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Category: Automakers

Automakers   ~   May 22, 2023

Which Chinese car brands are heading towards Europe?

While a few Chinese car brands have already made their way to Europe, the true influx of Chinese automakers is …

Automakers   ~   March 3, 2021

Volvo Cars to phase out gasoline vehicles by 2030 – will only produce EVs

Volvo Cars aims to become a leader in the fast-growing market for premium electric cars and plans to become a …

Automakers   ~   January 30, 2021

Largest battery factory in the world – Tesla wants billions from EU

Tesla wants tax money for the largest battery factory in the world. This news comes as a surprise to the …

Automakers   ~   September 20, 2020

Why the 32 billion euro diesel scandal also has its positive side

Five years ago, VW shook confidence in the German auto industry with the diesel scandal. But the shock was followed …

Automakers   ~   September 3, 2020

Daimler is hoping for the S-Class effect after losing billions

With the new Mercedes S-Class, Daimler finally wants to get out of the crisis. There is a chance for a …

Automakers   ~   September 3, 2020

“Germany rocks” – Elon Musk wants to build “cool cars” in Giga Berlin

The tech pioneer has visited the construction site for the fourth Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin – and announced that he …

Automakers   ~   August 30, 2020

Brandenburg expects the Tesla factory to start in summer 2021

Up to 12,000 jobs could ultimately be created. Now Prime Minister Woidke is protecting the project from critics who criticize …

Automakers   ~   August 29, 2020

Daimler delivers more than 1,800 electric vans to Amazon

The world’s largest online retailer orders electric delivery vans from Daimler on a large scale. The Stuttgart-based company announced that …

Automakers   ~   August 24, 2020

World’s first AMG Experience Center opens in China

At the Zhejiang International Circuit in China, the performance brand relies on a special product and brand experience. The test …

Automakers   ~   August 20, 2020

Polestar opens its first showroom in Germany

The new electrical brand Polestar has opened its first German branch in Düsseldorf. Similar to Tesla, the brand goes into …

Automakers   ~   August 13, 2020

Setback for General Motors: The CFO leaves

The auto company loses a potential successor to boss Mary Barra. Dhivya Suryadevara is moving to Silicon Valley to join …

Automakers   ~   July 29, 2020

Ford builds 750 EV chargers at its Cologne factory

Ford installs 750 charging stations on its Cologne factory premises in Niehl and Merkenich. In parallel to the market launch …

Automakers   ~   July 28, 2020

Daimler cuts the working hours of tens of thousands of employees

To avoid dismissals, Daimler reduces the working hours of administrative staff by two hours a week without wage compensation. Premiums …

Automakers   ~   July 27, 2020

Tesla begins ground work in Texas for its largest Gigafactory worldwide

On three continents at the same time, Tesla is now building new factories for the production of electric cars, battery …

Automakers   ~   July 27, 2020

BMW plans to sell seven million electric cars within ten years

BMW wants to significantly increase the number of electric cars with fully electric drives for model series such as the …

Automakers   ~   July 24, 2020

Tesla plans to produce batteries at Giga Berlin factory

The US electric car manufacturer Tesla wants to manufacture the batteries it needs for its planned factory in Grünheide near …

Automakers   ~   July 11, 2020

Tesla plans to employ fewer people at its German plant

Tesla is pushing the pace. In the new plant in Brandenburg, an early start of production is “essential”. After a …

Automakers   ~   July 6, 2020

Volkswagen converting its German plant for ID.4 production

The VW group has started to build a second electrical factory in Germany. The factory in Emden is being converted …

Automakers   ~   July 3, 2020

Daimler plans to sell Smart plant in Hambach – French government intervenes

The carmaker is adjusting its capacities to the weak market situation. The Smart, which has so far been produced in …

Automakers   ~   July 3, 2020

BMW starts the Tesla hunt – opens new production facility for electric drives

CEO Zipse: Tesla is attacking with modern production in Lower Bavaria. BMW was once an electrical pioneer itself – and …

Automakers   ~   July 3, 2020

Tesla lives up to its hype – for now

The pandemic barely slows down the world’s most valuable auto company. But quality problems and a second corona wave threaten …

Automakers   ~   July 2, 2020

BMW plans to build 500,000 electric drives in Dingolfing every year

The carmaker plans to employ 2,000 people in the county town soon. In 2022, one in three BMWs sold in …

Automakers   ~   July 2, 2020

Tesla reportedly builds “RNA micro factories” for German vaccine company CureVac

CEO Elon Musk surprises with the announcement on Twitter. The biotech company CureVac is also researching a corona vaccine. According …

Automakers   ~   July 1, 2020

Volkswagen wants to use “Computer Vision” to improve production efficiency

The Volkswagen Group’s plants are to become more efficient. For this reason, productivity in vehicle factories must increase by 30 …

Automakers   ~   July 1, 2020

Porsche makes the Taycan cheaper – for the time being, however, only in China

The first electric Porsche gets a new entry-level version. In China, a basic model is to come onto the market …

Automakers   ~   June 30, 2020

Byton stops electric car production in China

The EV startup from China faces major problems. The ambitious expansion plans are at stake, production is at a standstill. …

Automakers   ~   June 25, 2020

Tesla plans to manufacture batteries at its own plant in Fremont

The electric car manufacturer no longer wants to be dependent on battery production. The main plant in California is to …

Automakers   ~   June 22, 2020

Electric Ford with Volkswagen technology is to be launched on the market in 2023 – Volkswagen Amarok

Representatives of both brands announced the cooperation between Volkswagen and Ford last year. Now, after signing the agreement, however, the …

Automakers   ~   June 22, 2020

Volkswagen now lets factory visitors work on electric cars – but they have to pay for it

Anyone who has always wanted to know how an electric car is assembled can take a close look at the …

Automakers   ~   June 22, 2020

Mahindra loses lawsuit against FCA for copying Wrangler’s design

In the purest style of certain Chinese brands, the Indian company replicated the design of one of the most iconic …

Automakers   ~   June 22, 2020

Panasonic will continue to make Tesla batteries for the next three years

The renewal of the contract could be extended and even later go on to the founding of a new joint …

Automakers   ~   June 21, 2020

VW plans to cut 5,000 jobs in commercial vehicles and move production to Poland

Volkswagen plans to produce cheaper models in Poland in the future. After the job cuts, there should be a job …

Automakers   ~   June 19, 2020

BMW decides to cut 6,000 jobs

Management and works council have agreed to cut staff levels. The group continues to expect severe sales slumps as a …

Automakers   ~   June 19, 2020

Polestar: The first electric car manufacturer joins the German Importers Association

Electric cars are about to make a breakthrough in Germany. With Polestar, the VDIK importers association now has for the …

Automakers   ~   June 19, 2020

Tesla plans to start construction of a second US plant this summer

The electric car maker already has concrete plans to pull up its second US plant in Travis County, Texas. But …

Automakers   ~   June 19, 2020

Hans Mezger, the star engineer at Porsche, dies at 90

Porsche owes him not only the 911 air-cooled six-cylinder boxer engine, but also the overall design of the 917 and …

Automakers   ~   June 19, 2020

Chevrolet will kill the Malibu – GM shunning midsize sedan market

It will join the Chrysler 200 and Ford Fusion in the limbo of American mid-size sedans. There was a time …

Automakers   ~   June 19, 2020

Groupe PSA begins the development of a new automatic double-clutch gearbox for its hybrids

It will become the successor to the EAT6 box thanks to joint development with the Punch Powertrain company. Manual transmissions …

Automakers   ~   June 19, 2020

General Motors resumes car production in Rosario, Argentina

The General Motors automaker will restart production at its factory in Santa Fe, where it produces the Chevrolet Cruze, after …

Automakers   ~   June 19, 2020

All Volvo cars now come with a speed limit of 180 km/h and Care Key

All new Volvo cars of model year -21 now come with a top speed limited to 180 km / h. …

Automakers   ~   June 16, 2020

All Volkswagen plants are producing again – capacity utilization is still low

The car company Volkswagen has resumed production. However, due to the corona pandemic, the plants are not operating at full …

Automakers   ~   June 14, 2020

Renault fears Chinese competition in electric cars

Landing very often through Norway, Chinese manufacturers are taking advantage of the rise in electrified vehicles to enter the European …

Automakers   ~   June 12, 2020

Model Y: Tesla struggles to correct faults in its electric SUV

Tesla’s latest SUV is still under fire from critics for its build quality and finish. Some, despite numerous visits to …

Automakers   ~   June 11, 2020

VW boss Diess wants to approach workers after the scandal

VW boss Herbert Diess has now spoken in the power struggle in Wolfsburg. In a video on LinkedIn, he promises …

Automakers   ~   June 10, 2020

Honda must stop production after cyber attack

The car and motorcycle manufacturer had to stop production in several countries: Apparently a relatively new encryption Trojan designed for …

Automakers   ~   June 10, 2020

Tesla presents new application documents for Gigafactory in Brandenburg (Giga Berlin)

The US company responds to environmental groups and residents and changes the application for approval of the factory. The public …

Automakers   ~   June 10, 2020

Elon Musk: Production of the Tesla Model Y has top priority

Elon Musk sent an internal email to Tesla’s staff, notifying them that Model Y production is now extremely important and …

Automakers   ~   June 10, 2020

Vehicle production resumes at Nissan’s Sunderland plant in UK

After about three months of downtime due to the spread of the coronavirus, the Nissan plant in Sunderland has started …

Automakers   ~   June 9, 2020

Chaos at Volkswagen – VW boss Diess accuses supervisory boards of breach of law

Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess, in front of 3400 top managers, he accused the members of the executive committee that they …

Automakers   ~   June 9, 2020

Diess replaced by Brandstatter as CEO of Volkswagen – software problems with ID.3 and Golf 8

VW CEO Herbert Diess hands over the management of the core brand to the previous co-managing director Ralf Brandstätter. The …

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