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Chinese premier in Germany as Western mistrust mounts
AFP, Published on 19/06/2023
» BERLIN - Germany's president Monday urged Beijing and Washington to boost dialogue, as he hosted Premier Li Qiang at a time when China's policies on Russia, trade and human rights are receiving an increasingly hostile reception in the West.
Major firms not doing enough to curb deforestation: report
AFP, Published on 15/02/2023
» PARIS - Many major global firms and financial institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to deforestation do not have any policies in place to protect forests, increasing the risk for catastrophic nature loss, a report said Wednesday.
Along underwater highway, workers fix Channel tunnel at night
AFP, Published on 14/02/2023
» COQUELLES (FRANCE) - Deep under the Channel, men in orange jackets and white hard hats drive up and down one of the world's longest underground highways, beavering away to keep passenger trains running.
Former Volkswagen boss Carl Hahn dies aged 96
AFP, Published on 15/01/2023
» BERLIN - Carl Hahn, who headed the Volkswagen group during the German car giant's heyday in the 1980s, has died, a spokeswoman for the Carl and Marisa Hahn Foundation told AFP on Sunday.
VW faces Brazil hearing over dictatorship-era slavery claims
AFP, Published on 14/06/2022
» RIO DE JANEIRO: German carmaker Volkswagen faces an audience with Brazilian prosecutors Tuesday over allegations of human rights violations at a farm it ran during Brazil's military dictatorship, including slave labour, rapes and beatings.
VW and Bosch join forces to rev up automated driving
AFP, Published on 25/01/2022
» FRANKFURT: Car giant Volkswagen and parts supplier Bosch have embarked on an "extensive partnership" to bring automated driving to the mass market by next year, the German companies said on Tuesday.
German carmakers race to retrain workforce for electric age
AFP, Published on 12/12/2021
» WOLFSBURG (GERMANY) - After her apprenticeship at Volkswagen, Michelle Gabriel was a master at welding, cutting, bending and stretching metal, but just a few years later it's not chassis but software frameworks she's piecing together after a speedy change of career.
Carmakers warn chip shortage putting brakes on recovery
AFP, Published on 01/08/2021
» PARIS: The automobile industry is being hit hard by a shortage of computer chips that has slowed production and is set to drag on for months.
China's Huawei scores 4G patent deal for VW cars
AFP, Published on 08/07/2021
» SHANGHAI: Huawei has struck a licensing deal that will allow use of its 4G technologies in connected vehicles manufactured by Volkswagen Group, the Chinese tech giant said on Wednesday.
Peugeot to be prosecuted in France over 'dieselgate'
AFP, Published on 10/06/2021
» PARIS - French car maker Peugeot is facing prosecution in France over the "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, its parent company Stellantis said Wednesday, after similar charges were announced against Renault and Volkswagen.