. (Photo: dpa) It has been reading for years: Cars are becoming computers…
Stellantis wants to remove responsibility for factories from Opel
Opel headquarters in Rüsselsheim Parent company Stellantis wants to withdraw its German subsidiary responsibility under corporate law over its own factories. (Photo: Reuters) Munich Michael Lohscheller had probably seen it…
Chip crisis leads to heavy losses for car manufacturers
Munich The ongoing shortage of microchips has hit the car and truck manufacturer Daimler hard. The Mercedes manufacturer was only able to deliver 435,000 cars from the brand with the…
German car manufacturers are becoming dependent on China
Car traffic in China The Chinese market is vital for German manufacturers. (Photo: Getty Images; Per-Anders Pettersson) Munich, Berlin When the Daimler shareholders decide on the split-up of the group…
Investing in e-mobility in the USA
Pickup truck One of the automaker’s new factories is set to produce the electric version of the F-150. (Photo: Reuters) new York The US car company Ford is serious about…