AFPLmembers meeting of the United Automobile Workers last month in Michigan NOS News•today, 05:41•Changed today, 07:22 In the US, about 13,000 employees at three car factories are quitting their jobs to demand higher wages and better working conditions. United Auto Workers (UAW) union leader Shawn Fain made the announcement shortly before the expiration of the … Read more
These manufacturers may disappear from the map very soon Car brands come and go. For some of them, many people suffer and feel as if they have lost something valuable. Some brands carry cultural weight with them and leave a void in their wake. Almost no one can think of others. The new conditions in … Read more
Sales of new cars fell last year to their lowest level since 1993, mainly due to the lack of parts. The parts shortage plummeted car sales in Europe especially during the first half of 2022, reports the European car federation Acea. At the beginning of this year, the Belgian automobile federation Febiac already pointed out … Read more
The American car manufacturer Tesla will significantly reduce the prices of its electric cars in Europe and the United States. In Belgium, the cheapest version of the Model 3 will be about 15 percent cheaper, with the Model X it will be 6 percent, says a Tesla spokesperson. Tesla intervenes because sales figures fall below … Read more
– BMW headquarters in Munich Engine fires in Korea are now prompting searches. – (Foto: imago images/Future Image) – – – – München According to BMW, the public prosecutor’s office in Munich searched business premises at the BMW headquarters and in Steyr on Wednesday. The reason was a request for legal assistance from the South Korean … Read more
Mercedes-Benz has to recall hundreds of thousands of cars, including in our country. A technical problem on GLE/GLS, C-Class, E-Class, S-Class, GLC, CLS and G-Class models may cause the coolant pump to leak and cause a fire. – These are diesel models that rolled off the line from 2017 and which were also sold in … Read more
– car industry 36 percent of the companies rate their situation as good, 26 percent as bad. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – Berlin The German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) sees the deteriorating situation in the auto industry as a significant burden for Germany as a business location. “The automotive industry with … Read more
The Czech Volkswagen subsidiary Skoda will miss the production of 100,000 cars this year due to the worldwide shortage of semiconductors. That says CEO Thomas Schäfer in the German newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine. – The chip shortage hurts Skoda very much, it sounds, especially given the high demand for the brand. The Skoda CEO hopes that … Read more
Elektro-SUV Aiways U5 State-of-the-art technology, but poor security values. – (Foto: Aiways) – – – – Shanghai, Munich When Samuel Fu speaks of Europe, he raves about it. “The European market is booming compared to China,” says the co-founder of the Chinese automaker Aiways. The public charging infrastructure is better and growth is faster. While the … Read more
The automotive supplier ZF is pressing ahead with the 15,000 job cuts announced last summer. Now around 500 employees in Diepholz, Lower Saxony, fear for their jobs because the “Electronic Interfaces” area and plant are to be sold. In a letter to the workforce, the top management threatens that the number of jobs will decrease … Read more