Top topic: The electrical plans from Daimler Truck
Daimler's truck subsidiary has been an independent group since this week, and
Daimler Truck is set
to go public
next week
.
You can already see yourself among the top 15 in Germany, with a market value of 40 billion euros in the medium term as realistic.
But alas: the margins are low, the costs are high - and the all-important question is: will the world's largest truck manufacturer manage to switch to the electric age?
CEO
Martin Daum
invests a lot, batteries and fuel cells - only the Diesel Guy himself doesn't seem to really believe in the success of the technology.
We looked at the strategy for the zero emissions era.
Heads: Oliver Merkel ++ Andrea Nahmer ++ Martin Klein
Oliver Merkel.
The co-founder and head of the 10-minute delivery service Flink can look forward to fresh capital of 560 million dollars.
The supermarket chain Rewe is also among the investors again.
The Berlin start-up is now valued at $ 2.7 billion.
Andrea Nahmer
.
Volkswagen's
finance manager
joins the supervisory board of the Chinese battery
manufacturer Gotion High Tech
.
The Germans are thereby increasing their influence in the strategically important pact.
Martin C. Klein.
The former Daimler and Recaro manager will be the new CEO of
e.Go
, the former electric hope.
Company: Sono Motors ++ Tesla and BMW ++ Emirates and Lufthansa ++ Renault
The Munich start-up
Sono Motors
, which is known to want to build the Sion solar car, would have been broke this month. Fortunately, the Wall Street IPO two weeks ago brought fresh capital. But whether the company around founder
Laurin Hahn will
ever build a car is questionable. My colleague Arvid Kaiser spoke to Hahn and his head of production and evaluated documents. His impression: the car is only a means to an end. The car company that doesn't want to be one.
The world's 16 largest automakers have had a wild third quarter, including a shortage of parts and idle production lines.
Even so, profits rose to a record level.
The highest EBIT margin was achieved for the first time:
Tesla
.
Before
BMW
and
Toyota
.
Elon Musk can call himself the king of the quarter.
The
world's
airlines
are preparing for the consequences of the new corona virus and the resulting travel restrictions.
Emirates
President
Tim Clark is
already warning of "trauma for the industry" should the Christmas and winter business end.
It affects airlines very differently from country to country.
Car manufacturer
Renault
celebrates the 60th birthday of the legendary R4 - and presented the "Air4".
A flying car, with a carbon cabin in R4 design, four propellers, very amusing in contrast to the current figures for the French.
You can see the video of the test flight here.
Number of the week: 153
According to the
VDA's
new charging network ranking, this is the number of publicly accessible charging stations
for all cars registered in the city of Wolfsburg.
No other district in Germany is better equipped.
By the way, behind Wolfsburg (VW) is Ingolstadt (Audi).
Conicidence?
At the taillight, in the Neunkirchen district, 5450 cars share a pillar.
New mobility: mobility platforms ++ trains ++ e-scooters
China's regulatory authorities are slowing down providers in the booming taxi and delivery service market with new laws.
For market leader
Didi Global
, who in addition to various delivery services also offer shared mobility services, the already strained relationship with state officials is intensifying.
Also can
train drivers
retire to the home office soon?
In Saxony, experts are researching the possibilities of automation in rail traffic - including autonomous trains.
While the interim driving ban for e-scooters in the US city of Miami has been lifted, the city administration of Paris is slowing down providers.
Literally.
After a long discussion, there is now a speed limit of 10 kilometers per hour in practically the entire city.
After all, the licenses for the three providers
Tier
,
Lime
and
Dott were
extended.
The German air taxi hope
Volocopter
has canceled its planned Spac IPO.
Too risky, so the reason given to the small investors who had given the company money.
Deep Drive: Study of the Week
What influence do
e-bikes have
on CO2 emissions in the transport sector?
Scientists from the
University of Leeds
for England have answered this question and just published it in a specialist journal: 24.4 million tons could be saved there.
The exciting thing is that the savings potential is greatest not in the big cities, but especially in rural areas.
Ghost driver of the week:
Advertised by
Elon Musk
himself via Twitter,
Tesla
put
this thing in its merchandise shop on December 1st.
A cyber whistle - a steel whistle in the design of the cybertruck, the start of which has been postponed again and again.
Price of the thing: $ 50.
Was still sold out within hours.
I wish you an eventful week!
Sincerely, your Lukas Heiny.