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 high-end carmaker BMW will slash 6,000 of its over 120,000 jobs worldwide this year, a spokesman told AFP Friday, as the industry battles a demand trough and production setbacks from the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.thelocal.de/20200619/bmw-to-slash-6000-jobs-this-year-spokesman Fri, 19 Jun 2020 18:47:11 +0200 bmw-to-slash-6000-jobs-this-year-spokesman German car giants Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler have posted strong sales growth in the face of a contracting global market in 2019, shifting massive numbers of SUVs ahead of a pivotal year for electric mobility. https://www.thelocal.de/20200114/german-carmakers-beat-global-sales-slump-amid-job-cut-woes Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:16:31 +0100 german-carmakers-beat-global-sales-slump-amid-job-cut-woes German luxury car manufacturer BMW will temporarily close its British plant in Oxford for two days around the current scheduled date for Brexit, a company executive revealed Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190910/bmw-to-stop-work-in-oxford-plant-for-two-days-due-to-brexit Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:56:51 +0200 bmw-to-stop-work-in-oxford-plant-for-two-days-due-to-brexit With a new car and range sporting a spruced-up logo, German car giant Volkswagen enters the Frankfurt IAA car show hoping bets worth tens of billions of euros will pay off. https://www.thelocal.de/20190910/car-for-the-new-era-vw-unveils-zero-emission-vehicle Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:29:18 +0200 car-for-the-new-era-vw-unveils-zero-emission-vehicle BMW said Thursday that its production chief Oliver Zipse will replace Harald Krueger as chief executive in August, as the German auto giant looks to accelerate its transition to electric cars. https://www.thelocal.de/20190719/bmw-names-new-boss-as-it-looks-to-speed-up-electric-transition Fri, 19 Jul 2019 10:33:24 +0200 bmw-names-new-boss-as-it-looks-to-speed-up-electric-transition The European Union warned German car giants BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen on Friday that a preliminary inquiry has concluded they colluded to avoid competing on emission control technology. https://www.thelocal.de/20190406/eu-accuses-bmw-daimler-and-vw-of-breaking-antitrust-rules Sat, 06 Apr 2019 12:58:04 +0200 eu-accuses-bmw-daimler-and-vw-of-breaking-antitrust-rules German high-end car giants BMW and Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler said Thursday they would work together to develop automated driving and driver assistance systems, the latest cooperation for the historically fierce rivals. https://www.thelocal.de/20190228/german-auto-giants-selfdriving-cars Thu, 28 Feb 2019 11:32:12 +0100 german-auto-giants-selfdriving-cars German high-end carmaker BMW said Tuesday it would recall more than one million additional diesel cars, citing a problem with the exhaust system that "in extreme cases can cause a fire". https://www.thelocal.de/20181023/bmw-recalls-over-1-mn-cars-over-exhaust-system-fire-risk Tue, 23 Oct 2018 14:20:31 +0200 bmw-recalls-over-1-mn-cars-over-exhaust-system-fire-risk US President Donald Trump's threat to impose steep tariffs on auto imports will hit foreign automakers that export a large number of vehicles to the US market, but many also manufacture cars domestically. https://www.thelocal.de/20180526/new-us-tariffs-a-headache-for-german-automakers Sat, 26 May 2018 11:13:22 +0200 new-us-tariffs-a-headache-for-german-automakers German automakers reacted with dismay Thursday as the US Commerce Department said tariffs on car imports could be on the horizon, potentially opening a new front in a burgeoning transatlantic trade conflict. https://www.thelocal.de/20180524/german-carmakers-dismayed-as-us-weighs-auto-tariffs Thu, 24 May 2018 14:31:20 +0200 german-carmakers-dismayed-as-us-weighs-auto-tariffs German car manufacturer BMW on Friday expanded a British safety recall for another 88,000 vehicles because of a fire risk. https://www.thelocal.de/20180519/bmw-expands-uk-car-recall-again Sat, 19 May 2018 07:25:49 +0200 bmw-expands-uk-car-recall-again Through the centre, the German auto giant is preparing to introduce its own self-driving car to the auto market. https://www.thelocal.de/20180412/bmw-opens-campus-for-self-driving-cars-near-munich Thu, 12 Apr 2018 16:16:23 +0200 bmw-opens-campus-for-self-driving-cars-near-munich German carmakers Daimler and BMW said Wednesday they would merge their car-sharing services Car2Go and DriveNow, creating a European giant with around four million users to take on challengers like Uber. https://www.thelocal.de/20180328/germanys-two-major-car-sharing-services-are-about-to-merge-into-one Wed, 28 Mar 2018 17:49:42 +0200 germanys-two-major-car-sharing-services-are-about-to-merge-into-one Bavarian prosecutors have raided high-end carmaker BMW in a fraud probe relating to more than 11,000 vehicles they suspect were rigged to appear less polluting in regulators' tests. https://www.thelocal.de/20180320/prosecutors-raid-bmw-headquarters-suspecting-use-of-emissions-cheating-device Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:04:17 +0100 prosecutors-raid-bmw-headquarters-suspecting-use-of-emissions-cheating-device Germany's massive car industry is the biggest investor worldwide in electric vehicles, a study published Monday found, as it scrambles under increasing pressure to adopt low-emissions technology. https://www.thelocal.de/20180312/german-automakers-are-biggest-global-spenders-on-electric-cars-study Mon, 12 Mar 2018 15:31:16 +0100 german-automakers-are-biggest-global-spenders-on-electric-cars-study German carmakers Daimler and BMW said Friday a new sweeping US tax reform giving major breaks to corporations will add hundreds of millions of euros to their 2017 earnings. https://www.thelocal.de/20171223/us-tax-reform-promises-big-income-boost-for-german-carmakers Sat, 23 Dec 2017 17:46:11 +0100 us-tax-reform-promises-big-income-boost-for-german-carmakers BMW will have to pay a $158 million fine that Swiss competition authorities imposed on the German automaker five years ago after Switzerland's top court said Friday that it had rejected its appeal. https://www.thelocal.de/20171111/bmw-loses-appeal-against-158-million-fine-by-swiss-competition-watchdog Sat, 11 Nov 2017 11:07:06 +0100 bmw-loses-appeal-against-158-million-fine-by-swiss-competition-watchdog German luxury carmaker BMW on Friday said it was recalling "approximately one million vehicles" in North America over two separate problems that posed fire risks, and did not rule out that more countries may be affected. https://www.thelocal.de/20171104/bmw-recalling-around-1-million-cars-in-us-over-fire-risks Sat, 04 Nov 2017 03:56:10 +0100 bmw-recalling-around-1-million-cars-in-us-over-fire-risks EU anti-trust regulators have raided the offices of automaker BMW in Munich, the company said, in a fresh blow to the German car industry already hit by the Dieselgate scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20171020/eu-anti-trust-investigators-raid-bmw-headquarters-in-munich Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:40:23 +0200 eu-anti-trust-investigators-raid-bmw-headquarters-in-munich German auto giants Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler were hit with lawsuits this week charging the companies colluded illegally to drive up the prices of their cars. https://www.thelocal.de/20170728/german-automakers-face-class-action-lawsuits-over-price-fixing Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:10:10 +0200 german-automakers-face-class-action-lawsuits-over-price-fixing