Europe's automakers are reeling from plunging EV sales and brutal competition in China. Mercedes-Benz became the latest to sound the alarm on Friday, posting a 31% drop in EV sales in its Q3 earnings.
Mercedes-Benz Group has said sluggish demand globally prompted a 54% drop in profit over the third quarter. Net profit fell to €1.72 billion (£1.44 billion) over the three months to September, the luxury carmaker said on Friday, on the back of a 7% drop in revenue to €34.53 billion.
German premium automaker Mercedes-Benz on Friday said third-quarter earnings in the core car division plunged by 64% as Chinese consumers continued to cut back on luxury goods off the back of a weakening economy.
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Mercedes-Benz laid off an unspecified number of employees from the Seattle office of its North American research and development arm, the company confirmed Wednesday.
Mercedes-Benz saw a slight drop in cars sales in the third quarter as weaker demand, particularly in Asia, outweighed improved product availability, the carmaker said on Thursday.
South Korea's LG Energy Solution said on Tuesday it signed a deal to supply electric vehicle batteries to a Mercedes-Benz affiliate in North America and other regions.
Mercedez-Benz USA is recalling more than 27,000 vehicles due to a potential risk of the engine control unit (ECU) software causing the engine to overheat or stall, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Friday.
The head of China's powerful state planner met Ola Kallenius, chairman of the management board of Mercedes-Benz in Beijing, the agency said on Friday.
The European auto landscape has been hit with a flurry of profit warnings of late, leading equities analysts to moderate their outlook on the sector in the year ahead. On a one-two punch for Germany's car manufacturers, Mercedes last week warned of lower sales ahead, barely a week after BMW delivered a similarly cautious warning.
Mercedes-Benz said its cars equipped with its automated driving system will be upgraded to drive autonomously at up to 95 kilometres per hour on German motorways in certain conditions.
Mercedes-Benz shares fell 8% on Friday morning as the company cut its guidance for the second time since July