Tag: car technology
Skeleton wants to make mining greener with carbon batteries
mining vehicle In mining, dump trucks transport up to 100 tons of raw materials per trip. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dusseldorf The German-Estonian start-up Skeleton Technologies has received its first major order…
Microsoft is helping Mercedes trim 30 car plants for efficiency
Mercedes factory Mercedes should be able to increase efficiency by working with Microsoft. (Photo: dpa) Vienna Short-time work, idle assembly lines, long delivery times: For almost two years, the automotive…
Pressure is increasing for diesel trucks to be phased out more quickly
Berlin, Vienna In the car business, the diesel engine is a phased-out model, and market shares have been shrinking for years. In the case of heavy trucks, on the other…
Vitesco is developing better than the parent company Continental
Dusseldorf The capital market day of the automotive supplier Vitesco is dominated by the crisis: rising raw material and energy prices are causing problems for the industry. Vitesco boss Andreas…
Supposed “bad bank” Vitesco is developing better than the former parent company Continental
Dusseldorf The capital market day of the automotive supplier Vitesco is dominated by the crisis: rising raw material and energy prices are causing problems for the industry. Vitesco boss Andreas…
Indonesia wants to take over battery production
Production of electric vehicles at Volkswagen In March, Volkswagen announced a joint venture with Chinese partners to secure nickel from Indonesia for battery production. (Photo: IMAGO/Kirchner Media) Brussels, Jakarta Emerging…
E-car manufacturer Nio starts with car subscription in Germany
E-vehicle by Nio The Chinese company made a loss in the second quarter. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio wants to start renting cars instead of selling…
E-car manufacturer Nio starts with car subscription in Germany
E-vehicle by Nio The Chinese company made a loss in the second quarter. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio wants to start renting cars instead of selling…
Rivian recalls 13,000 vehicles
Rivian logo The company is recalling vehicles because a component may not be adequately fastened. (Photo: AP) Electric car maker Rivian is having to recall vehicles because a steering fastener…
Motor vehicle market crisis: German car dealers are threatened with a buyers’ strike
Automotive Logistics Center Bremen The center on the DB Cargo platform is used to transport the drive batteries and vehicle components for electric vehicles from Mercedes-Benz. (Photo: dpa) Munich The…
First cancellations – German car dealers are threatened with a buyers’ strike
Automotive Logistics Center Bremen The center on the DB Cargo platform is used to transport the drive batteries and vehicle components for electric vehicles from Mercedes-Benz. (Photo: dpa) Munich The…
Toyota: Interchangeable Hardware – This is how Toyota cars should be usable longer
To a hammer everything looks like a nail, to an IT professional like James Kuffner everything looks like a computer. At Google, the US expert on artificial intelligence began to…
Toyota: Interchangeable Hardware – This is how Toyota cars should be usable longer
To a hammer everything looks like a nail, to an IT professional like James Kuffner everything looks like a computer. At Google, the US expert on artificial intelligence began to…
High energy prices make e-cars unattractive for companies
Fast charging point for electric cars Fast, mobile charging is becoming more expensive for company cars – and that curtails an important incentive to buy. (Photo: dpa) In England, France…
Why Sixt is offering thousands of Chinese electric cars
Hamburg Sixt is adding electric cars from the leading Chinese carmaker BYD to its range. As a first step, Germany’s largest car rental company is ordering several thousand purely battery-powered…
Sixt offers thousands of Chinese e-cars
Hamburg Sixt is offering electric cars from the leading Chinese car manufacturer BYD on a large scale. As a first step, Germany’s largest car rental company is ordering several thousand…
German electric cars follow the competition
E-car filling station For the year as a whole, none of the manufacturers showed a clear growth trend in the electronics market shares in the People’s Republic. (Photo: dpa) Vienna,…
German electric cars follow the competition
E-car filling station For the year as a whole, none of the manufacturers showed a clear growth trend in the electronics market shares in the People’s Republic. (Photo: dpa) Vienna,…
Intel launches IPO of auto subsidiary Mobileye
Santa Clara The chip company Intel has officially launched the IPO of its robot car subsidiary Mobileye. Mobileye published the stock exchange prospectus with the US supervisory authority SEC on…
Boss Elon Musk presents robot prototypes “Optimus”.
new York It’s still quite shaky: the machine with uncovered mechanical joints and cables takes a few steps on the stage and waves to the audience. Then she quickly disappears…