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  • Tuesday, 2 March, 2021
    Semiconductors
    Europe’s largest chipmaker tells car companies to overhaul supply chain

    Infineon chief says auto manufacturers cannot expect large inventories to be held for them

  • Monday, 1 March, 2021
    Automobiles
    Carmakers braced for prolonged chip shortage

    Executives warn supply is unlikely to meet demand in the first half of the year

  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    News in-depthCovid-19 vaccines
    How vaccine laggard CureVac hopes to come out on top

    A transatlantic tug of love and a CEO brain haemorrhage afflicted the Bill Gates-backed biotech

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
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    The medieval German town at the heart of the fight against Covid

    BioNTech’s vaccine facility in Marburg will produce 750m doses a year

  • Sunday, 21 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Israel finds BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine reduces virus transmission

    Health ministry data show shot is 89% effective at preventing infection of any kind

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
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    BioNTech/Pfizer Covid vaccine no longer needs ultra-cold storage

    New stability data come as Israel study shows efficacy of single dose

  • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
    Electric vehicles
    Daimler rules out ‘premature’ end to combustion engine sales

    Carmaker’s chief says petrol and diesel models are a ‘cash-machine’ to help pay for future battery-powered vehicles

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    Thyssenkrupp AG
    Thyssenkrupp ends talks with Gupta’s Liberty over steel unit

    German industrial group says sides ‘far apart’ and it will now develop division itself

  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
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    Shortage of giant plastic bags threatens global vaccines rollout

    Manufacturers come close to halting production over scarcity of sterile liners

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    Porsche rules out Chinese factory as it hails cachet of ‘Made in Germany’

    Carmaker opts for quality of manufacturing in its home market despite higher labour costs

  • Monday, 8 February, 2021
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    Mercedes’ electric profits to match those for combustion models by end of decade

    Group becomes first German luxury carmaker to provide precise target for turning point

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Supply chains
    Carmakers consider supply chain overhaul to avert more chip crises

    Mercedes-Benz and Porsche look at building semiconductor stockpiles to prevent bottlenecks

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    BioNTech
    BioNTech fund pays €600m dividend on back of vaccine success

    Munich-based MIG was founding investor in the German biotech, which lost €425m over past 11 years

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Daimler AG
    Daimler to split truck and car businesses into two public companies

    German group paves way for up to €35bn truck flotation in separation from Mercedes-Benz car arm

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Siemens AG
    Siemens chief praises activists behind break-up of German groups

    Joe Kaeser says investors were right to insist on dismantling bloated conglomerates

  • Wednesday, 3 February, 2021
    Covid-19 vaccines
    GSK and CureVac to develop vaccines to tackle Covid variants

    €150m deal aims to have a vaccine ready for use in 2022

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
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    German software group boss’s main task is to convince customers to shift online in race to keep up with US rivals

  • Tuesday, 2 February, 2021
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    DHL boss lambasts lack of ‘foresight’ in vaccines rollout

    Frank Appel accuses governments of failing to plan for delivery of jabs

  • Saturday, 30 January, 2021
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    Electric cars surge in popularity after manufacturers’ late dash

    European state incentives and emissions regulation drive adoption but meeting new targets will be tougher

  • Thursday, 28 January, 2021
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    China car sales recovery helps Daimler defy pandemic

    Maker of Mercedes is third German carmaker to show signs of better than expected performance

  • Monday, 25 January, 2021
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    Severe shortage of crucial supplies risks becoming recurring crisis for auto industry

  • Sunday, 24 January, 2021
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    The private healthcare boss with a contrarian streak

    The head of Helios says the pandemic would have been better tackled with fewer, more efficient hospitals

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
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    Audi boss takes on Tesla from his living room

    Motorbike fanatic Markus Duesmann is drawing up VW’s tech master plan while tackling a pandemic and chip shortages

  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Volkswagen AG
    VW posts €10bn profit in pandemic-ravaged year after late recovery

    World’s largest carmaker benefits from surge in global demand for vehicles at end of 2020

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Volkswagen AG
    VW hit with fines for missing strict EU emissions targets

    World’s biggest car manufacturer to pay more than €100m after electric ambitions fall short

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