Tag: Electric car
Herbert Diess causes a scandal – dispute over the Wolfsburg plant
Herbert Diess The CEO wants to realign the Mammut Group Volkswagen. (Photo: Reuters) Düsseldorf, Frankfurt It should be a normal session. The Volkswagen Supervisory Board did not have any critical…
Elon Musk’s risky chip strategy has paid off
Elon Musk The Tesla boss understood earlier than others that semiconductor supplies are strategically important for car manufacturers. (Photo: dpa) It has been reading for years: Cars are becoming computers…
Chinese auto market continues to slide in September
Tesla’s Giga factory in Shanghai Alternative drive car sales tripled to 334,000 in September. (Photo: dpa) Beijing The Chinese auto market also suffered a severe setback in September. The deliveries…
Italy’s first gigafactory
Scarmagno The old factory halls have started to rust, windows have been smashed, scaffolding supports the dilapidated concrete ceiling. Everything looks a bit like “The Walking Dead” here. Instead of…
Elon Musk’s risky chip strategy has paid off
Elon Musk The Tesla boss understood earlier than others that semiconductor supplies are strategically important for car manufacturers. (Photo: dpa) It has been reading for years: Cars are becoming computers…
Largest lithium factory in Europe comes to Germany
Lithium processing Most of the lithium extracted is still processed in China today. (Photo: REUTERS) Dusseldorf Only 60 kilometers away from Tesla’s gigafactory in Brandenburg, construction work for another gigantic…
Musk announces first deliveries from German Tesla plant for December
Elon Musk The Tesla boss traveled to Brandenburg for the open day on Saturday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Tesla boss Elon Musk wants to start delivering the first vehicles from the…
Musk at Tesla Open House
Tesla The electric car manufacturer is organizing an open day on Saturday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Thousands of visitors are expected for the open day at the construction site of the…
The most popular electric cars in Germany in 2021
Dusseldorf Volkswagen continues to hold the top position in electromobility in its home market. While the German carmaker was surpassed by Renault in 2020, it will kick off its electric…
Tesla headquarters moves to Texas
Elon Musk The Tesla boss is turning his back on Silicon Valley – at least as far as the Tesla headquarters are concerned. (Photo: Reuters) Austin Tesla is officially relocating…
Elon Musk makes the move official – Tesla is leaving Silicon Valley – for Texas people
Hasta la vista, Palo Alto. Tesla is officially relocating its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Texas. CEO Elon Musk announced the move on Friday night at the electric car manufacturer’s…
So much German technology is in Tesla
Tesla Model 3 Around a third of the around 3,000 parts and components come from German companies. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf Last year, Dirk Howe received an inquiry that surprised him…
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…
Criticism of the board of directors around James Murdoch and Kimbal Musk
Tesla under fire At the upcoming Annual General Meeting, professional investors sharply criticize salaries and decisions that are hostile to shareholders. (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf Tesla’s Annual General Meeting this year…
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…
Cheapest electric cars euros per kilometer in the ranking
Kia Niro The compact SUV is not only available with an electric drive. Cologne The greater the range of an e-car, the more expensive it is usually. There are, however,…
Works council calls for new electric cars for Wolfsburg
Dusseldorf “Planning round” is a household word in Wolfsburg. Behind this is the annual ritual with which the Volkswagen Supervisory Board determines the investment planning for the next five years…
Tesla with delivery record – Experts’ expectations exceeded
Despite the chip crisis, the electric car manufacturer Tesla delivered more vehicles than expected in the third quarter and set a new record. According to its own information, the US…
Skoda Enyaq in the Handelsblatt Autotest: prices, range, consumption
Dusseldorf The man with the white beard immediately notices that this is my first trip in an electric car. I want to charge the battery of my Skoda Enyaq, so…