Tag: ZF
VW, GM, Daimler and Co. order directly from chip manufacturers
Ford booth at the IAA 2021 Ford wants to develop its own chips in the future and obtain them directly from the contract manufacturer Globalfoundries. (Photo: imago images / wolterfoto)…
Continental Diesel investigation: Karl-Thomas Neumann suspected
Karl-Thomas Neumann The Hanover public prosecutor’s office is investigating the former Conti boss. (Photo: imago / IPON) Dusseldorf The automotive supplier Continental and its top management are apparently more deeply…
Continental Diesel investigation: Karl-Thomas Neumann suspected
Dusseldorf The automotive supplier Continental and its top management are apparently more deeply involved in the diesel scandal than previously thought: According to information from the Handelsblatt, the Hanover public…
Tesla’s chip material of the future comes from Nuremberg
Silicon carbide The composite helps solve some of the fundamental problems of electric mobility. Nuremberg, Düsseldorf Robert Eckstein was the first SiCrystal employee in 1997. Even then, silicon carbide –…
BMW, VW & Daimler: Software issue divides car manufacturers
Munich, Düsseldorf Get in, log in to Android or iOS and drive off: This is the absolute horror of the German auto industry. Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW definitely do not…
E-mobility & the automotive industry in Germany: How to do it faster
The automotive industry is the most important branch of industry in Germany. In order for it to stay that way in times of climate change, a rethink is necessary. At…
Infineon boss Ploss warns of a chip crisis until mid-2022
Car production The auto suppliers are preparing for a persistent shortage. (Photo: Siemens) Dusseldorf The auto industry has to be prepared for a longer dry spell when it comes to…
A new start in the auto industry despite a lack of chips?
Handelsblatt Auto Summit 2021 Dusseldorf If Infineon boss Reinhard Ploss appears these days, then he is sure to get the attention. Especially in the auto industry. At the moment, the…
Medium-sized auto suppliers in existential need
Munich, Düsseldorf The American supplier Henniges Automotive has been active in Germany for 70 years. In the small town of Rehburg-Loccum in Lower Saxony, the company produces various seals for…
VW works council vs. executive board: “Brands have to cooperate better”
VW works council boss Daniela Cavallo The conflict between the employees and the corporate management has intensified dramatically. (Photo: dpa) Wolfsburg The chairwoman of the Volkswagen works council, Daniela Cavallo,…
VW works council vs. executive board: “Brands have to cooperate better”
VW works council boss Daniela Cavallo The conflict between the employees and the corporate management has intensified dramatically. (Photo: dpa) Wolfsburg The chairwoman of the Volkswagen works council, Daniela Cavallo,…
Unions want to protest nationwide on Friday
Berlin ZF Friedrichshafen looks back on more than a hundred years of history and has reinvented itself over and over again. Initially a manufacturer of gears, the Swabian company developed…
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…
Auto industry is running out of aluminum and magnesium
Furnace for aluminum production The material bottleneck paralyzes production. (Photo: Thomas Ernsting / laif) Stuttgart, Düsseldorf These are troubled times for supply chain managers in the auto industry: they are…
Semiconductor production: Europe wants to fight the chip shortage – and is blocking itself
A new EU law is supposed to strengthen the chip industry, but there is a dispute over the strategy. France relies on more state, the Netherlands smells a planned economy.…
The chip crisis has a greater impact on car suppliers than car manufacturers
Suppliers in crisis The mixture of transformation, missing chips and rising raw material prices is particularly affecting automotive suppliers. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf For many automotive suppliers in Germany, it is…
Wolfspeed in the fast lane even without Infineon
Electric cars Semiconductors made of silicon carbide are often used in electric cars and charging stations. (Photo: dpa) Munich Gregg Lowe attacks, and that is to be taken literally: The…