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Xinhua Headlines: Chinese, foreign enterprises forge closer partnerships in NEV industry

(240615) -- HEFEI, June 15, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Staff from German tire manufacturer Continental AG and Chinese automaker Chery discuss on the cooperation of new energy vehicle (NEV) tires in Wuhu, east China's Anhui Province, May 15, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Wang Haiyue)

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Xinhua Headlines: Chinese, foreign enterprises forge closer partnerships in NEV industry

(240615) -- HEFEI, June 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff from German tire manufacturer Continental AG and Chinese automaker Chery discuss on the cooperation of new energy vehicle (NEV) tires in Wuhu, east China's Anhui Province, May 15, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Haiyue)

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German couple witnesses growing Sino-German cooperation in NEVs

STORY: German couple witnesses growing Sino-German cooperation in NEVs SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 23, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the production of NEVs 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SASCHA SCHUERRER, Engineer at Audi FAW NEV Company 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SASCHA SCHUERRER, Engineer at Audi FAW NEV Company 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SASCHA SCHUERRER, Engineer at Audi FAW NEV Company STORYLINE: Sascha Schuerrer and his wife Johanna Garzon-Schuerrer are both engineers at Audi FAW NEV Company, a joint venture between German auto giant Audi and Chinese automaker FAW in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. The couple has come to work in China to support a Sino-German collaboration project. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SASCHA SCHUERRER, Engineer at Audi FAW NEV Company "We both had been working at Audi in Germany since 2015. For 7 months, we have been here supporting the new NEV company in Changchun. And I'm responsible for the ro

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CHINA-JILIN-GERMAN ENGINEER-LANTERN FESTIVAL (CN)

(240224) -- CHANGCHUN, Feb. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Johanna Garzon-Schuerrer (R) and Julia make a lantern at home in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 23, 2024. German engineers Sascha Schuerrer and his wife Johanna Garzon-Schuerrer, together with their daughter Julia, spend their first Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on Feb. 24 this year, in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. In order to strengthen the cooperation between China and Germany in the automobile industry, more than 200 foreign experts from Audi AG, Volkswagen Group and other well-known enterprises have arrived in Changchun from all over the world, and their families have also moved to Changchun. Cooperating with China's leading automaker FAW Group Co., Ltd., the Audi FAW NEV project, with total investment expected to surpass 35 billion yuan (about 4.9 billion U.S. dollars), broke ground in June 2022 in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun. (Xinhua/Yan

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CHINA-JILIN-GERMAN ENGINEER-LANTERN FESTIVAL (CN)

(240224) -- CHANGCHUN, Feb. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Julia looks at tangyuan, also called glutinous rice dumplings, at home in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 23, 2024. German engineers Sascha Schuerrer and his wife Johanna Garzon-Schuerrer, together with their daughter Julia, spend their first Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on Feb. 24 this year, in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. In order to strengthen the cooperation between China and Germany in the automobile industry, more than 200 foreign experts from Audi AG, Volkswagen Group and other well-known enterprises have arrived in Changchun from all over the world, and their families have also moved to Changchun. Cooperating with China's leading automaker FAW Group Co., Ltd., the Audi FAW NEV project, with total investment expected to surpass 35 billion yuan (about 4.9 billion U.S. dollars), broke ground in June 2022 in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun. (Xi

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CHINA-JILIN-GERMAN ENGINEER-LANTERN FESTIVAL (CN)

(240224) -- CHANGCHUN, Feb. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sascha Schuerrer (R) and Johanna Garzon-Schuerrer eat tangyuan, also called glutinous rice dumplings, at home in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 23, 2024. German engineers Sascha Schuerrer and his wife Johanna Garzon-Schuerrer, together with their daughter Julia, spend their first Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on Feb. 24 this year, in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. In order to strengthen the cooperation between China and Germany in the automobile industry, more than 200 foreign experts from Audi AG, Volkswagen Group and other well-known enterprises have arrived in Changchun from all over the world, and their families have also moved to Changchun. Cooperating with China's leading automaker FAW Group Co., Ltd., the Audi FAW NEV project, with total investment expected to surpass 35 billion yuan (about 4.9 billion U.S. dollars), broke ground in June 2022 in the nort

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CHINA-JILIN-GERMAN ENGINEER-LANTERN FESTIVAL (CN)

(240224) -- CHANGCHUN, Feb. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sascha Schuerrer (L) and Julia eat tangyuan, also called glutinous rice dumplings, at home in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 23, 2024. German engineers Sascha Schuerrer and his wife Johanna Garzon-Schuerrer, together with their daughter Julia, spend their first Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on Feb. 24 this year, in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. In order to strengthen the cooperation between China and Germany in the automobile industry, more than 200 foreign experts from Audi AG, Volkswagen Group and other well-known enterprises have arrived in Changchun from all over the world, and their families have also moved to Changchun. Cooperating with China's leading automaker FAW Group Co., Ltd., the Audi FAW NEV project, with total investment expected to surpass 35 billion yuan (about 4.9 billion U.S. dollars), broke ground in June 2022 in the northeastern Chinese ci

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CHINA-JILIN-GERMAN ENGINEER-LANTERN FESTIVAL (CN)

(240224) -- CHANGCHUN, Feb. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sascha Schuerrer works in office in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 23, 2024. German engineers Sascha Schuerrer and his wife Johanna Garzon-Schuerrer, together with their daughter Julia, spend their first Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on Feb. 24 this year, in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. In order to strengthen the cooperation between China and Germany in the automobile industry, more than 200 foreign experts from Audi AG, Volkswagen Group and other well-known enterprises have arrived in Changchun from all over the world, and their families have also moved to Changchun. Cooperating with China's leading automaker FAW Group Co., Ltd., the Audi FAW NEV project, with total investment expected to surpass 35 billion yuan (about 4.9 billion U.S. dollars), broke ground in June 2022 in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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CHINA-JILIN-GERMAN ENGINEER-LANTERN FESTIVAL (CN)

(240224) -- CHANGCHUN, Feb. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sascha Schuerrer boils tangyuan, also called glutinous rice dumplings, at home in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 23, 2024. German engineers Sascha Schuerrer and his wife Johanna Garzon-Schuerrer, together with their daughter Julia, spend their first Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on Feb. 24 this year, in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. In order to strengthen the cooperation between China and Germany in the automobile industry, more than 200 foreign experts from Audi AG, Volkswagen Group and other well-known enterprises have arrived in Changchun from all over the world, and their families have also moved to Changchun. Cooperating with China's leading automaker FAW Group Co., Ltd., the Audi FAW NEV project, with total investment expected to surpass 35 billion yuan (about 4.9 billion U.S. dollars), broke ground in June 2022 in the northeastern Chinese city of Changc

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CHINA-JILIN-GERMAN ENGINEER-LANTERN FESTIVAL (CN)

(240224) -- CHANGCHUN, Feb. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sascha Schuerrer (L) and Julia make a lantern at home in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 23, 2024. German engineers Sascha Schuerrer and his wife Johanna Garzon-Schuerrer, together with their daughter Julia, spend their first Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on Feb. 24 this year, in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. In order to strengthen the cooperation between China and Germany in the automobile industry, more than 200 foreign experts from Audi AG, Volkswagen Group and other well-known enterprises have arrived in Changchun from all over the world, and their families have also moved to Changchun. Cooperating with China's leading automaker FAW Group Co., Ltd., the Audi FAW NEV project, with total investment expected to surpass 35 billion yuan (about 4.9 billion U.S. dollars), broke ground in June 2022 in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun. (Xinhua/Yan Linyun)

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CHINA-JILIN-GERMAN ENGINEER-LANTERN FESTIVAL (CN)

(240224) -- CHANGCHUN, Feb. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sascha Schuerrer (2nd R) and Johanna Garzon-Schuerrer (1st R) have a meeting with colleagues in office in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 23, 2024. German engineers Sascha Schuerrer and his wife Johanna Garzon-Schuerrer, together with their daughter Julia, spend their first Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which falls on Feb. 24 this year, in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. In order to strengthen the cooperation between China and Germany in the automobile industry, more than 200 foreign experts from Audi AG, Volkswagen Group and other well-known enterprises have arrived in Changchun from all over the world, and their families have also moved to Changchun. Cooperating with China's leading automaker FAW Group Co., Ltd., the Audi FAW NEV project, with total investment expected to surpass 35 billion yuan (about 4.9 billion U.S. dollars), broke ground in June 2022 in the northeaster

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INDONESIA-JAKARTA-INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW 2024

(240215) -- JAKARTA, Feb. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 15, 2024 shows a scene at the booth of German automaker BMW during the Indonesia International Motor Show 2024 at Jakarta International Expo in Jakarta, Indonesia. The exhibition kicked off here on Thursday and will last until Feb. 25. (Xinhua/Zulkarnain)

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German auto firms invest more in China on new energy vehicle hopes

STORY: German auto firms invest more in China on new energy vehicle hopes DATELINE: Oct. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:06 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of automobile manufacturers in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (German): HELMUT STETTNER, CEO, Audi FAW NEV Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG KAIYU, Board of Management Member (Production and Logistics), Audi FAW NEV Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MILAN NEDELJKOVIC, Member of the board of management, BMW AG 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): CHRISTIAN CONRAD, Chief Business Development Manager, Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing STORYLINE: In China's automobile hub of Changchun, German auto giant Audi and Chinese automaker FAW's new energy vehicle (NEV) joint project is making remarkable progress as they strive to establish their first pure electric vehicle production facility in the country. With a total investment exceeding 35 billion yuan (4.87 billion U.S. dollars), this state-of-the-art factory is set to become one of

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BMW iX5 Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle

Photo taken July 25, 2023, shows the BMW iX5 Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle. The German automaker said the same day it has begun test driving the vehicle in Japan.

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Xinhua Headlines: China, Europe closely tied in economy for brighter future

(230408) -- BERLIN, April 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 6, 2022 shows a new energy vehicle of German automaker Mercedes-Benz at the automobile exhibition area of the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE) at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

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Mercedes' goal to launch plug-in hybrids unaffected by oil price: CEO

DETROIT, United States - Dieter Zetsche, chief executive officer of Daimler AG, is interviewed on the sidelines of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Jan. 12, 2015. Zetsche said the German luxury automaker still aims to have 10 Mercedes-Benz plug-in hybrid car models by 2017 even as the price of oil drops and car buyers begin to turn their focus away from fuel efficiency.

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Benz unveils prototype smart car at trade show in U.S.

LAS VEGAS, United States - German automaker Mercedes-Benz unveils a prototype computer-driven car at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 5, 2015. The car features a touch-screen display panel on one of its doors that allows passengers to choose their desired destination and other functions.

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BMW starts accepting orders for Active Tourer in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - BMW Japan begins accepting orders for Active Tourer in the BMW 2 series, the German automaker's first front-wheel-drive model, shown in this file photo taken on Oct. 1, 2014.

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Volkswagen unveils new SUV at Geneva auto show

GENEVA, Switzerland - German automaker Volkswagen AG unveils a new "T-ROC" mini sport utility vehicle at the Geneva International Motor Show on March 4, 2014.

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Volkswagen Golf GTI

TOKYO, Japan - Volkswagen Group Japan unveils a remodeled Volkswagen Golf GTI in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2013, as the Japan arm of German automaker Volkswagen AG began selling the model the same day.

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Volkswagen e-Golf

FRANKFURT, Germany - German automaker Volkswagen AG unveils e-Golf, an electric vehicle of the popular Golf series, during an auto show in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sept. 10, 2013.

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Volkswagen cars imported by Japan unit top 1 million

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the 1 millionth Volkswagen car -- the Golf -- imported by the Japanese unit of German automaker Volkswagen AG, in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture on July 17, 2013. Volkswagen Group Japan K.K. said the same day it has imported more than 1 million Volkswagen cars since it took over the imports from Japanese car dealer Yanase & Co. in April 1991.

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Volkswagen cars imported by Japan unit top 1 million

NAGOYA, Japan - Volkswagen cars are unshipped in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture on July 17, 2013. The Japanese unit of German automaker Volkswagen AG said the same day it has imported more than 1 million Volkswagen cars since it took over the imports from Japanese car dealer Yanase & Co. in April 1991.

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Beetle Cabriolet

TOKYO, Japan - Volkswagen Group Japan K.K. President Shigeru Shoji stands beside The Beetle Cabriolet, a convertible-type Beetle car whose folding roof can be raised or lowered in about 10 seconds, in Tokyo on March 25, 2013. The Japanese marketing arm of the German automaker launched the car the same day.

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BMW i3 electric vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - BMW Japan Corp. shows the German automaker's i3 electric vehicle in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2012, as the company plans to begin selling the vehicle in 2014.

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BMW i8 plug-in hybrid vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - BMW Japan Corp. shows the German automaker's i8 plug-in hybrid vehicle in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2012, as the company will begin selling the vehicle in 2014.

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Volkswagen's new subcompact "up!"

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Volkswagen "up!" subcompact which the Japanese unit of the German automaker said on Sept. 18, 2012, it will begin selling in Japan on Oct. 1.

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Audi Japan releases new S series with fuel-saving engine

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 27, 2012, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, shows the S8 sedan Audi Japan KK began selling in Japan the same day. The Japanese arm of the German automaker launched four new S series luxury models --the S6 sedan, S6 Avant wagon, S7 Sportback and S8 sedan -- that are equipped with a fuel-saving eight cylinder engine that switches off four cylinders when full power is not required.

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Audi's convertible

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 22, 2012 in Tokyo shows the Audi R8 GT Spyder, a convertible to be sold in Japan from late April by Audi Japan K.K. The Japanese unit of the German automaker said only 333 such cars will be produced for sale worldwide, of which 10 vehicles will be offered for sale in Japan at a price of 30.64 million yen.

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New Audi A6 Avant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Audi AG's remodeled high-end station wagon the A6 Avant in Tokyo on Feb. 9, 2012. Audi Japan K.K., the Japanese unit of the German automaker, announced the same day that it will start sales of the model with a lighter body and improved fuel efficiency from late February 2012.

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Volkswagen aims to boost sales in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Gerasimos Dorizas, president of Volkswagen Group Japan KK, stands by a new model of the Golf hatchback at a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 16, 2012. German automaker Volkswagen AG said it aims to increase sales in Japan in 2012 by 18.5 percent from the previous year to 60,000 vehicles on the strength of new models.

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BMW's Active Hybrid 5

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Active Hybrid 5, a car unveiled by German automaker BMW AG at the Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2011.

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Volkswagen's plug-in hybrid car

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Cross Coupe (L), a plug-in hybrid car unveiled by German automaker Volkswagen AG at the Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2011.

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Daimler's fuel cell car

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a fuel cell car displayed by German automaker Daimler AG at the Tokyo Motor Show in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2011.

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Audi's A1 Samurai Blue unveiled at Tokyo Motor Show

TOKYO, Japan - Audi AG's A1 Samurai Blue passenger car is unveiled on Nov. 30, 2011, at the Tokyo Motor Show held at Tokyo Big Sight. The car is painted blue and white -- the colors of the Japanese national soccer team uniform for men and women -- accentuated by the red of the Japanese flag. The German automaker became a sponsor of the Japan Football Association in May 2011.

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Audi's A1 e-tron electric vehicle

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Audi AG's A1 e-tron electric vehicle displayed by Audi Japan K.K., the Japanese unit of the German automaker, on Nov. 17, 2011. The vehicle will be showcased at the Tokyo Motor Show in December.

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Porsche's plug-in hybrid car

TOKYO, Japan - Image shows Porsche AG's 918 Spyder, its first plug-in hybrid car. The Japanese unit of the German automaker started accepting reservations for the model on May 13, 2011, which are expected to be delivered from November 2013.

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New 'smart fortwo' of Mercedes-Benz

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Daimler AG's special edition of its compact car ''smart fortwo.'' Mercedes-Benz Japan Co., an arm of the German automaker, launched ''smart fortwo edition nightorange coupe mhd'' in Japan on March 8, 2011.

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Mercedes-Benz test runs electric vehicle in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Daimler AG's Smart two-seater electric vehicle. Mercedes-Benz Japan Co., an arm of the German automaker, said Oct. 12, 2010, that it has started test runs of the electric vehicle on public roads in Japan ahead of the planned release of the compact car in or after 2012.

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Suzuki to stay true to humble spirit even after Volkswagen deal

TOKYO, Japan - Suzuki Motor Corp. Chairman Osamu Suzuki speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2010. Suzuki said the automaker needs to remain humble even after its recent capital tie-up with German auto giant Volkswagen AG, warning that if the company suffers from the delusion that it is the world's top automaker, it would lead to failure.

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Audi launches highest-class model A3 Sportback car

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the S3 Sportback that Audi Japan KK launched Feb. 2 as the highest-class model of the A3 Sportback series vehicle. The four-wheel-drive, five-door hatchback with a 2,000 cc engine is priced at 5.15 million yen and the Japanese arm of the German luxury automaker hopes to sell 350 of the cars by the end of the year.

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DaimlerChrysler pulls plug on Mitsubishi Motors

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 23 shows the Mitsubishi Motors Corp. headquarters building in Tokyo's Minato Ward. DaimlerChrysler AG said in Germany on April 22 it has decided not to inject capital into the struggling Japanese automaker. The German company's shareholders were against a planned rescue program for Mitsubishi Motors.

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DaimlerChrysler's Cordes to become outside director for MMC

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said April 14 that Eckhard Cordes (file photo), an executive at its German parent DaimlerChrysler AG, will become an outside board member pending approval at a shareholders meeting at the end of April. The decision is seen as an attempt to expedite the work of reviving the struggling Japanese automaker, owned 37% by DaimlerChrysler.

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MMC's Eckrodt to resign to take blame for business woes

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Rolf Eckrodt (in file photo) may step down to take the blame for poor results at the firm, which is trying to revive itself with help from its biggest shareholder, DaimlerChrysler AG, sources close to the company said Feb. 16. Eckrodt, a former senior official at DaimlerChrysler, assumed the presidency in June 2002 after being sent to the MMC board in 2001 from the German-American automaker to turn around the Japanese company.

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(1)DaimlerChrysler signs contract to make Mercedes cars in China

BEIJING, China - Representatives of German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG and Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. sign an agreement in Beijing on Sept. 8 to make 25,000 Mercedes-Benz cars within the next few years in the Chinese capital.

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(2)DaimlerChrysler signs contract to make Mercedes cars in China

BEIJING, China - German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG Chairman Juergen Schrempp addresses a ceremony in Beijing on Sept. 8 held to sign an agreement with Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. to make 25,000 Mercedes-Benz cars within the next few years in the Chinese capital.

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S. African-made Mercedes Benz cars to go to Japan

EAST LONDON, South Africa - Employees at a new DaimlerChrysler AG factory in East London, South Africa, work on Mercedes Benz cars. The German-U.S. automaker said Oct. 11 the factory is manufacturing right-hand-drive sedans bound for markets in Asia, including Japan, and Britain. Until now, only Mercedes Benz models made at the company's Bremen plant in Germany have been shipped to Japan.

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MMC head to quit after DaimlerChrysler equity purchase

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) announces Sept. 8 the resignation of its president over a cover-up scandal and a revision to its alliance pact with DaimlerChrysler AG. The fourth-largest Japanese automaker said Vice President Takashi Sonobe (L) will replace Katsuhiko Kawasoe as president Nov. 1, after DaimlerChrysler buys a 34% stake in MMC in October in a deal that newly allows the German-U.S. firm to raise its stake three years later without approval from the MMC board. Photo was taken at a news conference held at MMC's head office in Tokyo's Minato Ward on the afetrnoon of Sept. 8.

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Hyundai and DaimlerChrysler announce deal

SEOUL, South Korea - Two officials of DaimlerChrysler AG (R and C) shake hands with Hyundai Motors Co. Chairman Chung Mong Koo on June 26 after the automakers announced an alliance. DaimlerChrysler, a German-U.S. automaker, will acquire a 10% equity stake in South Korea's largest car manufacturer, and the two will set up a 50-50 joint venture on the development, production and marketing of commercial vehicles.

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DaimlerChrysler in capital linkup talks with Nissan

DaimlerChrysler AG chairmen Juergen Schrempp (R) and Robert Eaton (L) confirm Jan. 22 the German-U.S. automaker has started talks with Nissan Motor Co. on a possible capital linkup at a press meeting in Tokyo.