Tag: VW
War in Ukraine finishes off the 2021 IPO vintage
The trading floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange There are likely to be significantly fewer IPOs in Germany this year than in 2021. (Photo: dpa) Frankfort, New York The economic…
Bosch acquires Five and accelerates software development
Stuttgart The race for the self-driving car is the most exciting future question in the automotive industry. Only those who are ahead here will make the leap into the digitization…
Diesel scandal: a happy ending for Porsche managers
Dusseldorf The raid in April 2018 caused a stir: around 160 police officers and a good 30 public prosecutors searched the building of the sports car manufacturer Porsche because of…
Shipping companies bring gas from wind and solar power into play
Dusseldorf Liquid gas LNG cost a cheap 47 euros per megawatt hour last year – at the end of March 2022 it broke through the price mark of 120 euros.…
Car sales drop significantly in March
Audi production in Tianjin China is by far the most important single market for German automakers. (Photo: imago images/VCG) Beijing In China, car sales fell in March. The number of…
Historian Adam Tooze on Russia sanctions
Adam Tooze The economic historian advocates an energy embargo against Russia. (Photo: Polaris/laif) The American magazine “New York” calls him “Galaxy Brain”. Indeed, there is little that 54-year-old economic historian…
Volkswagen doubles the retention period for company cars
Volkswagen cars only for regular customers Tiguan production at Volkswagen’s main plant in Wolfsburg: Group managers now have to wait much longer for a company car. (Photo: www.imago-images.de) Dusseldorf The…
Musk opens Tesla Gigafactory in Austin
new York Instead of loud fireworks, drones will initially rise quietly into the Texas night sky on Thursday evening local time. Remote-controlled aircraft form spirals, rings and finally the silhouette…
Tesla keeps VW at a distance for a long time
Tesla production in Grünheide The US automaker will remain the world’s largest supplier of electric cars for years to come. (Photo: via REUTERS) Dusseldorf Volkswagen is unlikely to catch up…
Audi and Porsche want to get into Formula 1
Munich, Dusseldorf Audi and Porsche will be allowed to participate independently in Formula 1 in the future. The Supervisory Board of the Volkswagen Group made this fundamental decision on Thursday.…
With Geely, the Mercedes subsidiary should become profitable
Munich It’s almost a miracle that Smart still exists. After all, the small car brand has weighed heavily on the balance sheet of the car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz for a good…
A comparison of the 10 most popular electric cars in Germany
Dusseldorf After the car market in Germany recovered slightly in the first two months of this year, it plummeted again in March. Around 241,330 new cars came onto the roads…
Omikron paralyzes small companies and clinics
Nurse in an intensive care unit in Freiburg Many hospitals report high staff shortages. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Corona-related staff shortages are currently higher than at any time since the outbreak…
Germany is too expensive a location for many US companies
Dusseldorf Despite all the suffering over the atrocities and the number of victims, there is an expectation in company headquarters that the war in Ukraine will give German-American relations a…
Omikron paralyzes small companies and clinics
Nurse in an intensive care unit in Freiburg Many hospitals report high staff shortages. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Corona-related staff shortages are currently higher than at any time since the outbreak…
SAP News: IG Metall wins works council election
SAP headquarters So far, the unions have had a difficult time with the software manufacturer. (Photo: Bert Bostelmann / picture folio for Handelsblatt) Dusseldorf The big unions have had a…
Shanghai extends lockdown indefinitely
Beijing The Chinese financial and economic metropolis of Shanghai is extending the extensive corona lockdown for its 25 million inhabitants indefinitely. Originally, the city center lockdown should have ended on…
China’s automakers are taking off in Europe
Munich, Dusseldorf Brazen copies, poor quality: Chinese car manufacturers still have a dubious reputation in Germany today. The pictures of when a door handle fell off at the IAA trade…
Forecasts are rising for these stocks
Hope values for the depot Analysts have significantly increased their profit estimates for a number of companies since the beginning of the year. (Photo: picture alliance / Zoonar) Dusseldorf Rising…
When managers become economic warriors
Keynes always helps. When economists think aloud these days about the supposed end of globalization, they like to quote their old master. “A resident of London, while sipping his morning…