Only more electrically, and at best also self -drift? The car industry is changing. Nevertheless, BMW-Steyr baas Klaus von Moltke Diesel and Gasoline Motor do not see the façade cladding. The car industry is to navigate through a new strategy through change.
“The combustion technology is not an old technology. And it is the basis of the transformation,” says Klaus von Moltke, director of the BMW Group Steyr Plant. Because this high one -off -expenditure requires in the industry that can be financed from the profit with burners.
Nevertheless, the exit of Fossil Drive Fabrics is a clear goal. However, Moltke argues for openness for technology – “putting everything on a horse is very risky” – and sees well in good hands at the location of the Austria from Austria, because: “in this case politics is not politized.”
New “cockpit” with leading companies in Upper Austria
The insistence on “open-air technology” is not new and was sent in the race, especially around the discussion about the EU-wide combustion ban as a counter-argument. On Tuesday, Upper Austria Markus Achleitner (ÖVP) renewed the position during a press conference on the transformation of mobility: “To give ideologically how change should work, but is intended badly. Ideology often changes a view of reality.”
In order not to find out during the Turnaround of Mobility, the state of Upper Austria, together with accompanying companies such as BMW Steyr, Voltalpine and Rosenbauer, is now a strategy: the “Future Mobility Cockpit”, which makes a coordinated procedure possible. The goal is to “understand transformation as an opportunity,” says Achleitner. “Ecological conversion and economic stability must be in balance.”
31,000 employees in the car industry
The car industry is still an important industry for the OB van Enns country: it consists of 280 companies and research institutions, employs more than 31,000 people and generates around 11.6 billion euros.
In addition to diesel and gasoline engines and hybrid discs from August, electric motors also run in the BMW engine factory in Steyr as a series through a series. “This means that we have two healthy pillars to continue to serve the customer problem of Steyr worldwide,” says Managing Director Van Moltke.
E-truck for Chinese company
However, Steyromotive took a step in the direction of e-mobility. The manufacturer of the motor vehicles used to neurem when you and now moved an order from China ashore: Steymr Automotive will be built in future electric trucks for the Chinese company Superpanther. There is no information about the order volume. The production is planned to start in 2026, Stey -Automotive expects to accept new employees.
Source: Krone
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