In a press release this week, the European Commission announced that it found Daimler, BMW, and Volkswagen Group — which includes Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche — breached EU antitrust laws from the time period between June […]
Daimler disagreed with Tesla and VW’s view on batteries being the best way to transition to a more sustainable future. Bloomberg reported that the Daimler Truck’s chief executive officer, Martin Daum, expects hydrogen-powered semi-trucks to play […]
Originally posted on EVANNEX by Charles Morris Tesla’s position as the world’s most valuable automaker is deeply puzzling (and infuriating) to many auto industry and stock market observers. How can it be that a comparatively small company, that […]
Pilot plant in Salzgitter begins operation today Goal: create a closed-loop process for recovering raw materials from lithium-ion batteries Wolfsburg/Salzgitter — Today, Volkswagen Group Components opened the Group’s first plant for recycling electric car batteries in […]
$1.6 billion in debt raised through a consortium of commercial banks, pension funds and public financial institutions. Northvolt has to date raised over $3 billion in equity and debt to support the development of two lithium […]
Even in the coronavirus crisis, the Volkswagen brand is consistently moving ahead with the changeover of its plants to e-mobility in line with its plans. The conversion of the Emden plant has already started and the […]
Computer Vision: Volkswagen forges ahead with image recognition processes in combination with artificial intelligence Gerd Walker, Head of Volkswagen Group Production: “Key contribution to boosting efficiency in production. Expect cost reductions running into the double-digit million […]
Volkswagen Group making an additional investment of up to US$200 million in US solid-state battery specialist Battery technology of the future: Greater range, shorter charging times Volkswagen Group and QuantumScape have also been collaborating in joint […]
Context & commentary: As you well know, Volkswagen got its shoes knocked off last year when researchers in West Virginia discovered that Volkswagen had been massively cheating diesel emissions tests. The company has repeatedly indicated that […]
