Tag: Chip crisis
Suppliers fear new Volkswagen austerity package
Continental wants to review return target A Continental employee checks the circuit board for a vehicle control unit in electronics production. The supplier group is reviewing its return target for…
Samsung’s chip division slips deep into the red
Tokyo Even the world market leader in memory chips, Samsung Electronics, is not immune to the slump in chip demand. In the first quarter of this year, the semiconductor division…
Samsung’s chips division’s profits shrink by 97 percent
Tokyo Weak demand for smartphones and computers is hitting Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker of cell phones and memory chips, hard. The largest Korean group reported record sales for…
Samsung’s chips division’s profits shrink by 97 percent
Tokyo Weak demand for smartphones and computers is hitting Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker of cell phones and memory chips, hard. The largest Korean group reported record sales for…
Chip crisis reaches Toyota – world’s largest carmaker lowers sales forecast
Electric car CH-R from Toyota When it comes to electric mobility, the carmaker, which has long relied on its strong position in hybrid cars, is lagging behind most of its…
Porsche succeeds in catching up in the third quarter – sales turn positive
Production of the Porsche Taycan in Stuttgart The first all-electric Porsche was only 25,073 deliveries worldwide in the third quarter. (Photo: Bloomberg) Stuttgart The sports car manufacturer Porsche AG, which…
Elon Musk is thinking, but will continue to caper
Elon Musk The Tesla boss has said goodbye to his Twitter takeover plans. (Photo: dpa) Do you know the little story by Christian Morgenstern “Luck and Unhappiness”? When a horse…
Sales down five percent in the first half of the year
Production of the Porsche Taycan The top-of-the-range electric model has suffered from delivery problems for the chip components. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart Porsche’s era of sales records is over for the…
Sales down five percent in the first half of the year
Production of the Porsche Taycan The top-of-the-range electric model has suffered from delivery problems for the chip components. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart Porsche’s era of sales records is over for the…
Sales down five percent in the first half of the year
Production of the Porsche Taycan The top-of-the-range electric model has suffered from delivery problems for the chip components. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart Porsche’s era of sales records is over for the…
18.4 percent growth: Würth records a record half year
Sales upswing at Würth The retail group grew by almost 20 percent in the first half of the year. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart Despite the unstable global economic situation, the Würth…
Ford with a drop in sales in the first quarter
Ford F-150 Lightning The best-selling pick-up in the USA will soon also be available as an electric vehicle. (Photo: AP) Dearborn The chip crisis and global supply chain problems also…
Ford with a drop in sales in the first quarter
ford The US automaker exceeded analysts’ expectations. (Photo: Bloomberg) Dearborn The chip crisis and global supply chain problems also slowed down Ford at the beginning of the year. In the…
Despite the chip crisis, car manufacturers are making more profits
Stuttgart Despite the chip crisis, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Volkswagen and other international automakers earned significantly more in the past year. The operating profit of the world’s 16 largest car companies climbed…
Apple supplier AT&S is sold out until 2026
Munich The delivery bottlenecks in the chip industry are likely to continue for years. Important suppliers such as AT&S from Austria will find it difficult to cope with the flood…
Automaker imposed order freeze for E-Class
Mercedes Benz E Class The new E-Class will not be presented until 2023. (Photo: Daimler AG) Stuttgart The carmaker Mercedes-Benz has imposed an order freeze in Germany for the current…
Automaker imposed order freeze for E-Class
Mercedes Benz E Class The new E-Class will not be presented until 2023. (Photo: Daimler AG) Stuttgart The carmaker Mercedes-Benz has imposed an order freeze in Germany for the current…
Toyota remains the largest car seller ahead of Volkswagen
Toyota The Japanese group recorded an increase of 10.1 percent compared to the previous year. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The Toyota group coped with the global supply crisis for semiconductors much…
The US government expects the chip crisis to last until the end of 2022
Joe Biden on site visit in Ohio The US government does not expect the chip crisis to ease quickly, despite expansion plans. (Photo: AP) new York The US government under…
New Bosch boss: Hartung is planning more services
Stuttgart Stefan Hartung does not appear in public in his first week as Bosch boss – but he is sending the first written signals. The “Bosch Zünder”, the employee newspaper…