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  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Electric vehicles
    Car bosses warn of supply chain threat to electric vehicle rollout

    Tesla and VW lower delivery expectations because of chip shortages and raw material costs

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Volkswagen AG
    VW chief’s call for settlement to end war draws outrage from Kyiv

    Herbert Diess makes plea for negotiated deal to ‘open up the world again’

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Electric vehicles
    VW sells out of electric cars in Europe and US

    World’s second-largest electric vehicle manufacturer hit by supply chain bottlenecks

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    Automobiles
    Mercedes and BMW offload car-sharing venture to Stellantis

    German carmakers abandon lossmaking service once hailed as a ‘cornerstone’ of their business strategy

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    Automobiles
    World’s biggest coach maker predicts slow recovery in demand

    Daimler Buses forecasts coach orders in Europe will not fully recover until the middle of the decade

  • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
    EU energy
    EU energy groups prepare to meet Putin’s terms for Russian gas

    Germany’s Uniper and Austria’s OMV plan to use rouble accounts for payments while Eni of Italy weighs options

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    BASF SE
    BASF to wind down in Russia and Belarus

    World’s biggest chemicals company sets July deadline for closure of remaining businesses in two countries

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    News in-depthBMW
    BMW bets on the familiar with electric car design

    German carmaker focuses on reliability, rather than thrills in switch to battery power

  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    The Big Read
    ‘Worst crisis since the second world war’: Germany prepares for a Russian gas embargo

    Industry and economists say a ban would be catastrophic for the country’s economy, but many companies expect it to happen anyway

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    ExplainerNuclear energy
    Why Germany is resisting calls to ease energy crunch by restarting nuclear power

    Political, legal and logistical obstacles are in the way of plugging supply gap caused by war in Ukraine

  • Sunday, 17 April, 2022
    BMW
    BMW pledges not to cut jobs in transition to electric vehicles

    Some industry bodies say plans to ban new combustion-engine cars will cause large-scale unemployment

  • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
    Volkswagen AG
    VW China sales hit by lockdowns and semiconductor supply problems

    Deliveries fell by almost a quarter in the three months to the end of March

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
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    Volkswagen’s U-turn

    Stockpiles of some of the world’s most important metals have dropped to critically low levels

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    E.ON SE
    Eon rules out German nuclear power plant extension

    ‘No future’ for atomic power within country despite looming gas crisis, says chief executive

  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
    The Top LinePorsche AG
    Porsche’s IPO shows old ties are loosening in corporate Germany

    Until now, excluding Deutsche Bank from a leading role in a blockbuster listing had been unthinkable

  • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
    Volkswagen AG
    VW to scrap dozens of models to focus on profitability

    ‘People’s car’ pioneer will prioritise more expensive vehicles such as its Audi and Porsche models

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Batteries
    Surging price of battery materials complicates carmakers’ electric plans

    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine threatens to halt slide in cost of manufacturing batteries

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    German economy
    German industry sounds alarm over energy rationing plan

    Supply crunch could devastate companies and cost economy tens of billions of euros

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
    MAN SE
    Truckmaker MAN furloughs 11,000 staff as Ukrainian supplies run dry

    German group points to “massive” shortage of wiring harnesses manufactured in war-hit country

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
    InterviewDaimler AG
    Daimler trucks chief warns cost of electric will ‘forever be higher’

    World’s largest truckmaker more than tripled the sales of zero-emission trucks and buses last year

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    German economy
    Scholz warns immediate Russian energy ban would trigger recession in Europe

    German chancellor’s resistance to instant embargo comes as think-tank cuts country’s growth forecasts

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    German regulator prepares for potential energy rationing next winter

    Industrial groups asked to outline needs in case Russia cuts gas supplies

  • Sunday, 20 March, 2022
    EU energy
    Germany clinches long-term gas supply deal with Qatar

    Berlin and other EU countries seek alternative suppliers to Russia and ways to shield consumers from rising prices

  • Friday, 18 March, 2022
    Automobiles
    Porsche accelerates shift to electric after unexpected EV success

    Brand’s first purpose-built electric car, the Taycan, was launched in 2020 and outsold the 911 in 2021

  • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
    Inside BusinessAutomobiles
    Ukraine war spurs decline of the affordable car

    Automakers scale back production amid shift to electric vehicles

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