Cai Jianyong is to become the new head of research at battery manufacturer CATL. He is responsible for research into batteries that will be integrated into the chassis of future e-cars (China.Table reported). Previously, he was responsible for intelligent car control systems at Huawei.Su Qing is also leaving Huawei’s “intelligent car” business unit. Su was […]
Matthias Lüttich is the new Head of Production System, Operational Excellence and Digitalization at the BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture in Shenyang. This is already his second position at BMW Brilliance. From 2016 to 2020, Liège was Head of Strategy & Business Control there. In the meantime, he worked at the BMW Group in Munich […]
“If you want prosperity, build the roads first!” (要想富先修路). This is indeed a Chinese proverb. The country’s economic planners have taken this saying to heart. Over the past decade, they have had an average of around ten thousand kilometers of highways built each year. The entire giant empire is crisscrossed by modern highways.Butdemand in road […]
Chip shortages and further problems with the supply of components are now not just a burden on German car manufacturers, but also on bicycle manufacturers. “With e-bikes, we have a chip problem similar to that in the car industry,” dpa news quotes Burkhard Stork, Managing Director of the two-wheeler industry association. “It’s not the batteries […]
“Dreams of the car phoenix from the ashes,” was the headline of a German newspaper. In 2015, the Weser-Kurier in Bremen also spoke of a “dream of a lifetime”. “Traditional German brand awakens romantic feelings,” was also the headline in China’s official Xinhua news agency. The talk was about the legendary German car brand Borgward.This […]
Borgward was once one of the best-known car manufacturers in Germany. There, however, the inventor of legendary models such as the “Isabella” went bankrupt as early as 1961. In China, the truck manufacturer Beiqi Foton wanted to breathe new life into the car brand from Bremen. Now, the traditional German brand has died a second […]
Robin Aschhoff will take over as General Secretary of Volkswagen Group China on August 1. Aschhoff began his career at Volkswagen in business and corporate communications. In 2017, he took over overall coordination responsibility for Volkswagen Communications as Head of Communications Operations. He will report to Ralf Brandstätter, who will head the “China” department as […]
Swank on wheels – that’s one way of describing Audi’s new vehicle. The new giant van called “Urban Sphere” is the most spacious and certainly the most luxurious vehicle ever developed by the VW subsidiary’s engineers. But hey, at least it runs on electric power. And: Audi has developed the van entirely according to the […]
Maximilian Laschka takes over the position of Project Lead for the Audi Q8 e-tron China at AUDI AG in Ingolstadt. The Q8 is Audi’s latest electric SUV, which is said to feature a longer range and greater connectivity. Previously, Laschka served as Project Manager Financial Product Strategy for Audi for over three years.Jens Thyssen moves […]
unfortunately, this is exactly what was to be feared: the zero-covid strategy of the Chinese leadership is also causing the economy to flag in the face of rising Corona figures. Companies such as Bosch, Nio and Volkswagen are already having to suspend production at individual sites in order to meet the Chinese government’s strict requirements. […]