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Daniela Cavallo, Chairwoman of the General and Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG / Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa

Electromobility: VW works council head wants support

VW Works Council Chairwoman Daniela Cavallo is calling on the German government to provide more support for the ramp-up of electromobility. "Politicians must also support this, not just set targets that are right," said Cavallo at the dpa editorial conference in Berlin on Monday. Otherwise, the goal ..

An electric car being charged at a charging station. / Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa/Symbolic image

Supplier network warns of job losses in the automotive industry

After the abrupt end of the e-car subsidy, the Saxon car supplier network AMZ has warned of job losses. With its current economic policy, the federal government is making itself untrustworthy and destroying the automotive industry, criticized network manager Dirk Vogel on Monday. "For years, it has ..

Pope Francis waves from a car as he arrives at St. Stephen's Cathedral / Photo: Denes Erdos/AP/dpa

Vatican relies on e-cars from Saxony

Electric cars from Saxony are now on the road in the service of the Holy See. This week, two ID.3 vehicles were handed over to Pope Francis. Both were manufactured in the Transparent Factory in Dresden, a spokesperson for Volkswagen Saxony said on Thursday in response to a question. The majority of ..

A vehicle from the Chinese company BYD at the IAA motor show in Munich. / Photo: Uwe Lein/dpa/Archivbild

Chinese cars "made in Germany"? - Car congress starts

Chinese car manufacturers want to put more of their vehicles on the road outside their home market. This will probably not stop there. In the future, they could create thousands of jobs by building factories in Germany and Europe.

View of the Volkswagen Sachsen gate at the Zwickau site / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa

Electric Golf from Wolfsburg - "Trinity" model to Zwickau

Volkswagen wants to build a new electric Golf in Wolfsburg instead of the previously planned "Trinity" model of the future. This was announced by the Group and the Works Council following a Supervisory Board meeting in Wolfsburg on Friday. The "Trinity" future model previously planned in Wolfsburg i ..

A sign shows the way to the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau / Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa/Archivbild

VW cuts production in Zwickau and Dresden

Volkswagen is curbing production of electric cars at its Zwickau and Dresden sites for two weeks. In Zwickau, a production line will be shut down during the fall vacations, a spokesman told Deutsche Presse-Agentur. The reason given for the move is weakening demand. Production of the ID.4, ID.5, Audi ..

The party logo is seen at the AfD national party conference at the Magdeburg Exhibition Center. / Photo: Carsten Koall/dpa/archive image

AfD criticism of conversion to electric cars in Zwickau meets with criticism in Saxony's state parliament

The AfD's criticism of the conversion to electric cars at Volkswagen's Zwickau site almost three years ago has drawn widespread criticism in the Saxon state parliament. According to CDU member of parliament Jan Hippold, the transformation of the automotive industry offers both challenges and opportunities for new jobs. AfD parliamentary group leader Jörg Urban blames the political hype surrounding e-mobility for weakening demand at VW. SPD state chairman Henning Homann warns against a swan song for the e-car, saying this would harm employees and Saxony's industry.

Uwe Ahrens, board member of Altech Advanced Materials, stands in front of a solid-state battery at Fraunhofer IKTS. / Photo: Steffen Rasche/Altech Advanced Materials/dpa/archive image

Lusatia develops into a focal point for battery production

The establishment of companies like Altech promotes the development of battery production in Lusatia. Altech plans to build two factories in the Schwarze Pumpe industrial park in Brandenburg, with investments of over one billion euros and the creation of 1,000 jobs.