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  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Automobiles
    Global car market shrinking at fastest rate since financial crisis

    German auto industry group says 4m fewer vehicles will be sold this year against 2018

  • Monday, 2 December, 2019
    Volkswagen AG
    British motorists accuse VW of ‘obvious cheat’ on emissions

    One of the UK’s biggest consumer lawsuits under way as 90,000 sue German carmaker

  • Sunday, 1 December, 2019
    AnalysisAutomobiles
    German car industry faces ‘day of reckoning’

    Tens of thousands of jobs cut as auto groups pump billions into electric technology

  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    Daimler AG
    German car industry reels as Daimler cuts 10,000 jobs

    Some 50,000 cuts have been announced across the sector as automakers restructure

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    Climate change
    Companies say Brussels must help green truck production

    Nestlé and Unilever among groups demanding sales targets for carbon free lorries

  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2019
    Audi AG
    Audi to cut nearly 10,000 jobs in drive to slash costs

    Automaker says move will free up €6bn for investment

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Volkswagen AG
    VW ‘Dieselgate’ claims threatened by paperwork

    Delays to Germany’s largest lawsuit risk claimants missing out as vehicle value falls

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Tech start-ups
    Latest funding round values start-up Celonis at $2.5bn

    Data processing group now belongs to elite group of German unicorns

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Thyssenkrupp AG
    Thyssenkrupp to scrap dividend as losses widen

    Group says bidding war for profitable elevator unit is heating up but total debt has ballooned

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  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2019
    Special ReportDiversity Leaders
    Lack of diversity hinders German engineering

    Drive for more women in board roles is not translating to shop floor

  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    Volkswagen AG
    VW increases investment in electric vehicles

    German carmaker to spend €33bn on electric mobility in next four years

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    Daimler AG
    Daimler to slash more than €1bn in personnel costs

    Automaker to axe 10% of managers worldwide as it grapples with shift to electric cars

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    Tesla Inc
    Tesla to locate first European factory in Berlin

    Elon Musk aims to build Model 3 and Model Y vehicles from 2021

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    Automobiles
    Global car slowdown hits German industrial groups

    Infineon, Continental and Osram suffer as falling auto production depresses earnings

  • Monday, 11 November, 2019
    Siemens AG
    Fighting back: Siemens boss slams EU and restless investors

    Kaeser’s reputation on the line as reforms fail to excite markets and shares flatline

  • Sunday, 10 November, 2019
    German politics
    German ruling parties reach deal on pensions

    Tensions over payments for those on low incomes were a threat to coalition

  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    Daimler AG
    Daimler chief outlines plan to cut up to 1,100 jobs

    Internal letter says Ola Kallenius will eliminate 10% of managers in Germany

  • Friday, 8 November, 2019
    Thyssenkrupp AG
    Thyssenkrupp to attract at least 4 bidders for lifts business

    Race for unit heats up as groups throw in hats in time for deadline

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    Siemens AG
    Siemens chief warns global slowdown will hit sales

    Joe Kaeser unveils net income fall for fiscal year against backdrop of weakening economy

  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2019
    BMW
    BMW sticks with outlook for profit drop even as quarterly sales rise

    Automaker forecasts ‘significant decrease’ in annual earnings

  • Monday, 4 November, 2019
    Automobiles
    German car executives seek electric-vehicle backing

    Motor industry demands government support to encourage battery-powered vehicle sales

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
    Volkswagen AG
    VW posts profit rise even as outlook for industry gloomy

    German carmaker warns of global economic risks but sport utility vehicles do well

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
    AnalysisAutomobiles
    Crisis looms for Europe’s car parts suppliers

    Michelin and Continental hit by waves of cheap China imports and global slowdown

  • Monday, 28 October, 2019
    Driverless vehicles
    VW revs up efforts to take on driverless vehicle rivals

    German carmaker ‘in a rush, but not in a panic’ to develop autonomous technologies

  • Sunday, 27 October, 2019
    German economy
    Trumpf chief warns of climate change ‘hysteria’

    Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller says environmental campaigns mean other problems neglected

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