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Renault and Nissan hope for synergies in the billions
Renault production Joint projects with the alliance partner Nissan should bring cost advantages. (Photo: Bloomberg) Paris After the reorganization of the ownership structure in their alliance, the car manufacturers Renault…
Mercedes: Manager Brüngger’s contract extension
Mercedes Legal Director Renata Jungo Brüngger The CEO’s contract is to be extended. (Photo: Mercedes) Vienna Mercedes Legal Director Renata Jungo Brüngger likes to emphasize that corporations that are unable…
Tesla: Merciless growth stress at the US carmaker
We know rampant growth from biology and medicine. For example, with the Babirusa, a deer boar, which is life-threateningly endangered by the growth of its tusks. The tusks can arc…
Ford is reportedly negotiating with BYD over the sale of the Saarlouis plant
Ford production in Saarlouis The Focus will only be manufactured here until 2025. (Photo: Imago) Berlin According to a media report, Ford is negotiating the sale of the Saarlouis plant…
Volkswagen opposes ID imports from China
A Chinese electric VW The Volkswagen Group wants to stop what it considers to be illegal imports of cars produced in China to Europe. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf New electric cars…
Mercedes: Michael Schiebe becomes AMG boss
Michael Sliding The confidant of Mercedes boss Ola Källenius is promoted to head of the AMG tuning brand. (Photo: Mercedes-Benz AG) Vienna The Stuttgart-based luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz is restructuring…
Mercedes fills several top jobs – Michael Schiebe becomes AMG boss
Michael Sliding The confidant of Mercedes boss Ola Källenius is promoted to head of the AMG tuning brand. (Photo: Mercedes-Benz AG) Vienna The Stuttgart-based luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz is restructuring…
Carmaker Mercedes relies on giant displays for new compact cars
giant display The so-called “pillar-to-pillar” display has already been tested in the Mercedes EQXX concept vehicle. (Photo: Mercedes-Benz) Vienna, Dusseldorf With the discontinuation of the A-Class and B-Class, Mercedes-Benz will…
Tesla lowers prices for Model 3 and Model Y in the USA and Germany
Tesla Model Y The crossover model is also built in Grünheide and the basic version is to be offered at a much lower price. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Tesla significantly lowers…
Porsche could bring the US Internet company Google into the cockpit
Las Vegas, San Francisco At the leading technology trade fair CES in Las Vegas last week, Google presented itself as a close partner of the automotive industry. A stage victory…
The electric car Taycan worries the carmaker
Porsche Taycan at the Los Angeles Auto Show The decline in sales worsened in the fourth quarter. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) Stuttgart The Taycan electric sports car is causing increasing concern…
Car manufacturers and suppliers facing a challenging fiscal year
car production The order books of the car manufacturers, which are well filled as a result of the lack of chips, will be processed in 2023. (Photo: Imago) Dusseldorf, Stuttgart…
BMW turns the windshield into a giant display
BMW concept car head-up display The goal of the group is that drivers should no longer be distracted by other screens on the dashboard. (Photo: BMW) Munich The car of…
This is how VW and BMW want to end discount bargaining
Customers in the dealership Automakers are increasingly in control of prices. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Dusseldorf Ten percent, 20 percent – or may it be a little more? So far, anyone…
This is how car manufacturers lure young people with a subscription model
Volvo boss Jim Rowan with new electric SUV EX90 The subscription is intended to make it easier for younger customers to get started. (Photo: via REUTERS) Dusseldorf While sales of…
What good are more sanctions against Iran?
Good morning dear readers, Anyone looking for reasons to impose tougher sanctions on Iran these days has a free choice: The United States in particular suspects the regime in Tehran…
What good are more sanctions against Iran?
Good morning dear readers, Anyone looking for reasons to impose tougher sanctions on Iran these days has a free choice: The United States in particular suspects the regime in Tehran…
These are the eight most exciting electrical innovations of 2023
Cologne Electric cars will continue to be on the rise in the coming year. The manufacturers’ range of new models and thus the choice for customers is growing significantly. Here…
Electricity prices put European car producers at risk
Production of electric cars at the VW plant in Emden The group is becoming more cautious about new investments in its own battery factories. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The European car…
Electricity prices put European car producers at risk
Dusseldorf The European car industry is threatened with losing its competitiveness due to the drastic increase in energy prices. The strategy consultancy Berylls warns of this in a current study.…