by Ekrem Duman | Aug 4, 2026 | Automotive & Mobility, Startup
⚡ TL;DRGermany's automotive supplier base employs more people than its carmakers and is absorbing most of the adjustment. Bosch, ZF, Continental and Schaeffler have collectively announced job reductions in the tens of thousands, Bosch posted its first loss...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 4, 2026 | Automotive & Mobility, Startup
⚡ TL;DRPorsche AG is majority-owned by Volkswagen AG, which is itself controlled by Porsche Automobil Holding SE, which is controlled by the Porsche and Piech families. The 2022 listing of Porsche AG created a company that appears in the DAX while being...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 4, 2026 | Automotive & Mobility, Startup
⚡ TL;DRBMW refused to commit to a single drivetrain, keeping combustion, plug-in hybrid, battery-electric and hydrogen development running on shared architecture. For several years this looked like indecision and cost duplication. When electric demand growth...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 4, 2026 | Automotive & Mobility, Startup
⚡ TL;DRMercedes-Benz made an explicit strategic choice to sell fewer cars at higher prices, exiting the compact segment in favour of top-end vehicles. The strategy delivered record margins while the luxury cycle held, then met three problems at once: a Chinese...
by Ekrem Duman | Aug 4, 2026 | Automotive & Mobility, Startup
⚡ TL;DRVolkswagen is running the largest corporate restructuring in German industrial history, and the fight is not really about electric cars. It is about a cost base built for twelve million vehicles a year, a home market that no longer needs that capacity, a...
