Electric Car: Always Charged to the Max?

Driving requires energy – and that applies to electric cars just as much as it does to combustion engines. However, different rules apply at the electric charging station than at the diesel or gasoline pump. What does “filling up” actually mean with regards to an electric car? Does it use alternating current or direct current? And when is the best time to pull the plug? We asked DEKRA experts.

Electric Car: The Power Comes from the Cell

Range is the holy grail of electromobility. It determines whether an electric car is perceived as a fully-fledged vehicle. In the competition for best energy source, the lithium-ion battery currently holds the best cards. Speaking in favor of this battery type is its good ratio between weight and range.

Superheroes in the Name of “Vision Zero”

They get bumped, hurled and hit - all in the name of safety. Dummies provide important insights in a wide array of crash-, sled-, and catapult facilities as well as test rigs at the DEKRA Crash Test Center in Neumünster and the DEKRA Automotive Test Center in Klettwitz.

Spectacular Buildings: Worth a Second Look

Spectacular buildings can be landmarks and monuments, they can set standards for creativity and engineering achievements, for sustainability and the use of new materials. Above all, spectacular buildings can be found all over the world and even in space. Here’s our selection for you.

Supercomputer – Chasing Records

Supercomputers teach autonomous cars to drive, calculate the optimal shape of wind turbine rotor blades, and accurately predict the weather. The new superstar of the scene bears the name Leonardo and is setting a breathtaking pace. But even this supercomputer wouldn’t stand a chance against a quantum computer.

How Corona Changes the World

Nothing has changed the world more quickly or profoundly in recent decades than Corona. We provide an overview of short- and long-term changes.

Take a Look at the DEKRA solutions Magazine 1/2021

Whether at work or en-route – in many places we have been wearing respiratory masks since the corona pandemic. DEKRA takes a close look at them in the test laboratory. Not only wearing masks is now part of everyday life, but also video conferencing or online ordering. The current DEKRA solutions issue shows how the world of work and mobility behavior are changing rapidly.

New Work: “Actively tackling opportunities”

Immense changes are characterizing the world of work. Professor Heike Bruch talks agility and the courage to rethink.

Business Call: Successful Online Communication

From home office to “Zoom fatigue” - business communication has undergone rapid changes, and video conferencing has become part of everyday life. But the quality often leaves a lot to be desired. There’s optimization potential in more than just the technology.

Livable Cities – from Dortmund to Tokyo

The greenest, the most dynamic, the most bike-friendly – every year, different international institutions select cities for particularly life-worthy qualities. DEKRA solutions presents five of these locations.

Pharmalogistics – How Drugs Arrive Safely

In times of Corona, pharmaceutical logistics companies show impressive performance. The trends run towards more storage capacity and greater transport distances. In both cases, quality requirements are high. We spoke to the experts.

Corona Crisis: Making the Impossible Possible

Teamwork for supercomputers, production changeovers or accelerated testing processes: The Corona crisis brings out unusual ideas that wouldn’t have been conceivable in normal times.

Logistics industry proves strength in the corona crisis

Challenges in times of crisis show just how systemically relevant the transport and logistics industry is: The industry is closing its ranks and proves strength during the corona pandemic.

Key Skill: Emotional Intelligence

The coronavirus pandemic challenges the world every day. Emotional intelligence is a decisive factor for employees and bosses in the current crisis situation. This includes flexible action, but also other important skills.

DEKRA solutions Magazine 1/2020

Sustainability affects everyone - whether at home, on the road, or at work. In the current issue of DEKRA solutions you will learn more about the levels at which sustainability has an effect in the company, and how today's sustainable action determines the economic success of tomorrow. Read more about the possibilities on the way to a sustainable and safe world.

DEKRA solutions 3/2019

How will we get around in the future? What drive concepts will prevail and is the e-scooter really the best means of transport for short distances? The current DEKRA solutions will explore these questions. We invite you to dive in with us in the world of mobility.

Go with the Flow

James Cooke works as a Behavioural Leadership Coach in the middle of the North Sea, some 150 kilometres from the British coastline, on a platform producing hydrocarbons. For DEKRA, he reports on the perks and challenges of working in the waves.

With the License to Swing

The DEKRA playground testers are once again doing their rounds. Each spring, they commence their tour of Germany’s playgrounds and test the apparatus’ safety.

DEKRA solutions 2/2019

Safety goes above and beyond everything - especially with children. Did you know that around two-thirds of accidents happen in the home or on the playground? The current DEKRA solutions shows where dangers lurk for children and beats a wide arc from the silent killers at home to the risks of artificial intelligence such as Alexa and Co. Be curious.

Technology Around the Globe

Traveling by rail across the country, observing the world from a satellite view, reaching new planets… In these museums in Asia, America and Australia, you can discover exciting parts of technological progress.

A Tour through the Technology Temples of Europe

From the first automobile to the horse-drawn railway to exceptional flying machines and submarines: Europe’s museums lure with a variety of technological achievements. We have compiled the most exciting technology temples for you.

DEKRA solutions 1/2019

In the new world of work, place, time and the working relationship dissolve more and more. What does this mean for the employee? And what exactly characterizes an agile corporate culture? DEKRA solutions presents the trends in the new world of work and points out chances and risks.

A Stroll through Bad Homburg: Poets, Thinkers and the Mouse

Hölderlin, Dostojewski and the "Maus" know the Hessian city of Bad Homburg well. Situated at the gates of Frankfurt, it invites you to marvel and linger. It is not only beautiful here, but also safe.

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What does the world look like tomorrow? What do we do to ensure safe traffic? In the DEKRA solutions newsletter you will receive exclusive reportages, background information and exciting stories around mobility, security and innovation. Click here for registration.

DEKRA Solutions 3/2018

Yoghurt, wine and Co. are delivered by trucks. The world would grind to a halt without commercial vehicles. Furthermore, driver assistance systems provide a higher level of safety and networked vehicles provide a clever transport. DEKRA solutions presents most exceptional innovations and looks at the logistics sector of tomorrow.

Tracking the Damage

When damage has been done to the vehicle, it's usually about a lot of money. Now a professional report is necessary. In the DEKRA education center engineers and car masters are trained to become damage-professionals.

One Ticket To Space, Please

Fancy escaping Earth’s gravity and enjoying the view of the “blue sphere” from orbit? It’s already a possibility, albeit one with a hefty price tag.

Mission Intermission

Staying contactable around the clock, checking emails every hour when on vacation – it’s impossible in the Spiti valley in the Indian Himalayas. Nicole Graaf undergoes a digital detox cure.

DEKRA solutions 2/2018

Does the VR glasses soon replace the beach vacation? Will we travel to Mars in the future? Digital technology already makes it possible to make your free time extraordinary. DEKRA solutions presents perspectives for the dream journeys of the future.

Rumpelfilz: Chemically Clean, Cool and Clever

Whether you are a manager, banker or truck driver - more and more adults are discovering the stuffed animal for themselves. Before moving into homes a chemical-physical-mechanical course must be passed, though. Rumpelfilz from Sigikid confronts the lab-test.

DEKRA solutions 01/2018

Artificial intelligence (AI) is omnipresent – what’s behind it? Will human and robot work together side by side in the future or will robotics become a risk for mankind? DEKRA solutions takes a look at the history of artificial intelligence and dares a prediction.

Trabant – The Icon, Rebooted

It’s decades since the last example rolled out of the factory, but they are still a presence on Germany’s roads. We are talking about that East German icon, the Trabant. Matthias Bähr specializes in conversions of this special kind.

The Nation’s Punching Bags

They hit the wall at 80 km/h: tough crash test dummies put their “bones” on the line in the cause of safety, but they are also highly sensitive measuring instruments. A job portrait.

DEKRA solutions 02/2017

Home in the Megacity. The latest issue of DEKRA solutions shows the metropolises that most of us will soon call home.

DEKRA solutions 01/2017

Risky Business: Computer, drones and robots are projected to relieve workers in dangerous and monotonous jobs. But will hazardous jobs simply be made safer, or perhaps replaced entirely?

Jaguar Classic Cars: Just Like Herding Cats

Rather British: The Düsseldorf warehouse of this former businessman boasts one of the best Jaguar collections in existence.

DEKRA solutions 03/2016

Are we on the brink of an electric revolution? The latest issue of DEKRA solutions throws light on the interplay between energy and mobility. Interesting statements come from Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard, Head of Daimler Trucks. In our interview, he talks about advances in heavy goods transport.

Women’s Power: Referee meets Loss Adjuster

FIFA Referee of the Year Bibiana Steinhaus meets DEKRA Loss Adjuster Monique Kordes to discuss safety on the pitch and on the road, as well as fairness and expertise in a male-dominated environment.

DEKRA solutions 02/2016

Life is dangerous, but have you ever considered where the greatest dangers lurk? Here's a hint: It's not in a plane or the bustle of the city; the chance of falling victim to a plane crash or a terrorist attack is minuscule. The risk is far greater there, where wie feel safest. Behind our own front door.

DEKRA solutions 02/2015

The vision of accident free traffic – and how DEKRA is working to make it become reality. The latest issue of our customer magazine DEKRA Solutions is all about mobile security.

Fire protection in a historical building

In order to ensure the greatest possible level of safety for their huge engine testing area at the Augsburg plant, MAN Diesel and Turbo SE rely on the explosion and fire protection experts at DEKRA EXAM.