Lennart Wermke

Sep 19, 2024 | europe.autonews.com | Lennart Wermke |Nathan Eddy

The EU is applying tariffs of 21 percent on Nio electric cars exported to Europe following its investigation into whether EVs built in China receive unfair government subsidies. Nio declined to comment on the report when asked by Automotive News Europe sister publication Automobilwoche,Representatives of Belgian trade unions told Automobilwoche that a delegation of potential Chinese investors had visited the Brussels plant.

Sep 19, 2024 | europe.autonews.com | Lennart Wermke |Nathan Eddy

BERLIN -- Volkswagen's factory in its home city of Wolfsburg has a new manager tasked with making the plant ready to build battery-electric cars. Uwe Schwartz, plant manager at the automaker’s factory in Emden, Germany, will take on the same role in Wolfsburg on Nov. 1. Current plant manager Rainer Fessels is retiring. Schwartz is credited with leading the conversion of the Emden plant to a solely electric-vehicle production facility. The Emden plant builds the ID7 midsize sedan and station wagon.

May 3, 2024 | europe.autonews.com | Lennart Wermke |Klaus-Dieter Flörecke

On an earnings call with investors, Rittersberger decline to specify the engine part. He said it is "a complex component that is important for the efficiency of the engines."Manager Magazin reported in January that the component is a belt used in starter-generators in hybrid cars. It is supplied by Continental subsidiary Vitesco. Audi has been using the component in its top engines since 2018. Audi and Vitesco have been in dispute about the part since the summer of 2023, Manager Magazin reported.

Mar 29, 2024 | europe.autonews.com | Burkhard Riering |Lennart Wermke

Audi CEO Gernot Döllner faces many challenges to bring the Volkswagen Group brand back to the technological level of rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz as well as new competitors from China. He spoke about Audi's coming products, its shift to EVs and the gradual phase-out of combustion engines in an interview with Automotive News Europe sister publication Automobilwoche. You took over as Audi CEO in enormously challenging times. Have you been brought in as a firefighter?

Feb 5, 2024 | europe.autonews.com | Burkhard Riering |Lennart Wermke

Under a production overhaul planned by new CEO Gernot Doellner, Audi would move production of the Q8 E-tron to VW's plant in Puebla, Mexico, which has extra capacity. Audi's own factory in San Jose Chiapa is working at full capacity and last year set a production record building just under 180,000 units of the  Q5 and Q5 Sportback. Audi likely will also build the Q8 E-Tron at its under-utilized factory in Changchun, China, according to sources.