Tag: Daimler
Green steel from Sweden – Klöckner cooperates with start-up
San Francisco, Berlin The European steel market is still on the move: while the manufacturers undercut each other with their dates for the market launch of green steel, some buyers…
Washington and the Strategic Oil Reserve – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
the persistently high oil price gives the United States the idea of a rare self-defense measure. The Washington government is discussing tapping into the country’s strategic oil reserve. The depots…
Chip crisis leads to heavy losses for car manufacturers
Munich The ongoing shortage of microchips has hit the car and truck manufacturer Daimler hard. The Mercedes manufacturer was only able to deliver 435,000 cars from the brand with the…
Plug-in hybrids are a mistake – carmakers should draw conclusions
The plug-in hybrid can definitely be seen as a symbol of the failure of the established automotive industry, which has denied reality for far too long. When the corporations were…
These are the best electric cars in the test
Electromobility The momentum for e-mobility is greater than ever. (Photo: dpa) Cologne Dirk Braun’s journey towards electromobility began with a disappointment. If the established leasing providers presented available models, the…
The blonde revolution against Facebook – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
the world now knows the face of Frances Haugen. A woman who now reported to the US Senate about her experiences in the data company Facebook, a power of monopoly…
Emmy becomes Go To
Emmy scooter in Berlin The scooters will be part of a diverse fleet under the Go To brand. (Photo: imago images / snapshot) Hamburg The field of sharing providers in…
Daimler, VW and Skoda no longer see a future
Plug-in hybrid The double drive train is becoming increasingly unattractive for car manufacturers. (Photo: dpa) Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Munich For the German auto industry, the plug-in hybrid has been the preferred…
Will deliver fewer trucks in 2022 due to the chip crisis
New trucks The truck industry was largely spared the lack of chips in the first half of the year, but the problems have now arrived here as well. (Photo: Bloomberg)…
Environmental aid is also suing Wintershall Dea
Wintershall Dea The group is sued by Deutsche Umwelthilfe. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Deutsche Umwelthilfe has now also filed a “climate action” against the oil and gas company Wintershall Dea after…
Car manager should advance digitization
Daniela Gerd tom Markotten The industrial engineer and computer scientist has been the new digital director at Deutsche Bahn since mid-September. (Photo: Daimler) Frankfurt Anyone who saw the photo a…
The deputy editor-in-chief’s weekly review
Good morning everyone, the first week after the election is almost behind us. It will probably take a few more weeks before the new government is finally in place. Despite…
What the new Traton boss Christian Levin is up to
MAN and Scania The two truck brands of the VW Group are to work more closely together in the future. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The parent company Volkswagen changed the management…
How the fear of inflation works – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
After years of inciting inflation, which amounted to chants of the rain conjuring in extreme drought, suddenly too many of the once coveted percentage points are now to be registered.…
German car manufacturers are becoming dependent on China
Car traffic in China The Chinese market is vital for German manufacturers. (Photo: Getty Images; Per-Anders Pettersson) Munich, Berlin When the Daimler shareholders decide on the split-up of the group…
Europe is becoming the new epicenter
Electric cars Material manufacturers are preparing for the boom in demand. (Photo: dpa) Düsseldorf, Lyon Europe will become the world’s second largest battery market in the next few years. Only…
Dax course current: Dax is recovering from the sell-off
Dusseldorf After the turbulent course of trading the previous day, the situation on the German stock market eased on Wednesday. The Dax closed 0.8 percent higher at 15,365 points. In…
VW truck subsidiary Traton with new boss and CFO
Traton In the summer of 2020, Traton Knall parted ways with Andreas Renschler, who listed the company on the stock exchange in 2019. (Photo: Reuters) Munich The Volkswagen commercial vehicle…
The climate change in the auto industry is at the expense of the little ones
Production of a Mercedes EQC in Bremen The change from the combustion engine to the electric drive is a challenge for the suppliers. (Photo: dpa) Whoever appoints the new chancellor,…
Polestar goes public via Spac
Polestar 2 The model is supposed to compete with the Tesla Model 3, but it could not completely convince in tests. (Photo: Reuters) Stockholm The Chinese manufacturer of electric cars,…