Anchored VW subsidiary: Audi strokes thousands of jobs in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm

Armin Weigel / DPA Audi vehicles in front of the headquarters in Ingolstadt: The car maker will cut around 9500 jobs by 2025, but 2000 new jobs will be created in return Audi is under pressure. Now the company agrees with its works council on a far-reaching package, reducing thousands of jobs including. The automaker… Continue reading Anchored VW subsidiary: Audi strokes thousands of jobs in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm

Car industry: BMW cuts success rate and saves on staff

BMW boss Oliver Zipse The more than 70,000 German BMW employees benefit from savings. (Photo: Reuters) Munich On the more than 70,000 German BMWEmployees are eligible for savings. CEO Oliver Zipse and Works Council Chairman Manfred Schoch will announce the long-awaited austerity package on Wednesday in Munich at a company meeting. For example, the generous… Continue reading Car industry: BMW cuts success rate and saves on staff

@VW Group: Volkswagen is making faster progress towards sustainable and efficient production

Volkswagen Group is making faster progress towards sustainable and efficient production. At the same time, the company continues to make good progress towards reducing its production costs. Oliver Blume, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Group and Chairman of the Board of Porsche AG says: “We are producing more environmentally friendly than… Continue reading @VW Group: Volkswagen is making faster progress towards sustainable and efficient production

@VW Group: Ready for the electric future:||Volkswagen is focusing its motorsport strategy on e-mobility

Volkswagen is focusing its motorsport strategy on electric mobility. A clear emphasis on fully electric racing cars will be backed up by the farewell to factory-backed commitments using internal combustion engines. “The role as a technological pioneer will continue to be taken over by the ID.R electric race car, which has set important milestones for… Continue reading @VW Group: Ready for the electric future:||Volkswagen is focusing its motorsport strategy on e-mobility

@VW Group: Handover of the first Volkswagen T-Roc R in the Autostadt to customer

High performance combined with exceptionally sporty design – the top-of-the-line products of each Volkswagen model series are christened with the letter “R.” With the T-Roc R, the first top model bearing the characteristic R signet was handed over to its new owner at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg. A new era has just begun for Volkswagen… Continue reading @VW Group: Handover of the first Volkswagen T-Roc R in the Autostadt to customer

@VW Group: New engine added to the T-Cross range: high-performance model now available to order

Volkswagen’s T-Cross gets its most powerful engine yet. The compact SUV is now available to order with a 1.5-litre TSI with 110 kW/150 PS. The new power unit adds a unique, sporty option to the existing T-Cross engine range. Prices for the T-Cross with the new top-of-the-range engine start at €25,690 in Germany. The T-Cross… Continue reading @VW Group: New engine added to the T-Cross range: high-performance model now available to order

@VW Group: Volkswagen Group China to invest over 4 billion Euro in 2020

Volkswagen Group China, together with its Chinese partners, plans to invest over 4 billion Euro next year, with around 40 percent of this investment going towards e-mobility. This will accel-erate the Group’s electrification strategy, which will be strengthened next year through the start of production of models based on the modular electric drive toolkit MEB… Continue reading @VW Group: Volkswagen Group China to invest over 4 billion Euro in 2020

@VW Group: The first of its kind

11/26/2019 This 911 should never have existed. Engine, year of manufacture, rear wing – nothing matched. But it was ahead of its time, just like its first owner: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ernst Fuhrmann.  Sometimes you just need a little luck and good intuition. The black 911 – which came Porsche connoisseur and dealer Walter Hoffmann’s way… Continue reading @VW Group: The first of its kind

The 2020 Volkswagen Passat is a basic car with basic tech

The 2020 Volkswagen Passat recently got a design upgrade. It also got an engine boost, giving it some extra torque. But overall, the new Passat is a lot like the old Passat. An inexpensive sedan that’ll get you where you’re going without much fuss or excitement. Gallery: 2020 Volkswagen Passat first drive | 9 Photos… Continue reading The 2020 Volkswagen Passat is a basic car with basic tech

Audi Targets 9,500 Jobs to Boost Profit – The Wall Street Journal

BERLIN—Luxury-car maker Audi AG said it would eliminate 9,500 jobs over the next five years as part of a restructuring aimed at bolstering profit in a slowing global auto market. The overhaul is expected to reap savings of roughly €6 billion ($6.6 billion) through 2029, a large part intended to finance Audi’s move away from… Continue reading Audi Targets 9,500 Jobs to Boost Profit – The Wall Street Journal