The Impact of Scarcity of Chips, Volkswagen Factory Returns to the 50s

The Impact of Scarcity of Chips, Volkswagen Factory Returns to the 50s

Suara.com – The world’s largest automotive factory belongs to Volkswagen, recorded a decline in production in 2021 as a result of the shortage of semiconductor chip supply problems. Sources at Volkswagen say the Wolfsburg plant has produced just 300,000 vehicles so far this year and that is the lowest production figure since 1958. In fact, … Read more

Škoda Auto stops the lines and switches to “emergency mode”

Škoda Auto stops the lines and switches to “emergency mode”

Škoda Auto is the driving force behind the domestic car industry. In the pandemic year 2020, it produced 750,000 cars, for which it purchased components from hundreds of Czech suppliers. Some companies are strictly existentially dependent on the car manufacturer. Due to restrictions, for example, the company Kasko from Slavkov in the Uherské Hradiště region … Read more

Škoda Auto is planning a large relocation of employees due to the shutdown

Škoda Auto is planning a large relocation of employees due to the shutdown

“In motoring jargon, it’s called something like this: We will not give back, but we will shift to a lower speed, which is, however, full of strength,” the unions write in the company weekly. Skoda trade unionist. This week, the plants in Mladá Boleslav and Kvasiny did not produce cars on Mondays and Tuesdays. In … Read more

US traffic safety agency investigates fatal Tesla accident in New York

US traffic safety agency investigates fatal Tesla accident in New York

– Tesla The NHTSA has launched 33 investigations into Tesla accidents since 2016. – (Photo: Reuters) – – – – Washington The US traffic safety agency NHTSA has opened investigations into a fatal accident in New York involving a Tesla vehicle that may be using an automated driving assistance system. As a spokeswoman for the … Read more

Škoda Auto has tripled its deliveries of electric cars. The whole Volkswagen benefits from this

Škoda Auto has tripled its deliveries of electric cars.  The whole Volkswagen benefits from this

Demand in Europe in particular contributed to the growth in sales of electric cars from the Volkswagen Group. The European Commission (EC) last week proposed that new cars should not produce any carbon dioxide emissions from 2035, Reuters reported. “Our global electric offensive continues at a solid pace and customer demand is high,” said Christian … Read more

Škoda Auto has had two critical weeks. The key Octavia returns to the line

Škoda Auto has had two critical weeks.  The key Octavia returns to the line

The most important Octavia model returned to the key M13 production line in Mladá Boleslav last week. The carmaker had to stop its production for a few days two weeks ago due to a lack of semiconductor chips. Thus, only the Enyaq electric model was temporarily produced on the line. It was the first time … Read more

Škoda Auto stopped assembling the Octavia due to a lack of parts

Škoda Auto stopped assembling the Octavia due to a lack of parts

“This is the first time that only a purely electric car has been produced on the assembly line at Škoda Auto,” the trade unionists write in Thursday’s issue of the company weekly Škodovácký odborář. Behind the sentence that gives the impression of success, there is in fact a statement of the deep crisis in which … Read more

Robotaxi company Cruise secures billion dollar loan from General Motors

Robotaxi company Cruise secures billion dollar loan from General Motors

– Cruise Cruise presented its prototype called Origin in early 2020. – (Photo: dpa) – – – – San Francisco The robot car company Cruise receives a billion-euro loan from its parent company General Motors and builds the first test vehicles for its driverless taxis. With the GM credit line of five billion dollars (4.1 … Read more

Rows of the most expensive trucks in the world, one of which belongs to the Sultan of Malaysia

Rows of the most expensive trucks in the world, one of which belongs to the Sultan of Malaysia

loading… This luxury truck was sold for Rp. 169 billion by a collector from the Middle East. Photo / doc JAKARTA – Beauty and design are sometimes the target of the umpteenth number or are even neglected truck . Not only for the delivery of goods, as the times have changed, the truck has been … Read more