Fine-tuning E-mobility

What good is the flashiest electric vehicle – sitting at the side of the road with a flat battery? Lack of range and poor charging infrastructure are the biggest problems… Read more

Creating intelligent transport infrastructures

Smart Traffic Middle East in Abu Dhabi, May 2015: Successful urban development is dependent on the existence of efficiently functioning traffic strategies and solutions. Identifying and implementing these solutions is… Read more

German and European automotive industry in a state of flux

“The success of German automotive manufacturers (OEM) will, in future, depend not ‘only’ on the market success of the so-called ‘premium vehicles’, but also on the products that they use… Read more

Germany are European Champions in Carsharing

Over half of Europe’s carsharing vehicles are on Germany’s roads. This was the result of a study entitled “What’s Ahead for Car Sharing? The New Mobility and its Impact on… Read more

Scepticism in the face of the driverless car

In July I took a weekend trip with my family to the Chiemsee. Unfortunately, we had not reckoned with the start of the holidays in some of Germany’s Federal States… Read more

The GDR lives on – in a EuroHotRod

To build an American-style hot rod using a flatbed truck made in the German Democratic Republic – and to do so if possible with almost no money. Is that possible?… Read more

Nokia expecting fast 5G telephone standard by 2017

One of the basic requirements for networked, self-driving cars might be achieved earlier than expected: Rajeev Suri, CEO of the Finnish telecommunications group Nokia stated at the Mobile World Congress… Read more

A futuristic world created with innovationsfrom the present the 2016 automechanika calendar

Fair & Exhibition: AUTOMECHANIKA FRANKFURT 2016 Stand No.: C96/9 Hall: 6.3 Show Dates: 13rd – 17th September 2016 (Tuesday – Saturday) Time: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m Venue: Frankfurt Messe, Frankfurt, Germany. Read more