Tag: Electromobility
Parts from the Ukraine are coming reliably again
VW general meeting Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess warned at the virtual AGM that the global economy would break up into several blocks. (Photo: IMAGO/sepp spiegl) Dusseldorf The VW Group does…
New brand “Scout” is to stand up to GM and Ford
Dusseldorf Volkswagen is attempting a fresh start in the USA. As announced on Wednesday from group circles, the Wolfsburg car manufacturer wants to compete with another vehicle brand in North…
A comparison of the 10 most popular electric cars in Germany
Dusseldorf The continuing bottlenecks in semiconductors, among other things, continue to weigh heavily on the automotive industry. In April, too, the number of new registrations in Germany fell significantly compared…
Tesla competitor brings the Lucid Air to Germany
Lucid Air The futuristic electric sedan is now also to be sold in Europe. Newark Lucid is heavily promoting its expansion into Europe. In the entrance hall of the company…
Minister of Transport Volker Wissing gone astray
Volker Wissing The minister stressed that he should rely on market-based incentives. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Transport Minister Volker Wissing no longer wants to hear about his ministry’s proposals, no…
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…
Electric truck manufacturer delivers first trucks
Nikola truck The first copies have been delivered. (Photo: Nikola Motor) Phoenix, NY Nikola has reached an important milestone: As the electric truck manufacturer from Phoenix, Arizona, founded in 2014,…
The battery strategies of the German car manufacturers
Electric car from Mercedes The German car manufacturers are pursuing quite different strategies for the procurement of the central batteries. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf, Munich A new technology should make the…
Porsche investment in Group14: New material for batteries
Sports sedan Taycan With new battery materials, Porsche could increase the range and charging speed of its car batteries. Stuttgart, Dusseldorf For new, high-performance batteries, Porsche is again allowed to…
Porsche investment in Group14: New material for batteries
Sports sedan Taycan With new battery materials, Porsche could increase the range and charging speed of its car batteries. Stuttgart, Dusseldorf For new, high-performance batteries, Porsche is again allowed to…
Bosch is investing 500 million euros in green hydrogen
Stuttgart, Dusseldorf The war in Ukraine is disrupting the supply chains, raw material prices are skyrocketing, and the transformation to electromobility is also becoming a financial feat: In this difficult…
The opponent is called Tesla, not Uber
Production at Mercedes-Benz in Sindelfingen The models of the manufacturers are getting bigger and more expensive. (Photo: Daimler AG) Munich In the end, empty phrases remain. BMW did “pioneering work”…
German car manufacturers increase sales of e-vehicles by 92 percent
Volkswagen ID.4 in China The Chinese electric car manufacturers have so far grown more dynamically than the Germans. (Photo: Reuters) new York Global sales of fully electric vehicles more than…
For whom an electric car is worthwhile
fast charging station Charging electric cars is cheaper than refueling combustion engines. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Anyone who is currently trying to buy an electric car is usually put off. “This…
Deutsche Bank advises strategic raw material reserves
Aluminum ingot from Russia Germany is also dependent on imports from Russia and China for many raw metals. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt, Zurich According to Deutsche Bank, Germany and other European…
The VW Group and BP load together
The heads of BP and Volkswagen BP CEO Bernard Looney (left) and VW CEO Herbert Diess put the first “Flexpole” charging station into operation in Düsseldorf. (Photo: Volkswagen Group) Dusseldorf…
Municipalities do not want to operate charging stations
Charging station for e-cars There are still too few charging stations for electric vehicles in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) must expect resistance to his…
State holds back charging station areas – companies fear usury
electromobility Finding suitable space presents companies with one of the greatest challenges when setting up public charging infrastructure. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf If the federal government has its way, there should…
Pepper Motion wants to convert trucks and buses to electric drives
Munich The high fuel prices could further accelerate the conversion of trucks and buses to electric drives. However, electric trucks are currently hard to come by and expensive to buy…
Tesla presents record figures – the Shanghai lockdown is a burden
new York He can’t help himself: Tesla boss Elon Musk had actually announced last July that he wanted to stay away from the presentation of the quarterly figures and the…