Volkswagen is pressing ahead with sweeping job cuts and cost reductions in Germany as planned, shrinking its workforce by 19,000 by the end of the year, CEO Oliver Blume is set to tell investors at the upcoming AGM.
Volkswagen ETR: VOW3 reaffirmed its sustainability targets and outlined new circular economy initiatives during its eighth sustainability conference, with executives saying ESG remains embedded in the company's broader strategy despite a more difficult economic backdrop.
The automaker has spent big developing cars “in China, for China.” Now it has to convince local drivers to buy them.
Volkswagen is concerned about declining resale values of its vehicles as lower-priced Chinese competitors expand in the Brazilian market, the company's head in Brazil, Ciro Possobom, told Reuters on Monday.
Chinese electric vehicle startup Xpeng is in talks with Volkswagen and other automakers about buying a factory in Europe, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Volkswagen's U.S. brand Scout was designed from the start to pursue a potential stock market listing or to allow strategic investors to take a stake, its CEO Scott Keogh told daily Handelsblatt, as it explores new funding options.
Volkswagen has pushed Amazon out of the top spot to become Rivian's largest shareholder, new filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission show.
Volkswagen reported a sharp decline in first-quarter earnings, as tariff pressures, geopolitical tensions and rising competition impacted performance. Europe's largest carmaker posted an operating profit of 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) for the first three months of the year.
Volkswagen reported a 2.5% drop in revenue in the first quarter.
The results come as top European original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) navigate several industry headwinds.
Volkswagen has lowered its mid-term sales volume goal for China, the company's China chief Ralf Brandstaetter was quoted as saying by Handelsblatt on Thursday.
Volkswagen AG has selected bidders for the next round of bidding for its heavy diesel engine unit Everllence, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.