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The manufacturers are racing the land so that we drive with smart glasses. Spain is not prepared

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Google is preparing an update for Android Auto. A close related to one of the devices that aims to mark the trend of the coming years: smart glasses. The arrival in Spain of models such as the Rayban Meta go beyond curiosity. These types of glasses are another device in consumer technology, such as a mobile or a headset. And both are prohibited at the wheel. Android Auto and smart glasses. A few days ago the Android source code gave away one of the functions that Google is preparing: Content projection such as Google Maps while driving. Developing functions, among which is the “Start Navigation to Launch Glasses” make clear Google’s idea for this type of device: technology integration to the head up display within the glasses themselves. A concept problem. With Google’s idea, several points enter concepts. None of them regulated in the current Spanish legislation. If the glasses project content, they would be governed by the Article 18.1 of the General Circulation Regulation (RD 1428/2003)that prays the following. “The driver is obliged to maintain his own freedom of movements, the necessary vision field and permanent driving attention, which guarantee their own safety, that of the rest of the occupants of the vehicle and that of the other users of the road.” Technically, the projection of the glasses would not affect the field of vision or the free movements. But the problem is that smart glasses, at least the most popular (such as Meta), have nothing to do with this. Hands free and Spain. The circulation code does not like hands free, and is quite restrictive about it. Article 18.2 of the General Circulation Regulation prays the following. “It is forbidden to drive using helmets or headphones connected to receptor or sound players.” The key here is that, technically, the glasses are glasses, although they work as much as headphones and sound players. Because yes, devices such as Rayban Meta are literally music players, with the difference that they are not located in the ear. The nuances. Although the circulation code prohibits the use of headphones, it reflects some exceptions. Among them, that assisted driving devices or hands are not prohibited that neither cover the ears nor isolate in the environment. In other words, if I gave you driving with some Vision Pro It is more than probable (and deserved) to stop and mulitate you. With Rayban Meta, you would technically be complying with Spanish legislation. An inevitable trend. He Google and Samsung pact For mixed reality devices, the finish line with Rayban Meta, the prototypes of motor companies such as BWM for make glasses that work while driving. The format of smart glasses, although now diversified between complete format (helmet) and traditional format, has gain presence of a time to this part. Sooner or later, the legislation will have to clarify what we can do and what not with them behind the wheel. Image | Xataka In Xataka | The Meta Ray-Ban are the first smart glasses that have managed to impress me. They are the beginning of something more

In 2025 the plug -in hybrids will contaminate three times more. It is not magic, it is the change of homologation that attacks manufacturers

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How much does a plug -in hybrid consume? It is almost impossible to be clear. It is a technology that depends so much on the use that is given to make any type of estimate involves falling into an error. So far we have seen plug -in hybrids that approve consumption between one and two liters per 100 kilometers. How realistic is this? It depends, as we said, How we use the car. If you are one of those who get the most out of this data on the car computer. The problem is that, according to the data they handle in the European Union, few drivers do this Ideal use of a hybrid car. This causes the estimated real consumption of these cars to be much higher than reflected in the technical chips. To solve it, the European Union completely changes the homologation cycle, which raises the consumption and has a direct impact on the broadcast portfolio that each company will have to present in 2027. The headache of plug -in hybrids As we said, the European Union is not believed by the homologations that have been made so far with plug -in hybrids. Not because they considered that they did not reflect a realistic figure, rather the problem is that they did not reflect the real use that has been extended. If you are a user who makes Between 50 and 100 kilometers a day For an urban environment and/or its vicinity, a plug -in hybrid can be a perfect car if you have to load it every night. With a consumption of 20 kWh/100 kilometers in electric mode, we can expect a cost of two euros or less daily. Prioritizing battery use most of the time, gasoline spending should be ridiculous. However, the European Commission believes that these types of cars are not always used in the most efficient way. In a report published in 2024 They collected that the realistic mean of consumption of a plug -in hybrid in Europe is 5.94 l/100 km of fuel (5.97 l/100 km between the plug -in hybrids of gasoline, the most common) for the type of driving that is made. And they highlighted another very important point. CO2 emissions are 139.4 gr/km of CO2, instead of 39.6 gr/km of CO2 approved on average. Therefore, as of this year other cycles are beginning to make during the homologation of new cars. Until nowa plug -in hybrid was subjected to constant cycles in which the speed was increasing to exhaust its battery. After its electric warehouse, one last cycle was made only with the Combustion engine. It was a way to simulate the most efficient conditions of use of a PHEV: throw to the extent of the possible electric motor until the battery is exhausted. But since January 1, 2025 it is applied EURO 6E BIS. This new way of measuring plug -in hybrids is mandatory for all homologated cars until December 31, 2026. From there, all cars sold by manufacturers as new will have to undergo this new test. With this new protocol, the conditions are harder. The test will be extended up to 2,200 kilometers and the test will run over time with the empty battery. Temperature conditions will be more extreme. And when EURO 6E BIS-FCM enters into force, cars will face worse circumstances with tests that will extend up to 4,260 kilometers. What happens is that in many countries Aids have been delivered to purchase of a plug -in hybrid, thinking that their owners would make a more efficient use of them. However, In Switzerland they already took their aid In 2022 because they considered that with the use that they were giving them contaminated as much as a diesel and They were taking advantage of advantages of cleaner vehicles. All this has direct consequences for the coming years on emissions. The maximum allowed limit for each brand is 93.6 gr/km of CO2 on average in 2027. For the calculation the Weight of the emissions registered in 2025, 2026 and 2027. The brand that exceeds will have to pay 95 euros for each gram overcome and car sold. That is, if you have sold one million cars and record 94.6 gr/km of CO2 on average, the fine will be 95 million euros. Having until the end of 2026 with plug -in hybrids that barely approve just over 30 gr/km of CO2 is an advantage for manufacturers that can prioritize their sales if their electric cars are not working quite well. Keep in mind that these data allow up to three plug -in hybrid cars by a gasoline without exceeding the maximum allowed barrier. The problem will come with the new models that are coming to the market and, above all, from 2027 that manufacturers must withdraw these markets from the market or assume that the same vehicle will now reflect a volume of emissions that can be between three and four times higher. That is, they will be able to use the “trick” of the plug -in hybrid but will not add so favorably as until now. Photo | Byd In Xataka | Catl wants to convert plug -in hybrids into true electric cars with its last battery: 400 kilometers of autonomy

Chinese memory chips manufacturers are a nightmare for the US and South Korea. There is a lot at play

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Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) is one of the largest memory chips manufacturers in China. Its quota in the global market is approximately 6%so it is far from South Korean companies Samsung and SK Hynix, and also from the American Micron Technology, the three companies that lead this sector. Even so, Its weight in the Chinese market is very largeespecially because US sanctions They prevent American and South Korean memories manufacturers selling their most sophisticated integrated circuits to their Chinese clients. YMTC is in the spotlight of the US administration for more than two years. In fact, at the end of 2022 the Department of Commerce led by Gina Raimondo He decided to include this company in his blacklist because he had managed to develop an ambitious 128 layer memory chip. Currently YMTC is one of the companies that have the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology in China, and curiously, According to Techinsights He has reached this position without resorting to foreign technology. Not even Asml’s. YMTC aspires to intimidate the leaders of the memory chips market This achievement seems to have been possible because YMTC has the complicity of three of the most important Chinese lithography equipment: Naura Technology, Amec (Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China) and Piotech Inc. The most shocking thing is that according to Techinsight analysts, which is a Canadian communication platform intimately linked to the semiconductor industry and with Great credibilityYMTC has managed to put avant -garde memory chips capable of rivaling the most advanced foreign solutions. YMTC has published about 20 new patents in which it describes processes that seek to increase efficiency And it has managed to refine its technology of stacking of memory cells in layers known as ‘xtacking’ until reaching a level of performance in its integrated nand type circuits similar to that of the comparable memories of Samsung or SK Hynix. However, this is not all. According to SCMPYMTC has recently published about 20 new patents in which it describes processes that seek to increase efficiency and optimize chips stacking structures. It is evident that the development of the technological capacity of Chinese manufacturers of integrated memory circuits represents a threat to Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron Technology. However, YMTC is not the only Chinese company with the ability to put in trouble the manufacturers of South Korean and American memory chips. Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is one of the Chinese companies specialized in the production of memory chips, and, like other companies in the country led by Xi Jinping, it has chosen to compete in this market so attractive deploying a very aggressive pricing policy. CXMT in particular has increased its production capacity of DRAM chips almost five times during the last four years, which has allowed it to increase its global market share until it reaches a very worthy 9%. This growth has placed this company just behind Micron Technology if we stick to its market share, so it is already the fourth largest memory chips manufacturer on the planet. To curl the curl even more The Chinese government is supporting economically to its manufacturers of this type of semiconductors in response to the sanctions deployed by the US and its allies, so the competitiveness of Chinese companies is upwards. More information | SCMP In Xataka | China needs to develop a new type of immune chips to US sanctions. And their scientists have just achieved it

The US robots manufacturers have asked their government for help. If you do not get China, you will win this race

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Tesla, Boston Dynamics, Agility Robotics and other US companies that are dedicated to the design and manufacture of robots are concerned about the competitiveness of Chinese robotics companies. So much, in fact, that According to SCMP several members of its directives They have gathered just a few hours ago With legislators in Washington, DC for teach them their products and ask them to define a national strategy that seeks to reinforce US robotics companies. For Chinese administration, smart robots are a national priority. In fact, this industry is closely linked to two other strategic sectors: the production of avant -garde semiconductors and the artificial intelligence (AI). In 2015 President Xi Jinping announced The “Made in China 2025” planan initiative that pursued to take the country to a world leadership position in thirteen strategic technologies. One of them are smart robots, and, although China does not yet lead, its competitiveness in this sector is growing. The US robotics companies ask for the creation of a federal office “Automation and robotics are going through a revolution that will allow the total automation of all strategic and manufacturing industries … “I think the US has a great opportunity to win. We are leaders in AI and we are building some of the best robots in the world.” This text is signed by Dylan Patel, Reyk Knuhttsen, Niko Ciminelli, Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros, Joe Ryu and Robert Ghilduta, six experts from SEMIANALYSISan American consultant specialized in the analysis of semiconductor industries and AI. His forecast clarifies very well the context in which the meeting that I have mentioned a few lines above between US companies dedicated to robotics and US legislators has occurred a few hours ago. Jeff Cardenas, co -founder and general director of the emerging company specialized in the manufacture of Apptronik humanoid robots, has pointed out What is at stake. “The next race in the field of robotics will be promoted by AI and will be a competition open to anyone (…) I think that the US has a great opportunity to win. We are leaders in AI and we are building some of the best robots in the world, but We need a national strategy If we want to continue moving forward and staying at the forefront “, He has pointed Cardenas. According to American businessmen, a national strategy would help robotics to climb production and promote the adoption of robots as the physical manifestation of AI. We will see if this initiative finally thrives. Image | Ubtech Robotics More information | SCMP In Xataka | Chinese scientists claim to have created something groundbreaking: the fastest and most efficient transistor that exists

The 16E iPhone is the proof of the opportunity cost facing the mobile manufacturers: each millimeter is crucial

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The renewal of the iPhone economic line has been waiting. The last entrance model that Apple launched was the iPhone Se 2022 And, after 2024 with rumors about a iPhone Se 4Apple launched a few days ago iPhone 16E. Finally names the rest of the range and, in addition, we finally have a design that does not have generations behind it. There are things that do not change, such as maintaining a single camera, and others that yes, such as New Apple C1 Modem. And something interesting is that the iPhone 16E have already undressed and we have been able to discover something that, obviously, is still curious: the enormous amount of space that the cameras steal to the battery. Naked. Apple is usually quite unclear when it talks about some data from its phones. One of the most elusive is the real size of the battery because they usually tell you about “it lasts more than x telephone of the previous generation”, and they remain so wide. That is why it is interesting to see the first ‘Teradown’ or ‘disassembly’ of the iPhone when they reach the market. The protagonist this time has been the Rewa Technology channel, since his work not only allows the drums to be taken, but to other details of the internal composition of the 16E iPhone that allow us to extract very interesting details. Before continuing, here we leave the video: C1. It is not the direct protagonist of our article, but it is evident that the component that can get the most attention of the iPhone 16E is … the modem. The reason is that Apple bought in 2019 the Intel Modems Division for the whopping of 1,000 million dollars. The goal was to break with a Qualcomm that is the one that provided (and continues to do so in the iPhone 16 and 16 pro) The iPhone modems And with which he has maintained a relationship, say, tense. After years waiting to see what the first iPhone with modem made from home was, the premiere has arrived with this 16E iPhone. This chip combines lithography in 4 and 7 nanometers and facilitates somewhat the encapsulation of the modem, leaving free space in the part of the sandwich type motherboard in which it is enclaustrated. The theory. Apart from being able to design its size and benefits, have your own modem It is a license savings for Apple (something that we do not have to notice in the final price of the device) and, above all, a better integration with the rest of the chips. This implies, theoretically, a lower consumption and, therefore, greater autonomy. Apple itself on its website Comment The following: “It reaches 26 hours of video reproduction thanks to the efficiency of iOS and our chip, which includes the modem C1.” And that is very good, but what they do not say is … that the battery has risen from level. On the left, the 16e. On the right, the iPhone 15 Huge battery. In the Rewa video we can compare the 16E iPhone with the iPhone 15 to appreciate the substantial change in the battery size only by eliminating one thing from the equation: the wide angle camera. The main chamber module also seems to have been redesigned, but beyond an interior redesign work, which allows between a larger battery is to have lost a component. Specifically, 4,005 mAh, 444 mAh larger than that of the iPhone 16. According to Apple estimates, while the iPhone 16 could play video for 22 hours, the iPhone 16E endures four more hours. Recycling, which is gerund. For the rest, Apple shows that she is a teacher when it comes to recycling components and Rewa’s video states that, in many ways, the iPhone 16E is a mixture between a iPhone 14 of which he takes screen, part of the plate, notch and the Face ID system, and an iPhone 16 with which he shares the main camera, processor, RAM. In the end, the C1 chip may help achieve greater autonomy, but having a substantially larger battery than that of its direct brothers, definitely, cannot be set aside. These ‘Teardown’ also serve to check details such as that the 16E iPhone battery has the same disassembled technology as their brothers, making it more easy to repair And, as we said, it is curious to see the amount of space that any component takes inside the smartphones, making manufacturers constantly playing the game of commitment between functions to maintain a balance. Images | Rewa Technology In Xataka | My iPhone’s battery is 90% of its capacity after ten months. It is completely normal

Given the tendency to make the finest phones, these manufacturers bet on something very different: the “Tocho-Telephones”

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When Android manufacturers turn to increasingly thin devices “Get the Galaxy S25the still unknown Galaxy S25 Edge or the fine folding OPPO FIND N5– It’s because now It is not necessary to sacrifice too much battery capacity. However, the market offers phones that follow the opposite path, from less popular firms than those mentioned. The MWC 2025 has shown us A very disturbing robotnails Vision Pro Chinese of 200 dollarseven a very useful headphones loading caseand no less striking: Mobile with thermal chamber, night vision and even with a projector To wear a portable cinema in your pocket, or rather, in a backpack. Raudales battery and exclusive extras of these brands On these lines you can see the Ulefone Armor 27 Pro, an android of a brand not so unknown that in addition to protection with military certification adds a night vision chamber. As is. In the demonstration, I could see the interior of a completely dark box perfectly. It will not be a phone for the mass market, but it will be of interest to some professions. These types of telephones, the so -called rugerized, must do A great concession: sacrifice design and thickness to fit a large battery. That by the way in this case is not as exaggerated as in other mobiles that have been seen. In the case of Armor 33 Pro, his night vision chamber is also infrarroja. Add a second screen on the back despite not being a folding, and a large speaker of 118 decibels. And the 34 Pro armor, because simply rides a projector, a style rear Gaming, and A 25,500 mAh battery. There is almost nothing, it cannot be said that they are not innovative. From Armor 29 Pro, they say it is useful to see animals on camping nights: its thermal chamber carries the abundant “AI” label. It also has a Small rear panelmore oriented to consult the time instead of using smartphone applications. BlackView, another of the usual ones in this market segment, draws attention to its N6000 se, a roaring terminal, but retains the “compact” on its screen strange diagonal today: 4.3 inches. For the rest, it does not stand out in any of its specifications because it is very cheap: around 150 euros. Another of the most extravagant Apex 1, with Walkie Talkie function: 22 kilometers range and huge 20,000 mAh battery. It also has smartphones with thermal chamber in its catalog, which in its case is monitored from a third -party application that gives information about temperature at different points of the image. Flir puts the solution to all these manufacturers with thermal cameras, hence the link of the application, which by the way, presented some small error. Mention for Fossibot, a firm dedicated in the same way to ultra -resistant phones, with a difference: they give more importance to the aesthetics of your teams. The one on the right, the F112 PRO It looks a lot at the rear to Huawei pure 70 ultra. The camera module is practically a tracing. Again and one more year, the MWC leaves us the more exotic mobilesbetter with the passage of generations as the most conventional. They are, without a doubt, niche products that have their market, and we will not deny that they are authentic Swiss knives with not so common tools. In Xataka | This is one of the great surprises of the MWC of 2025: the world’s first biological computer In Xataka | ZTE went from selling cheap mobiles to dominate 5G technologies. And he has a message for the world: they will return

Europe had a plan to jump into the electric car and 2025 was its first fire test. The manufacturers have ended it

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It had been rumored for a long time and has ended up confirming. The European Commission will make the maximum pollutant emissions that manufacturers will be fostered if they do not want to be fined with sanctions that promised to be one thousand millionaires. The pact that has been reached is a small three -year moratorium that postpon the problem to 2027. These are the key points. What we had. What was on the table was a road map designed to jump into the electric car gradually. By 2035 it is planned prohibit cars that are not “carbon neutrals.” That is, it is expected that combustion engines can be still used with hydrogen either synthetic fuels that during their production they absorb CO2 and, therefore, equal their small pollutant emissions expelled with the use But the truth is that these They should be more than mere exceptions. In 2030, an emission limit is so high that it should not allow the sale of cars that, at least, are not plug -in hybrid. And in 2025 very high fines were expected for those who exceeded 93.6 gr/km of CO2 on average in the car fleet sold. The regulations said that for each gram of CO2 exceeded in the fleet of cars sold it would be punished with a fine of 95 euros per car sold. That is, if the fleet average is 98.6 gr/km of CO2, the fine would be multiplied by five. Each car sold would face a sanction of 475 euros. A manufacturer that sells a million cars in the EU would face a penalty of 475 million euros. What changes. Little and a lot. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has presented The conclusions of the second meeting of the table known as Strategic Dialogue for the future of the European Automobile Industry. In his second point he points out that there is “a clear demand to make the CO2 emission standards more flexible.” This flexibility is a kind of moratorium for manufacturers. Yes, they will have to comply with that emission limit of 93.6 gr/km of CO2 but will do so in 2027. Then they will present their results that will result from an average of sales of 2025, 2026 and 2027. Millionaire fines There are, therefore, in suspense. Trying to content everyone. According to Von der Leyen, the current emission limits are maintained in 2027 so as not to punish those who have done the job before anyone else but believes that the industry needs “more margin of maneuver and greater clarity, without changing the agreed objectives.” The changes, of course, need to be approved. The president of the European Commission It is optimistic In this sense, pointing out that an amendment as specific as this should be approved in very short space of time. On March 5 we will know more details with the presentation of an action plan that also contemplates the production of battery for electric cars within the European Union, among other measures. The big beneficiaries. Among the big beneficiaries are, of course, those who were not going to comply with emission regulations and aimed to overcome it widely. The biggest beneficiary is, with much difference, the Volkswagen Group, according to calculations collected by The automotive tribune. The German conglomerate pointed to a penalty of 6,914 million euros with the sales and emission data of 2024. Mercedes, who had received a fine of more than 1,000 million euros with the figures last year, is the other great beneficiary although there was already talk that he could have reached an agreement with Volvo or Polestar, among others, to form a pool of emissions before the European Union that will free them from the sanction. Now both manufacturers have time to launch mass electric cars (Volkswagen awaits you to 2026/2027) or, like Mercedes, which sell large volumes within the figures they usually handle. He Mercedes Cla It is the great hope for this year and the coming. Losers? If we take a look at the figures of 2024, Stellantis and the Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi alliance could also breathe calm since the fines could exceed 2,000 million euros if the data last year is taken as a reference. However, both groups have made important efforts to reach 2025 with electric cars that aspire to sell good quantities and, thus, reduce the middle emissions of the fleet. Stellantis has made an investment of 30,000 million euros on Stla platforms of greater and smaller size and software development, with the aim of accommodating electrical and hybrid mechanics in the same space. He Peugeot E-3008for example, it is a good attempt to sell large volumes of electric. Renault, meanwhile, has also made a giant leap in the electric car market in the last two years (winner of two Car of the Year consecutive along the way). His Renault Scenic and his new Renault 5 They are cars to move large sales figures which should significantly reduce the average emission. Those who surely lose. Those who have lost with the play are, of course, the manufacturers of electric cars exclusively. And, more specifically, those who aspired to get a good sum negotiating with their emission bonds to get the companies out of the possible sanctions. It could be a good impulse for Volvo, which has a very high part of its widely electrified range and, above all, to contain that It does not go through its best moment economic. But the one who loses the most is Tesla. The company had a complicated 2024 and is about to see if it reverses the situation in 2025. The sale of your emission bonds They were highly coveted because their sales volume in Europe is relatively high, it had to grow with the arrival of the Tesla Model and updated And it has no combustion engines that criminalize it in the least. Photo | Volkswagen In Xataka | Spain will manufacture the electric car that … Read more

KTM is saved from the catastrophe. It is the proof of the power of Indian manufacturers

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KTM has faced the most complicated beginning of the year. The company faced A bankruptcy situationforced to part with brands such as MV Augusta, and the waiting of a restructuring plan that would completely change the current strategy of the orange giant. Finally, good news comes. KTM has achieved the approval of its restructuring planwith the promise of an important capital and green light injection to resume production in the middle of next March. The plan includes the payment of 30% of this debt to its creditors, mobilizing another 150 million to resume production in its main factory located in Muchofen, Austria. “The total planned capacity of the four production lines in operation of a single shift will be achieved within a period of three months,” they say from Piere Mobility Ag. In Xataka The 12 cheapest electric motorcycles and with more autonomy: the best quality-price options These figures will be achieved thanks, among others, to the financial support of Bajaj Auto, one of the main KTM partners and in charge of manufacturing almost half of the manufacturer’s motorcycles, in addition to manufacturing for other premium companies, such as Triumph. {“Videid”: “X939600”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “This is the Kawasaki Hyse, its hydrogen motorcycle”, “Tag”: “Kawasaki”, “Duration”: “132”} As you collect ReutersThe shares of Pierer Mobility AG rose 16.7% last Tuesday in response to acceptance by the creditors of the company’s suborganization plan, KTM AG. They have not transcended details about the restructuring plan, on which the company’s future depends to be profitable. Stock accumulationan important expense for competing in MotoGP, and a little competitive price strategy (something that is beginning to reverse with the new KTM 390 ADV) are some of the factors that have led the company to its current situation. Image | KTM In Xataka | To manufacture for first brands to compete with them: Chinese motorcycles are sweeping in Spain (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news KTM is saved from the catastrophe. It is the proof of the power of Indian manufacturers It was originally posted in Xataka by Ricardo Aguilar .

Germany was the great European automobile power. Now, more and more manufacturers are clear that it is the place to avoid

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“Germany is the place where the car was invented.” This clear and forceful are shown in the Verbandes Der Automobilindustrie (VDA)the German automobile industry association. An organization that estimated that in 2023 they worked in this sector 779,700 employees throughout the country. To get an idea of ​​the size of the automobile industry in Germany, in 2023 they manufactured 4.1 million passenger vehicles and almost 200,000 commercial vehicles. In Spain, the second largest vehicle producer in Europe, we manufactured half a million commercial vehicles but we stayed at 1.9 million passenger cars, according to data collected by Expansion. In fact, Germany is also the first country in Europe and the second largest producer in the world of electric cars. In 2023 they manufactured 1.27 cars moved by this technology. It would be expected, therefore, that with this experience it would attract more and more interest of new companies that intend to settle in Europe. Nothing is further from reality. A gigantic problem However, Germany faces a huge restructuring problem in the automobile industry. Their companies are in a process of conversion to the electric vehicle that points to thousands of layoffs but, in addition, the new companies seem clear that Germany is already the place where not to mount their factories. The last to position has been controversial. Asked about a possible polestar factory in the country, Michael Lohsccheller, general director of Polestar, responded to the newspaper Welt that “Germany It is not precisely the cheapest place For car production. Everyone knows what the general conditions are at the moment. “ With that last sentence, Lohscheller referred to the loss of German competitiveness in the automobile industry. Stefan Bratzel del Center of Automotive Management (CAM) I pointed to DW This same month of January that the country suffered with “high labor costs, including medical care expenses and extensive holidays” of its workers. To that same medium, Dirk Dohse, of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IFW) made it clear that German engineers were still among the best in the world but that the lack of flexibility prevented them from attract new talentsespecially from Asia. The country has been in a Institutional and economic internal crisis which is being deeper in the automobile industry. This loss of competitiveness has led manufacturers to warn that There are 190,000 jobs at stake If the industry does not find a solution. An output that looks more and more complicated if you consider that its manufacturers are drawing much more exports performance to China of electric cars than of combustion vehicles. This is a problem because the latter can get much higher per yield per vehicle sold than to electricity but also have a much lower competition than in the electric car market where the customer is turning to the local product. With the pressures of European policies to hug the electric car, the industry has undertaken a conversion in its factories. However, until 2024 technology Keep growing at a paid in EuropOh In China they see the European car as a outdated product. The latter is especially important in a country that houses a huge labor force of Volkswagen, Mercedes or BMW, whose world sales volumes They are especially sensitive to Chinese purchases. With bad results, Volkswagen has tried to fire tens of thousands of employees In Germany but, above all, the country sees How are production of vehicles or batteries to places like Spain, with lower labor and energy costs. A good example is the plant of Volkswagen in Sagunto to nurture Ford and Martorell. But, in addition, Germany is not attracting new investments. Northvolt’s project in Germany did not go from the theory while Spain has received Catl’s support, Byd has settled in Hungary and Leapmotor already produces cars in Poland and, It is rumored, that in Spain. Besides, Morocco and Türkiye They press to show themselves as especially attractive countries to produce cars as cheap as possible. Photo | Volkswagen In Xataka | Germany demonstrates the dependence on the aid that the electric car has: 100,000 vehicles are taking dust

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