Rarely has the phrase ”come to the table” suited for the worse.
it was in may of last year, the new ceo of Germany’s second-biggest company, Daimler. Then, the profit has been halved, and he has been forced to pay more than 10 billion in fines for fraud, with the diesel exhaust.
Genèvesalongen had to be cancelled at the last minute due to the new coronavirus. On Tuesday, dagens nyheter, with a few others of the european media, rather than a phone interview with Ola Källenius.
this Coronavirus may impact the company severely. The first were the manufacturers to extend the produktionsstoppet of the company’s chinese manufacturing facilities from one week to two weeks during the chinese new year.
„We have started production in China, the 10th of February, and the increase is now to be gradually,“ he said.
Now, the problem is spreading to Europe. Multiple seller organizations in Europe, has been calling high over the plants, can close on any given day, as many of the parts are made in China. Ola Källenius, choose the words, and when he’s playing down of the problems:
“ Yet we do not have any production outside of China, but it is still too early to tell how it will end. We are monitoring the situation on a day to day basis.
Ola Källenius, is 50 years old, and was born in Bristol and grew up in the south of sweden. He still has his parents remained in Sweden, and in Sweden at regular intervals. Photo credit: Marijan Murat
He announced in november, a saving of 15 billion euro per year. A couple of weeks later, he said that the $ 10,000 of 298.000 employees within three years – information which is normally to get the stock prices to shoot through the roof. But not this time: the Fall, a strongly decreasing share has increased.
“ There’s a general nervousness to how we, in the industry, and our company, to cope with the major transformation that takes place with the massive switch to electric vehicles, a new business model, and digitalisation.
as He speaks, then this is the autumn of 10 miljardersböter of dieselfusket, and the fact that there is a new lawsuit in Germany, which is expected to be completed during the course of the year. He said that he was not able to comment on it.
< a beckmörk slagskugga of the European car industry is the EU's future targets to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to 95 grams of carbon dioxide per kilometer for the average car fleet by 2021 at the latest.
Miljardböter are threatening the auto manufacturers, who do not pass the aims.
Ola Källenius situation is tougher than most of the others. The large Mercedes has increased its carbon dioxide emissions of 137 grams per kilometer last year, according to the company’s annual report for the start of 2019. The consulting firm PA Consulting, which based on the böteslappens size of the heralds of a böteslapp of the manufacturers of the 10.5 billion by 2021.
in the Years of 2020, and in 2021 it will be very challenging.“, says Ola Källenius said:
“ It’s possible that we can do it, but we’ll see how it goes.
He was dismissing the past data that there would be a shortage of lithium-ion cells for the new electric car with an EQC.
“ We expect to produce more than 50.000 vehicles in accordance with the plan.
the largest shareholders in February of 2018 at the latest. The former ceo, Dieter Zetsche, opened up for cooperation with Volvo car corporation, which is wholly-owned by Geely. Yet nothing has happened in the past. Instead, the investigation is now a merger between Volvo Cars and its ‚ sister brand Geely Auto.
– Volvo Cars and Geely cooperate more closely increases the chances, but we have nothing concrete we can say to day, “ says Källenius.
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