Tag: Ralph Brandstatter
Tesla Signs Deals With Rivals In China – Is Price Competition Ending?
Video link with Elon Musk in Shanghai The Tesla boss had put the competitors in China under pressure with his price cuts. (Photo: IMAGO/Kyodo News) Beijing, Dusseldorf The US carmaker…
VW boss Oliver Blume dismissed Markus Duesmann earlier than planned – these are the reasons and so it goes on
Still Audi boss Duesmann No more support from the board of directors and the supervisory board. (Photo: Audi AG) Dusseldorf, Munich, Berlin Almost two weeks ago, Audi boss Markus Duesmann…
VW is creating space in China to build electric cars
VW plant in Anting The automotive group is reorganizing its production capacities in China. (Photo: Volkswagen AG) Dusseldorf Volkswagen is reorganizing its production capacities in China. By bundling production, the…
Activists disrupt annual general meeting with “birthday cake”
Wolfgang Porsche Activists threw cake at the chairman of the supervisory board of Porsche Holding at the Volkswagen annual general meeting on his birthday. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Climate stickers prevented…
Companies are hoping for a comeback in China business
Shanghai, Dusseldorf, Munich The tapes are running again in Anting. In the VW factory on the outskirts of Shanghai, sparks fly in the welding line, in assembly workers wire up…
This is how Mercedes, VW and Co. want to attack in China
Shanghai, Vienna These are sobering numbers. Mercedes-Benz has only been able to sell 4599 vehicles of its two fully electric top-of-the-range sedans EQS and EQE in China since the market…
The car manufacturer wants to become faster in the most important market
Volkswagen in China The Wolfsburg-based carmaker wants to regionalize development more in order to better meet customer needs in China. (Photo: dpa) Shanghai Volkswagen intends to increase the speed of…
Electric car maker BYD overtakes Volkswagen in China
BYD Seal at a car show The Chinese group sold around 13,000 more vehicles than VW in the first quarter of the year. (Photo: IMAGO/Sebastian Geisler) Shanghai, Dusseldorf, Vienna Volkswagen…
Electric car maker overtakes Volkswagen in China
BYD Seal at a car show The Chinese group sold around 13,000 more vehicles than VW in the first quarter of the year. (Photo: IMAGO/Sebastian Geisler) Shanghai, Dusseldorf, Vienna Volkswagen…
VW and Thundersoft set up infotainment joint venture for China
Interior of the VW electric car ID.4 The largest German car manufacturer has long overslept infotainment as a reason to buy. (Photo: Volkswagen AG) Dusseldorf Google or not? That was…
McKinsey needs to reinvent itself
Good morning dear readers, the consulting firm McKinsey is used to analyzing other companies, criticizing them and, if necessary, ordering them to radically change course. Now the heavyweight in the…
VW sees no problems in the controversial China plant
Dusseldorf, Beijing, Berlin Volkswagen’s China boss Ralf Brandstätter has visited the group’s controversial plant in Urumchi. The city is located in the western Chinese province of Xinjiang, where international reports…
VW sees no problems in the controversial China plant
Dusseldorf, Beijing, Berlin Volkswagen’s probably most controversial plant is on the outskirts of the Chinese city of Urumchi, which has four million inhabitants and is the capital of the Uyghur…
VW sees no problems in the controversial China plant
Dusseldorf, Beijing, Berlin Volkswagen’s probably most controversial plant is on the outskirts of the Chinese city of Urumchi, which has four million inhabitants and is the capital of the Uyghur…
Brussels and London are getting closer
Good morning dear readers, It’s like so many breakups: after a period of hurt, blame and teasing, there comes a point when two ex-partners get closer again – and find…
VW China boss visits controversial plant in Uyghur region
Dusseldorf, Beijing, Berlin Volkswagen’s probably most controversial plant is on the outskirts of the Chinese city of Urumchi, which has four million inhabitants and is the capital of the Uyghur…
Volkswagen in China at a nine-year low
Berlin Despite the massive wave of corona infections in the country, Volkswagen is expecting growth in China again this year. The number of new infections will continue to decrease from…
Baidu presents Robo-01 – China’s tech companies build electric cars
Electric car Robo-01 The tech group Baidu and the vehicle manufacturer Geely are jointly building intelligent “car robots” under the Jidu brand and want to revolutionize the industry with it.…
Baidu presents Robo-01 – China’s tech companies build electric cars
Electric car Robo-01 The tech group Baidu and the vehicle manufacturer Geely are jointly building intelligent “car robots” under the Jidu brand and want to revolutionize the industry with it.…
Baidu presents Robo-01 – China’s tech companies build electric cars
Electric car Robo-01 The tech group Baidu and the vehicle manufacturer Geely are jointly building intelligent “car robots” under the Jidu brand and want to revolutionize the industry with it.…