Whoever speaks of the “mobility turnaround” can only mean turning away from individual mobility. A “turn” signals nothing other than a radical U-turn, a reversal in the opposite direction. In plain language: away from automotive mobility, back into the sluggish world of immobility.
This is really optimal: (Almost) endless range thanks to the petrol engine and being able to drive 50 kilometers electrically in the city without emissions are convincing arguments for the plug-in, which, in terms of registration numbers (September 2020), aims to overtake purely battery-powered cars. Although Volkswagen in particular relies fully on the battery car card with the ID.3, and other manufacturers have also declared the battery car to be a drive system with no alternative in the long term, customers are clearly skeptical. The majority of car buyers still turn out to be battery grumpy. It remains to be seen whether that will change.
The automotive supplier Continental is under heavy pressure. The campaign against internal combustion engines initiated by the Greens and politicians threatens hundreds of thousands of jobs. The closure of the Aachen tire factory in 2021 and massive austerity measures have now led to a wave of outrage from the union and politicians. Two prime ministers criticize that Continental is now doing what was foreseeable a long time beforehand.
Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Stephan Weil and IG-BCE boss Michael Vassiliadis criticized the company's management for the planned job cuts. And would-be chancellor candidate Armin Laschet even speaks of “cold capitalism”. Steingart's morning briefing quotes him with the sentence: "Are you really serious about snubbering all of your interlocutors and simply closing a plant?"
Not only the line benefits from the new hood, which is not only available in black, but also with a metallic shimmer. It is also 40 percent lighter than the retractable roof of the previous model. It can be opened or closed up to speeds of 50 km / h in 18 seconds, and the trunk grows by an impressive 80 to 300 liters.
In the discussion it becomes clear that the schizophrenic balancing act between making money with combustion engines and expensive e-mobilization is almost tearing the company apart strategically. While Diess is the tightening of the CO2- believes that limit values are feasible for Volkswagen, entire armies of engine developers see not only their performance discredited, but also the "politically enforced path to electromobility poses a great risk because it ignores basic market laws and the wishes of customers".
What did they smile in some development departments and specialist editors when Toyota launched the first hybrid car, the Prius, 23 years ago (!). "Two heavy drive systems in one car are inefficient nonsense," said a BMW CEO at the time. Toyota was not deterred, not even by us motor journalists. All well-known car manufacturers now have not only hybrids on offer, but also plug-in hybrids. And you can feel that the development of this technology has made great strides. Not all plug-ins are more economical than equally powerful solo burners; but most of them have been found to be very economical with liquid fuel.
While the consultancy industry close to it can look forward to a lush source of money, others clap their hands over their heads. Anyone who wants to spend a trillion euros in tax money like von der Leyen should be able to ensure success. From a factual point of view, there can be no question of this in this case. Because nothing will change in the climate, even if Europe reduces the CO2- would reduce emissions to zero.
The car with a combustion engine is »through«, the abolition of the important automotive industry is to continue. That is, in summary, the result of yesterday's »car summit«, which was held in the form of a video conference with Chancellor Merkel, representatives of the auto industry and ministries. There should be no state purchase premiums for cars with internal combustion engines, only electric cars should be pushed into the world with all their might. But so far hardly anyone wants that.
If a 560 PS hybrid Porsche is specified with an average consumption of 2,2 liters per 100 kilometers, the physical question arises as to whether that is even possible. Answer: theoretically yes, unlikely in everyday reality. The official value is in part actually window dressing that has been devised at many green tables in Brussels and approved by our government. It was to be expected that the car opponents from the “Environmental Aid” association would make these surreal consumption figures a topic.
I also criticized BMW for abandoning the iron rear-wheel drive principle in favor of front-wheel drive technology. Now with “front experience” I refuse to shout about the downfall of Bavarian driving pleasure, which in our (earlier) imagination only seemed to be achievable with rear-wheel drive. No matter how much the camshaft lyricists mourn: Driving pleasure does not depend on rear-wheel drive, as we experienced in the 120d.
It looks like a kindergarten job, the dirty orange vulture with a ruff that an employee of the Daimler Group's security department had to accept on the morning of August 12th. Barbara Metz appeared there, deputy managing director of the warning association Deutsche Umwelthilfe, with a group of masked employees in tow.
"Our boss suggested that we could save the money for driving events in view of Corona for the next few years," reports a PR man who "does not want to be called" because "I then blocked this attempt to attack our press work." have". It may be that other managers have also thought of using the future corona normality to save in product communication; But they have not completely renounced the savings idea either.
Daimler wants to show tolerance. Anyone who realizes that tolerance from Latin actually means toleration immediately understands that tolerance cannot be used to campaign against racism. Tolerance is when you “tolerate” opinions other than your own without having to adopt them. You can (and should) tolerate people you don't like. You have to respect and respect everyone, that shouldn't be a question.
No joke, but remarkable words from a former leading propagandist of man-made climate change. "Climate change is taking place," he tweets. 'It's just not the end of the world. It's not even our most serious environmental problem. «
The current survey by the automobile club confirms the skepticism of many market researchers. Only 1,6 percent of the drivers surveyed would choose an electric car when buying a vehicle today. What kind of drive do drivers in Germany want?