Tag: Automotive industry
Used cars: Germany is under electric shock
Almost nobody buys used e-cars: too expensive, too little range, outdated technology. In the end, people end up using combustion engines again – and torpedoing the turnaround in mobility. source…
Where have all the electric cars gone? – Business
Will it really work with the 15 million electric cars that the federal government plans to drive on German roads by 2030? It doesn’t look like it at the moment.…
California wants to end petrol and diesel engines by 2035
The most important car market in the USA heralds the end of the internal combustion engine. From 2035 onwards, California only wants to allow the sale of electric or plug-in…
CEO Blume decreed an austerity program for VW – economy
It was almost a bit too quiet by VW standards in the first few months after the new CEO Oliver Blume took office. But now it’s clear: He used the…
Automotive industry in Great Britain: 800,000 jobs are at risk
Status: 05/19/2023 08:27 a.m Opel parent company Stellantis is demanding that the British government renegotiate the Brexit deal with the EU. Otherwise there is a risk of plant closures and…
Exhaust affair: why VW should thank Stadler now – economy
The late confession of the former Audi boss fits the line of the car company: Always only admit what can no longer be avoided in the face of overwhelming evidence.…
Auto industry: Trouble with the Brexit agreement
The German car manufacturers are pushing for improvements to the joint trade and cooperation agreement (TCA) between the European Union and Great Britain. source site
Audi trial: The confession of Rupert Stadler – economy
Rupert Stadler doesn’t confess, he allows himself to be confessed. A few dry sentences, read by his defense attorney Ulrike Thole-Groll. That he, Stadler, “did not succeed in solving the…
Sono Motors is bankrupt – Economy
It is the temporary end of another German car startup: Sono Motors is insolvent. The Munich company announced this on Monday. Sono Motors applied for a protective shield procedure at…
Chinese auto show comes to Munich – economy
Too small, too provincial, not a real car show: The conclusion after the first International Motor Show (IAA) in Munich in 2021 was quite modest for many visitors. The organizer,…