Ola Kallenius

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Each carmaker faces its own CO2 target, based on the weight of its vehicles. A business selling smaller cars such as Peugeot owner PSA therefore has a lower CO2 target than a company with a heavier average vehicle, such as Mercedes owner Daimler. Photograph: Keystone via AP
Can carmakers accelerate electric transition?

When Blas Arambilet tried to buy an electric car in April, something strange happened. Months after ordering a white Kia e-Niro from his local Barcelo(...)

Carmakers are on the verge of a key period in the transition away from reliance on fossil fuels, with strict rules on carbon dioxide emissions coming into force next year. Photograph: EPA
Mercedes-Benz to axe more than 1,000 jobs in cost-cutting drive

Mercedes-Benz plans to save €1.65 billion by cutting more than 1,000 jobs in the latest sign German carmakers are struggling to make big investments i(...)

BMW has been hammered by the trade spat between America and China, and has also seen its share price almost halve, from €122 to €65, since 2015, despite consistent profitability
BMW looking to cut model range including entry-grade 3 Series, says report

American magazine Automobile claims BMW Group is set to slash its model range after the car division’s earnings fell 22 per cent last year. BMW’s Chi(...)

The Mercedes-Benz maker said it had uncovered new information that would make its earnings before interest and tax for the second quarter of the year even lower than it guided for last month and “significantly below market expectations”.
Daimler gloom deepens with fourth profit warning this year

German carmaker Daimler has warned on profits for the fourth time this year after being forced to make further provisions to deal with a regulatory cr(...)

Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton presents a Mercedes AMG Project One
Mercedes Project One is 1,000bhp F1 hybrid mind-melting hypercar
  • Motors
  • September 11, 2017, 20:13

Most of what follows on Mercedes-AMG’s ground-breaking, Formula One-sourced Project One hypercar had to be heavily edited to remove involuntary potty (...)

Mercedes-Benz SLC 300: the sporty lower-end model of the new SLC line-up
Mercedes-Benz SLK becomes the SLC
  • Motors
  • January 6, 2016, 01:00

After 20 years of trying to convince us that the SLK roadster owed its lineage to pre-war racing cars, Mercedes-Benz is changing tack. After nearly 7(...)

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