General rants on the ugly world of politics.
… oder wie der ZDK aus einem VDA-Positionspapier einen digitalen Aftermarket-Horrorfilm macht. Der Zentralverband Deutsches Kraftfahrzeuggewerbe hat eine Pressemitteilung veröffentlicht, die ungefähr so klingt, als würden deutsche Hersteller planen, nach zehn Jahren kollektiv den Stecker aus Millionen Fahrzeugen zu ziehen, während freie Werkstätten machtlos danebenstehen und der...
In its regulatory frenzy, the European Commission has once again found itself a new patch of turf to conquer: connected and automated vehicles. Because apparently a sector already covered by type-approval law, dedicated cyber rules, software update rules, data protection law, artificial intelligence law and assorted compliance machinery was still looking a bit too relaxed. So now the idea is to...
English version: The after-effects of the CSMS certification required for market access in Korea, based on UN R155, are multifaceted. They do not play out in isolation within individual OEMs; they have also become a topic in the discussions around amending a free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union and Korea. How are the two connected? From the perspective of the OEMs that, over...
Der allseits sympathische Mathias Döpfner hat wieder mal seine Medienformate bemüht, um seine ganz eigene Sicht der Dinge unter seiner Leserschaft zu streuen – zum einen in der Welt und zum anderen in Politico. Döpfners Text liest sich wie die feuilletonistische Variante eines Knicks vor der Macht: höflich, geschniegelt, voller wohlmeinender Missverständnisse. Er nimmt Donald Trump beim...
Now, let me be clear — I don’t want to give the impression that only the United States has managed to install incompetence as a prerequisite for political leadership. No, no. We in the EU are equally blessed. This time, instead of our “shotgun-Uschi” Ursula v.d. Leyen, we’ve been treated to her deputy: none other than the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas...