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Due to weak demand for e-cars and competition from Chinese manufacturers, the IG Metall trade union is pressing for cheaper models from Germany. "Eastern Germany has worked hard to gain a lead in the production of electric vehicles in national and in ..
The mining company Mibrag has commissioned a huge photovoltaic plant on an old open-cast mine site south of Leipzig. More than 66,000 solar modules stand on a 55-hectare area, according to the company. That corresponds to about 77 soccer fields.Accor ..
Further cuts are imminent at the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau. According to information obtained by the Deutsche Presse-Agentur, management has terminated the company agreement on three-shift operation dating from 1991. It thus expires at the end of t ..
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 we ..
Train passengers must prepare for delays and cancellations on the railroad line between Berlin and Halle/Leipzig from Wednesday. Until October 5, the line will be closed on a single track, as the railroad announced. As a reason, a sleeper renewal bet ..
Saxony's auto industry is bracing itself for a lean period of about two years. Although demand for vehicles in Europe is rising, it is still 20 percent below pre-Corona levels, Dirk Vogel of industry network AMZ said Tuesday in Zwickau. In addition, ..
Higher energy and raw material costs as well as lower sales prices have weighed heavily on biofuel producer Verbio. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) fell by just over half to around 240 million euros in the past ..
Higher energy and raw material costs as well as lower sales prices have weighed heavily on biofuel producer Verbio. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) fell by just over half to around 240 million euros in the past ..
The automotive industry has proven to be a job engine in Saxony over the past ten years. From 2012 to 2022, employment at companies producing motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts increased by 44 percent. The increase was thus far above the general e ..
Saxony's foreign trade continued to grow in the first six months of this year. However, the growth has weakened significantly, as the Ministry of Economics in Dresden announced on request. According to the report, exports increased by three percent t ..
The plug will be pulled on Chemnitz' lignite-fired power plant at the beginning of 2024. The two units, which supply eastern Germany's fourth-largest city with heat and electricity, will be replaced by two gas-fired engine power plants. They were off ..