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Volkswagen Is in Deep Trouble, and Cost-Cutting Measures Won't Be Enough To Save It
Volkswagen Is in Deep Trouble, and Cost-Cutting Measures Won't Be Enough To Save It

24 Dec 2023, 01:16 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Volkswagen may be in deeper trouble than we thought, and the cost-saving measures recently announced to stop the bleeding might not be enough to save it

 
Volkswagen in Such Deep Trouble It Had To Cancel the Third Shift at Its Main Plants
Volkswagen in Such Deep Trouble It Had To Cancel the Third Shift at Its Main Plants

27 Sep 2023, 18:10 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Volkswagen will give up the third shift at its main plants in Wolfsburg, Zwickau, and Emden starting in 2024, citing adverse market conditions

 
Volkswagen ID.2 Will Be Profitable at 25,000 Euros, Claims CEO Thomas Schaefer
Volkswagen ID.2 Will Be Profitable at 25,000 Euros, Claims CEO Thomas Schaefer

12 Apr 2023, 15:09 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Volkswagen CEO Thomas Schaefer claims that the upcoming ID.2 will be profitable at a 25,000-euro price point thanks to the economy of scale

 
Volkswagen Greenlights All-Electric Tiguan and Golf on MEB+ Platform
Volkswagen Greenlights All-Electric Tiguan and Golf on MEB+ Platform

18 Feb 2023, 10:37 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Volkswagen will reuse Golf and Tiguan nameplates under its ID. range of electric vehicles, with both slated to use the MEB+ architecture

 
VW Brand CEO Says Energy Prices May Make Battery Factories in Europe Practically Unviable
VW Brand CEO Says Energy Prices May Make Battery Factories in Europe Practically Unviable

29 Nov 2022, 11:09 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Thomas Schäfer wrote that on his LinkedIn page as if it was his personal opinion. However, it seems like a corporate statement

 
Volkswagen Brand Boss Confirms Project Trinity Was Postponed to 2028 To Save $2 Billion
Volkswagen Brand Boss Confirms Project Trinity Was Postponed to 2028 To Save $2 Billion

18 Nov 2022, 10:13 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Oliver Blume decided there was no reason to rush things up and that the Trinity sedan could be produced in Wolfsburg without new investments.