Environment Minister Vogel said that approval for the installation of additional plant components and equipment for the paint shop, press shop, and body shop "is expected to be ready for issuance in the next few days."
Brandenburgs Environment Minister Vogel continued
"These facilities will be built within the already existing buildings"
Today, Wednesday Minister Vogel said in the parliament meeting about the final construction permit
We are in the "final examination"
Vogel continued
'It is also a matter of formulating ancillary provisions and conditions in evaluation of the documents - the minutes of the mammoth hearing of the critics alone comprise more than 1,300 pages'
IMO, the final construction permit is just a formality
BTW, there was zero mentionings of any delays in the Brandenburg parliament and I doubt that there are any worth mentioning at all
The opposite is IMO true, everything goes remarkably fast
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VW's increase of BEVs is driven by e.g. dealership vehicle registrations and only partly by customers who bought it spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unt…
According to the Greenpeace report VW has registered through Dealers in Europe
20.5 % of all BEVs & 21.7 % of all PHEVs
That's a total of just over 65,000 electrified cars they claim to have sold but didn't!
A scandal & another cheating of consumers, public, media & customers
Greenpeace states that VWs practice to register 65k electrified vehicles by dealers saved them €140m in fines
"Instead of fudging its climate balance sheet with self-registrations VW should quickly get out of the climate-damaging business with diesel & gasoline-powered cars"
Transportation Minister Scheuer "Germany will be world leader in autonomous driving"
"for motor vehicles with autonomous driving functions to be able to drive on public roads in regular operation locally limited to predefined operating areas"
The regulations apply to L4 fully automated driving. Vehicles can drive completely independently, but a driver must be on board & intervene. According to the Ministry of Transport, this makes Germany the first country to put cars without drivers into regular operation.
This could open a path for Tesla in Germany as one of the first countries to activate FSD L4
Daimler delays vehicles deliveries until March, April, June up to 2H21 due to continuing chip shortages
Production adjustments with A & B-Class (W 247), GLA, GLC, GLC Coupé and EQC
In a confidential document Daimler points to other automakers having similar issues
In their official response, they told BI
"There is currently a supply shortage of certain semiconductor components worldwide. In line with the current supply situation, we had, for example, adjusted the driving modes of the Mercedes-Benz plants in Rastatt, Kecskemét and Bremen."
The Daimler speaker continued
"Due to the current situation, delays in the delivery of some model series cannot be ruled out"
"We try to minimize the impact on our customers."
" It is our goal to make up for the temporary fluctuations in the course of the year."
Audi CEO Duesmann confirmed all Audi BEVs will be called e-tron ... 🤔
Audi CEO Duesmann about the BEV Demand Audi has
"The number of battery electric vehicles is not yet large. The number of customers is increasing every day, but it is not yet jumping (...) We need a huge increase."
Duesmann continued
"In 2022, 2023, there will no longer be any excuse for not finding the right e-car. Sales aids are an important point here. Politicians can still accelerate the change through measures. I think that's the right strategy for the next federal government"
"We don't need to look in awe at Silicon Valley and Palo Alto. In Neckar Valley and in Sindelfingen, we also have top people and top conditions"
Neckar is a German River
About MB.OS
"We want to bring our own, data-driven and flexibly updatable Mercedes-Benz operating system to our vehicles by 2024, thus connecting the vehicle with the cloud and the IoT world."
The Daimler CTO continued
"The computing architecture encompasses several domains in the vehicle: the powertrain, the entire vehicle control system, automated driving functions, infotainment, and communications. As a carmaker, we cannot develop this alone."