So now the workforce is supposed to pay the price for driving the whole thing into the ground.
Volkswagen justifies terminating the agreements by saying that, from the company's perspective, various provisions in these agreements need to be adjusted in light of the current cost pressures. VW announced this after talks with employee representatives in Hanover.
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"Among other things, Chinese manufacturers are pushing into Europe with inexpensive exports," said Meiswinkel. This is massively increasing price and competitive pressure. The measures from the 2030 future plan therefore need to be implemented quickly and consistently.
But couldn't it also happen to be because you simply built cars that failed to meet actual demand? Yes, the costs and the Chinese ...
If you do not offer an electric vehicle for under 20,000 euros in 2025, then, I'm afraid, you will fail in the market.
Well ... and then there's this ...
Volkswagen is launching the Jetta M6 on the market in the People's Republic of China. It is a 4.81-meter-long electric sedan with up to 194 hp. The price is hot: Converted, the Jetta M6 costs between 10,600 and 13,100 euros.
What are we paying here? For a compact EV from VW?:
Volkswagen is ushering in a new era in the compact class: Starting in 2026, the ID. Polo will bring the Polo's proven qualities into the electric age. Fifty years after the debut of the first Polo, VW is presenting an all-electric Polo for the first time—with a new design, modern technology, and an attractive entry price of around 25,000 euros. As part of the ID. family, the VW ID. Polo is positioned as an affordable electric subcompact below the ID.3. Despite its compact dimensions, it is intended to offer a surprising amount of space, range, and driving fun. In this article, we examine all the key aspects of the upcoming VW ID. Polo—from positioning and design to technology, interior, and equipment, as well as price, market launch, and the sporty GTI version.
This isn't going to work. And who has to take the blame for it?
Honestly, Volkswagen—I'd rather buy this one, gladly as an Opel too:
The operating costs of the Tata Tiago are expected to be one-seventh those of the gasoline version, with a range of 250 kilometers; a somewhat more expensive version gets 317 kilometers.
These are exactly the kinds of cars people need to get to work every day. Home-care services need small, inexpensive vehicles to drive from house to house. You rarely need ranges of 400+ km for that. I myself only drive a few kilometers each day. The 250 km is more than enough for that because, if I really want to take a longer trip sometime, I rent "a big ride"—that's better than buying one just so it sits around almost all the time.
But of course—take it from the little people, without whom you'd be completely incapable of getting anything done.
According to a report in the Bild newspaper, the Volkswagen Group plans to abolish its current bonus system starting next year. From 2027 onward, the company reportedly intends to tie its managers' compensation much more closely to personal performance. That means there will be greater differentiation between genuine top performers and average managers, the paper reports.
... also a few decades too late, isn't it? Are some of them trembling now because their salary is going to become a negative sum? :D
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