Tag: car technology
Continental is in the red in the automotive business
Continental In response to the numbers, Conti shares have meanwhile turned negative. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The automotive supplier Continental made a small operating loss in its core automotive business in…
Daimler Truck wants to grow by 60 percent – Unimog as a hydrogen combustion engine?
Electric truck at the IAA The electric trucks from Daimler Truck should make the manufacturer noticeably more profitable. (Photo: Reuters) Boston, Vienna From a chronic underperformer to a star on…
Daimler Truck wants to grow by 60 percent – Unimog as a hydrogen combustion engine?
Electric truck at the IAA The electric trucks from Daimler Truck should make the manufacturer noticeably more profitable. (Photo: Reuters) Boston, Vienna From a chronic underperformer to a star on…
VW electric private customer business in Europe collapses
Volkswagen ID. Buzz at a trade fair in Augsburg The new electric version of the classic Bullis has not yet been able to meet sales expectations. (Photo: IMAGO/MiS) Dusseldorf, Berlin…
VW electric private customer business in Europe collapses
VW ID.4 production in Emden In the East Frisian VW plant, production is already being curtailed due to insufficient demand for electronics. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Berlin After weaknesses in the…
Why VW’s electric cars aren’t getting cheaper in Germany
Dusseldorf “Special offer” is emblazoned large on the windscreens of several new cars at a VW dealership on Düsseldorf’s auto mile. A closer look reveals that the discounted models are…
“The Chinese are also very good in terms of quality”
Harold Marquardt The head of the automotive supplier Marquardt already supplies numerous Chinese customers. (Photo: Marquardt) Stuttgart The boss of the automotive supplier Marquardt warns the German car manufacturers not…
Volkswagen starts test run with self-driving buses in the USA
new York Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is starting a new test run to get self-driving cars on the road. From this July, ten ID.Buzz electric minibuses will be making their rounds…
Tesla Signs Deals With Rivals In China – Is Price Competition Ending?
Video link with Elon Musk in Shanghai The Tesla boss had put the competitors in China under pressure with his price cuts. (Photo: IMAGO/Kyodo News) Beijing, Dusseldorf The US carmaker…
Mercedes boss Ola Källenius before second term – new contract until 2029
Ola Källenius The Mercedes boss’s contract is likely to be extended. (Photo: dpa) Vienna Mercedes-Benz is operating more profitably than ever before – yet CEO Ola Källenius keeps driving his…
Mercedes boss Ola Källenius before second term – new contract until 2029
Ola Källenius The Mercedes boss’s contract is likely to be extended. (Photo: dpa) Vienna Mercedes-Benz is operating more profitably than ever before – yet CEO Ola Källenius keeps driving his…
Mercedes boss Ola Källenius before second term – new contract until 2029
Ola Källenius The Mercedes boss’s contract is likely to be extended. (Photo: dpa) Vienna Mercedes-Benz is operating more profitably than ever before – yet CEO Ola Källenius keeps driving his…
Factory for sodium chloride storage is built in Saxony
cerenergy An integrated project with the new salt battery could look like this. Dusseldorf The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS) has developed a battery whose most important…
Charge X secures fresh money
Tobias Wagner (left) and Michael Masnitza The Charge-X founders have raised fresh money from investors. (Photo: Charge X) Berlin The Munich start-up Charge X wants to make it easier for…
No redundancies at Bosch until the end of 2027
Bosch Employee representatives at Bosch are to be more closely involved in decisions in the future. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart According to an agreement with the works council, Bosch has ruled…
The first factory for sodium chloride storage is built in Saxony
cerenergy An integrated project with the new salt battery could look like this. Dusseldorf The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS) has developed a battery whose most important…
Amazon’s Rivian electric delivery vans are coming to Germany
Seattle, Munich Amazon is bringing the electric delivery vans from Tesla competitor Rivian, specially developed for the world’s largest online retailer, to Germany. In the coming weeks, more than 300…
Volkswagen invests one billion euros in South America
VW ID. buzz The electric bus is also to be sold in South America starting this year. (Photo: VW) Frankfurt The Volkswagen brand wants to drive its growth in South…
Amazon’s Rivian electric delivery vans are coming to Germany
Seattle, Munich Amazon is bringing the electric delivery vans from Tesla competitor Rivian, specially developed for the world’s largest online retailer, to Germany. In the coming weeks, more than 300…
According to a study, China’s automaker is the export world champion for the first time
Denza N7 SUV China is exporting more and more cars. (Photo: Bloomberg) Munich According to the management consultancy AlixPartners, the Chinese car manufacturers will be export world champions for the…