Tag: car technology
The Spanish brand Seat is threatened with extinction
The future of Seat is called Cupra Cupra production at the Seat main plant in Martorell near Barcelona: At the end of the decade, the production of Seat models should…
More and more car manufacturers are stocking up on battery metals
Battery cell production at VW in Salzgitter With the turn to electric cars, the capacities for cell production and with them the demand for raw materials for them are growing…
Honda plans billion offensive in electric cars
Tokyo Honda is known for special ways. This is already evident in the boardroom, which literally takes up an entire floor. The board members do not sit in their own…
Bosch acquires Five and accelerates software development
Stuttgart The race for the self-driving car is the most exciting future question in the automotive industry. Only those who are ahead here will make the leap into the digitization…
SiC chips: Chip companies are investing in silicon carbide
Munich, Stuttgart Twelve months of waiting time: Anyone who orders semiconductors made from the material of the future silicon carbide from STMicroelectronics today needs a lot of patience. The energy-saving…
Car manufacturer wants to halve its CO2 emissions by 2030
Munich It was a signal of departure. A few days before he officially took office as CEO of Mercedes-Benz almost three years ago, Ola Källenius announced that he wanted to…
Car sales drop significantly in March
Audi production in Tianjin China is by far the most important single market for German automakers. (Photo: imago images/VCG) Beijing In China, car sales fell in March. The number of…
Germany has one of the highest fuel prices in Europe
Gas station in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania In general, refueling remained significantly more expensive in the first week of April than before the war in Ukraine, even if prices fell again from…
What is the Tesla boss planning to do with Twitter?
Dusseldorf The news not only surprised many in Silicon Valley at the beginning of the week: Tesla boss Elon Musk bought shares from the short message service Twitter for almost…
Volkswagen doubles the retention period for company cars
Volkswagen cars only for regular customers Tiguan production at Volkswagen’s main plant in Wolfsburg: Group managers now have to wait much longer for a company car. (Photo: www.imago-images.de) Dusseldorf The…
Musk opens Tesla Gigafactory in Austin
new York Instead of loud fireworks, drones will initially rise quietly into the Texas night sky on Thursday evening local time. Remote-controlled aircraft form spirals, rings and finally the silhouette…
Tesla keeps VW at a distance for a long time
Tesla production in Grünheide The US automaker will remain the world’s largest supplier of electric cars for years to come. (Photo: via REUTERS) Dusseldorf Volkswagen is unlikely to catch up…
Audi and Porsche want to get into Formula 1
Munich, Dusseldorf Audi and Porsche will be allowed to participate independently in Formula 1 in the future. The Supervisory Board of the Volkswagen Group made this fundamental decision on Thursday.…
A comparison of the 10 most popular electric cars in Germany
Dusseldorf After the car market in Germany recovered slightly in the first two months of this year, it plummeted again in March. Around 241,330 new cars came onto the roads…
Rapid growth in Asia – That’s how important Fuso is
Tokyo So far, Karl Deppen has only been able to manage the Asian division of Daimler Trucks remotely. In March, the Japanese government lifted an entry ban for foreigners that…
This is what the Gigafactory in Austin looks like
giga texas More than 10,000 employees will build the Model Y in the factory. (Photo: Reuters) New York, Dusseldorf Steve Adler only knows one thing: He’s invited. But Austin’s mayor…
Mercedes-Benz: Mathias Geisen – This is how the new “Man of the Van” ticks
Mathias Geisen The manager wants to broaden the van business of the brand with the star. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart The flick of the tongue gives it away. “I’m not Swabian,”…
Fleet managers want to say goodbye to diesel
Electric truck from Daimler Most electric trucks are unsuitable for long-distance driving. (Photo: dpa) Munich A liter of diesel cost exactly 2.14 euros on average in March. The ADAC has…
Electromobility: Transformers are delaying the expansion of charging stations
Charging park with fast charging stations and transformers The component that is supposed to enable the fast charging infrastructure is now delaying it enormously. The delivery times for newly ordered…
China’s automakers are taking off in Europe
Munich, Dusseldorf Brazen copies, poor quality: Chinese car manufacturers still have a dubious reputation in Germany today. The pictures of when a door handle fell off at the IAA trade…