Press Releases
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Sep 14.Berlin
VDA-Pressemitteilung: Only weeks left to save EU and UK auto sectors from €110 billion ‘no deal’ Brexit disaster
EU and UK automotive leaders unite to call for urgent agreement of an ambitious free trade deal before the end of the transition period in just 15 weeks’ time - New calculations show the catastrophic impact of ‘no deal’ with WTO tariffs putting production of some 3 million EU and UK built cars and vans at risk over next five years - ‘No deal’ would mean combined EU-UK trade losses worth up to €110 billion to 2025, on top of around €100 billion in lost production value so far this year because of coronavirus crisis - to avoid second economic hit to sector employing 14.6 million people, industry calls for negotiators to secure a deal urgently that delivers zero tariffs, modern rules of origin and avoids different regulations across the channel.
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Sep 03.Berlin
Passenger car market loses 20 percent in August
Strong result in August 2019 – Production and exports still around one third down on last year – Domestic orders fall – Foreign orders rise
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Sep 02.Berlin
VDA emphatically rejects DUH criticism concerning plug-in hybrids
Plug-in hybrids have zero emissions with charged battery – New generation has even more power – Route to electric mobility for many customers – Important instrument for reducing CO2
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Aug 31.Berlin
Reform of electricity network charges must benefit consumers and help protect the climate
Joint press release from the VDA, vzbv and BWP
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Aug 25.Berlin
Situation at suppliers remains very tense: Corona accelerates relocation of production and job cuts
Half of all automotive suppliers do not expect to return to pre-crisis levels until 2022; one tenth expect to do so in 2023. Six out of ten suppliers also plan more job cuts owing to the corona crisis. These are the findings of a survey of supply firms by the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA).
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Aug 24.Berlin
Situation at registration offices endangers economic recovery in vehicle industry and trade
Joint press release from the VDA, VDIK and ZDK
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Aug 18.Berlin
Worldwide passenger car sales stabilize after unprecedented collapse in first half-year
Western Europe slightly down on 2019 – US and Japan have double-digit losses – China records third growth month
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Aug 11.Berlin
The German electric passenger-car market takes a record leap in July
The increased environmental bonus has given demand for e-cars a huge boost – Plug-in-hybrids exhibit especially vigorous growth – In June every 10th passenger car made in Germany was already an e-car.
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Aug 06.Berlin
Accident assistance: The automotive industry gives highest priority to collaboration with rescue teams
Innovative technologies pose new challenges for rescue teams – The FAQs "Emergency Assistance and Recovery after Accidents Involving Motor Vehicles with High-Voltage and 48V Systems" provide some answers
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Aug 05.Berlin
Passenger Car Market in July 2020 Slightly Below the Level of July 2019
However, new registrations were down 30 percent and production down 36 percent in the first seven months of 2020. Domestic incoming orders revived in July – Companies are under enormous pressure, says Hildegard Müller.
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