Tag: Center Automotive Research
Company cars are important for car manufacturers
Munich, Dusseldorf The G-Class from Mercedes in the popular AMG tuned version consumes 16 liters of petrol per 100 kilometers at a base price of 180,939 euros. The resulting carbon…
Company cars are important for car manufacturers
Munich, Dusseldorf The G-Class from Mercedes in the popular AMG tuned version consumes 16 liters of petrol per 100 kilometers at a base price of 180,939 euros. The resulting carbon…
5385 euros price increase in one year
Volkswagen ID.3 The E-VW has become 2600 euros more expensive in the past twelve months – and the price of the most popular models has risen comparatively moderately. (Photo: VW)…
BMW cuts sales target and warns of headwinds
BMW boss Oliver Zipse The carmaker is apparently preparing for a recession in Europe. (Photo: Reuters) Munich At first glance, things are going splendidly at BMW. The Munich-based carmaker significantly…
Into the future with “Salzgiga” – VW lays the foundation for a model plant for battery production
Salzgitter The VW Group begins building its first battery cell factory in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony. “Salzgiga will become the battery center for the entire group,” said CTO Thomas Schmall on…
Volkswagen buys Europcar: car sharing should become profitable
VW relies on new mobility services and Europcar Europcar at Merignac Airport near Bordeaux: With the takeover of the car rental company, Volkswagen wants to make car sharing profitable. (Photo:…
Challenges to come after record profit
BMW balance sheet check The car manufacturer survived the serious crisis in the course of the corona pandemic well, at least financially. Munich A decent start to the year in…
BMW and Mercedes sell carsharing to Stellantis
Munich Mercedes-Benz and BMW are exiting the car sharing business. The two southern German carmakers recently signed an agreement to sell their joint venture Share Now to Opel parent company…
BMW attacks the Mercedes S-Class
New i7 from BMW The carmaker wants to sell more than 80,000 units per year from the model series in the future. (Photo: BMW) Munich The doors open automatically, the…
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…
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…
Almost 6000 euros profit per new car
Expensive bestseller Luxury cars like the Mercedes G-Class are sold out for years. Munich The more cars that are sold, the better. Almost all vehicle manufacturers followed this logic for…
German suppliers are building factories of the future
Elon Musk in Gruenheide Tesla works fundamentally differently than German car manufacturers. The hidden champions like that. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf, New York For a good two years, Tesla has been…
Auto expert criticizes “hurricanes of resistance”
Berlin The director of the CAR Center Automotive Research, Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, sees the new delays in the start of regular production at the Tesla factory in Grünheide as a negative…
Plug-in hybrids are threatened with a drastic drop in value
Risk plug-in hybrids Semi-electric models like the BMW X5 xDrive40e could be worth less when the premium is removed. (Photo: dpa) Munich, Stuttgart Two drives, zero problems: BMW, Mercedes-Benz and…
Plug-in hybrids are threatened with a drastic drop in value
Risk plug-in hybrids Semi-electric models like the BMW X5 xDrive40e could be worth less when the premium is removed. (Photo: dpa) Munich, Stuttgart Two drives, zero problems: BMW, Mercedes-Benz and…
Plug-in hybrids are threatened with a drastic drop in value
Risk plug-in hybrids Semi-electric models like the BMW X5 xDrive40e could be worth less when the premium is removed. (Photo: dpa) Munich, Stuttgart Two drives, zero problems: BMW, Mercedes-Benz and…
The hoped-for recovery in the automotive industry has not materialized
Chip shortage causes car production to collapse Car loading in the port of Hamburg: High inventories have meant that global car sales have not collapsed again despite the acute shortage…
More and more customers have to wait for their car
Volkswagen new vehicles Chips will also remain scarce in 2022, and industry experts expect bottlenecks to continue until the summer. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Car buyers currently need a lot of…
Renault is in the struggle for survival
Paris Renault boss Luca de Meo wants to lead the ailing French carmaker out of the crisis with an ambitious plan of action: “We are making very, very great progress,”…