Tag: Thomas Schaefer
VW brand boss Schäfer urges management in fire speech to austerity course
VW brand boss Thomas Schäfer Dusseldorf Shortly before the factory holidays, there is no holiday mood at Volkswagen. This was shown at the beginning of the week at the management…
Stop spending at VW – brand boss Schäfer is urging management to economize
VW brand boss Thomas Schäfer Dusseldorf Shortly before the factory holidays, there is no holiday mood at Volkswagen. This was shown at the beginning of the week at the management…
VW wants to improve profits by three billion euros annually
Dusseldorf, Berlin With a show of strength, the carmaker Volkswagen wants to keep its core brand from falling into the red. At a works meeting on Wednesday, CEO Thomas Schäfer…
Core brand VW wants to make ten billion euros more profit by 2026
Production of the ID.3 The VW brand should have a return of 6.5 percent by 2026. (Photo: IMAGO/Sylvio Dittrich) Frankfurt The car manufacturer Volkswagen wants to increase its operating profit…
VW wants to completely reorganize the core brand
Volkswagen boss Oliver Blume The restructuring of the core brand becomes the second major project of his tenure. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Wolfsburg The car manufacturer VW is preparing a far-reaching…
Volkswagen is planning extensive restructuring of its core brand
Volkswagen boss Oliver Blume The restructuring of the core brand becomes the second major project of his tenure. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf, Wolfsburg The car manufacturer Volkswagen is preparing a far-reaching…
VW presents ID.2all – fight against Tesla begins
Volkswagen’s ID.2 versus Tesla’s Model 2 (rendering) Affordable electric mobility as the next challenge. (Photo: VW, Tesla (M)) Dusseldorf In the auto industry, the fight for mass business with electric…
The fight for affordable electric mobility begins
Volkswagen’s ID.2 versus Tesla’s Model 2 (rendering) Affordable electric mobility as the next challenge. (Photo: VW, Tesla (M)) Dusseldorf In the auto industry, the fight for mass business with electric…
VW expands electric ID series to include small cars
Hamburg After the production and delivery backlog in 2022, the core brand of Volkswagen wants to catch up this year and hand over more cars to customers again. A significant…
VW expands electric ID series to include small cars
Hamburg After the production and delivery backlog in 2022, the core brand of Volkswagen wants to catch up this year and hand over more cars to customers again. A significant…
Why chief designer Jozef Kaban has to leave Volkswagen
VW designer Kabaň with concept car ID.Life The Slovakian designer will be transferred within the group after only 30 months. (Photo: Volkswagen AG) Dusseldorf The quick farewell to VW chief…
Samsung, Sony and BMW are fighting for the car of the future
Las Vegas The stage at the Las Vegas convention center is darkened. Then suddenly two headlights flicker on. A little later, at the leading technology trade fair CES, a vehicle…
Electricity prices put European car producers at risk
Production of electric cars at the VW plant in Emden The group is becoming more cautious about new investments in its own battery factories. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The European car…
Electricity prices put European car producers at risk
Dusseldorf The European car industry is threatened with losing its competitiveness due to the drastic increase in energy prices. The strategy consultancy Berylls warns of this in a current study.…
VW separates from chief designer Klaus Zyciora
Klaus Zyciora at the premiere of the VW ID.3 Volkswagen’s chief designer has to go, the VW ID.3 is to be optically revised. Dusseldorf Volkswagen parted ways with its longtime…
The main plant in Wolfsburg gets a new electric SUV
Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg The plant urgently needs new models in order to be able to utilize the production capacity in the future. (Photo: imago images/Jan Huebner) Dusseldorf The Volkswagen…
Tesla hunter postponed – new VW plant before the end
Berlin, Dusseldorf A few months after taking office, Volkswagen boss Oliver Blume is faced with tough decisions. Because the development of the future model Trinity is hanging, he has to…
VW vehicle family should work together more efficiently in the future
Berlin Thomas Schäfer makes a promise: Under his leadership, the volume group in the Volkswagen Group should finally function. “It’s going to be something,” said the CEO of the core…
VW sales manager Zellmer is to lead the brand
Klaus Zellmer, Sales Director of the VW core brand The car manager could lead Skoda in the future. (Photo: bernhardhuber.com) Dusseldorf Skoda gets a new boss. As announced on Friday…