https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German luxury automaker Daimler on Friday said it would slash at least 10,000 jobs worldwide in a major cost-cutting drive to help finance the switch to electric cars. https://www.thelocal.de/20191129/daimler-to-cut-thousands-of-jobs-to-fund-electric-shift Fri, 29 Nov 2019 12:48:21 +0100 daimler-to-cut-thousands-of-jobs-to-fund-electric-shift German car maker Mercedes has given robots at its factory some tough news - they’ve become redundant in the modern world and will be replaced by more flexible humans. https://www.thelocal.de/20160226/mercedes-sacks-robots-replaces-them-with-humans Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:50:17 +0100 mercedes-sacks-robots-replaces-them-with-humans Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has dodged a broadside from company chairman Ferdinand Piech which many thought would unseat him from the troubled car maker. Instead, the steering committee has offered him an extension to his contract. https://www.thelocal.de/20150417/vw-ceo-keeps-job-despite-leadership-crisis Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:15:15 +0200 vw-ceo-keeps-job-despite-leadership-crisis Its chuntering motor and belching exhaust once heralded the coming of the communist utopia. Now the east German 'Trabi' is leading a new revolution, and this time you won't hear it coming. https://www.thelocal.de/20150331/trabbis-ecar-new-revolution Tue, 31 Mar 2015 11:34:06 +0200 trabbis-ecar-new-revolution A US auto parts supplier has become the latest company to plead guilty to fixing prices of parts sold to German automakers following an international probe, US prosecutors said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20120731/44073 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:36:00 +0200 44073 BMW is to develop a new brand of electric cars exclusive to China, giving into pressure from the Chinese authorities. https://www.thelocal.de/20110910/37509 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:15:00 +0200 37509