At least 20 trains cancelled after swan stopped at site of another’s death near Fuldatal Police and firefighters in Germany were forced to intervene to move an apparently “mourning” swan that was blocking a high-speed railway line according to a statement released by the rescuers on Monday The swan was pictured blocking the line near Fuldatal causing at least 20 trains to be cancelled after a second swan was killed when it flew into the overhead line above the tracks After the accident the second swan settled on the railway tracks below preventing trains from passing on the route from Kassel to Göttingen firefighters brought in specialist equipment to remove the dead swan from the overhead lines and the second swan from the tracks taking it to the Fulda river where it was released 23 trains were delayed by around 50 minutes in the incident which happened on 23 December but was only revealed five days later It has been observed before that swans apparently mourn their mates with the birds remaining near the site of another’s death Germany (BRAIN) — Rohloff is now offering an electric gear shifting shifting that will connect any existing Rohloff SPEEDHUB 500/14 unit with the eShift-function of a Bosch eBike-System The company said the motor and transmission continuously communicate with each other to provide a well synchronized bestowing cyclists with an extremely pleasurable riding experience," Rohloff said The company said its SPEEDHUBs provide the largest overall gear range available for use with mid-motor e-bikes "Wherever a large gear range is required which will enable cyclists to traverse great distances fast but also offer enough low gears to climb back uphill gain then the SPEEDHUB will deliver," Rohloff said The Rohloff E-14 gear mechanism communicates and synchronizes the shift process with the Bosch e-Bike-System via standard CAN-Bus connectivity The shifting is powered by the motor battery The cable operated twist shifter has been replaced by a three-button shifter unit with '+' and '-' buttons the E-14 unit will switch into 'Multishift Mode' and shift three gears at a time A complete shift through all available gears is possible in 3 seconds The E-14 shifting system includes an auto-downshift function so that when the bike stops the system shifts to a pre-programmed gear of choice Compatible Bosch displays (such as Intuvia and Nyon) will indicate which SPEEDHUB gear is selected The electronic Rohloff E-14 is available for model year 2018 The first E-14 equipped production bicycles will be available at retail this fall Download the 2019 Industry Directory Read the 2021 Sales Training Guide But the emission scandal that has engulfed VW is far from over — and far from limited to just the German car maker In the aftermath of the revelation that VW's was juicing the emission figures for its diesel cars analyst have been trying to work out just how badly it will hit the company and Europe's car manufacturing industry more widely To recap: the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Friday that 500,000 vehicles on US roads that had initially passed emissions tests were actually in violation Speculation began over the financial hit the company could take with a potential fine running to $18 billion (£11.76 billion).  But the problems go further than just fines and won't even end with VW — every major auto maker in Europe will feel the pain While Volkswagen lost a third of its value in recent days the Euro Stoxx 600 automobiles & parts index has dropped 10% signalling that there is something of concern about the whole industry: Yu-Yu Lin, Robin Zhu and Gavin Kennedy called Volkswagen "the Lance Armstrong of Automakers," a veiled jab at the doping scandal that engulfed professional cycling.  Bernstein interviewed an ex-EPA emissions export who told them he didn't know if other firms would face the same issues: "I would hate to accuse another OEM of any wrong doing without some justification." that other German OEMs' products will be looked at using Portable Emissions Analyzers on the road Bernstein said there's a serious risk that not only would VW be found to have been doing something similar in Europe but that "the whole industry is likely to face a rapid increase in test standards and enforcement," leading to lower profitability.  The good news for VW is analysts seem to agree that there's far less risk of a massive fine simply because the US regulators are much more clear that what the company has done is completely forbidden.  In the words of Bernstein's researchers: "The ambiguity of the European rules suggests to us that even if VW were found to have used complex software to 'cheat' the tests it would be difficult to fine the company." But the reputational damage and scrutiny from angry regulators is likely to be severe Even without the US's regulatory infrastructure European ministers have been climbing over each other to express their outrage Barclays researchers summed up some of the reactions: European auto manufacturers have invested billions in the image of and technology behind diesel cars and this scandal risks unraveling a huge amount of that The idea of "clean diesel" may become as tarnished as the idea of responsible financial capitalism was after 2008 what's about to happen to the auto industry may be similar to what happened to banks in the post-financial crisis era and constant reputational concern about the industry will all drag on performance for years A research note from Deutsche Bank's auto analysts shows how damaging the effect of additional regulation could be on the company and by extension every other auto manufacturer with a similar structure: We think the impact on the operational business – namely volumes pricing and costs — is even harder to estimate and is the key concern here A main element of our buy case had been significant cost cuts We now believe that rising costs for diesel cars will offset most of the effects we have taken a more cautious stance on the growth outlook for VW and Audi and believe pricing will come under pressure due to the reputational damage The scandal is just the latest headwind for the auto industry Companies like VW found growth in China during the stagnant post-crisis years in the west but frothy expectations for that expansion are rapidly cooling. Some economists think in the years ahead China will be unable to grow much faster than 3-4% per year as little as a third of the rate it often recorded before the crisis and with a huge crackdown from regulators around the world Europe's car makers could be facing a brutal few years ahead Von: Sven Kühling dann zeigte er den Arbeitern im neu geschaffenen VW-Werk Das konnte Rudolf Leiding als gelernter Kfz-Mechaniker problemlos Am Donnerstag wäre Leiding 100 Jahre alt geworden.","url":"https://www.hna.de/lokales/kreis-kassel/baunatal-ort312516/baunatal-erster-werkleiter-rudolf-leiding-waere-donnerstag-jahre-geworden-3830518.html"};c&&a.navigator.canShare(d)&&(c.style.display="",c.addEventListener("click",b=>{b.preventDefault(),a.setTimeout(function(){a.navigator.share(d)},0)}))}})(window,document); Am Donnerstag wäre Leiding 100 Jahre alt geworden Genauso tauchte der Werkleiter einfach mal an der Montagebank zu einer Fachsimpelei unter Kollegen auf oder lud zu Getränk und Würstchen nach der Arbeit in die Gaststätte im Bahnhof Altenbauna ein Der erste Chef des 1958 geschaffenen VW-Standorts hatte viele Facetten - die reichten vom hemdsärmligen Macher in der Aufbereitung für Käfer-Motoren bis zum unnachgiebigen Konzernstrategen Der spätere Vorstandsvorsitzende von Volkswagen gilt bis heute als Geburtshelfer der Erfolgsmodelle Golf Veränderung - weg vom luftgekühlten Heckmotor des Käfers Nach einem Maschinenbaustudium hatte Leiding 1945 als Betriebsingenieur bei VW in Wolfsburg begonnen Als Leiter der dortigen Aggregateaufbereitung empfahl sich der aus der Altmark stammende Motorenspezialist für die Leitung des Werkes in Nordhessen Quasi über Nacht entstanden dort 7000 Arbeitsplätze 5 und 6 - ehemals Produktionsstätten der Henschel-Flugmotorenwerke - wurden von Kriegsschäden befreit und für das boomende Autogeschäft auf Vordermann gebracht An vielen Stellen wurde gebaut auf dem eine Million Quadratmeter großen Gelände in dem ein Teil der Produktionshallen stand 1965 verabschiedete sich Rudolf Leiding nach der Pionierarbeit vorübergehend aus Baunatal Bis 1968 war er Geschäftsführer der Auto Union (später Audi) in Ingolstadt Von 1968 bis 1971 leitete er Volkswagen in Brasilien Schließlich wurde er an die Spitze des Volkswagenkonzerns berufen Von 1971 bis 1975 war Leiding Vorstandsvorsitzender von VW als er schon längst nach Baunatal als Ruheständler zurückgekehrt war Das lässt die auch undiplomatische Seite des ehemaligen Werkleiters erkennen Ehefrau Helga wohnt übrigens bis heute am Fuße des Baunsbergs Sie war seine erste Sekretärin im neuen Werk Dieser Inhalt"+t(a)+"kann aufgrund Ihrer Datenschutz-Einstellungen nicht geladen werden