Manager Magazin's reported 100,000 cull of VW Group jobs, would double the original plan to slash 50,000 jobs across the Group by 2030, which have been primarily driven through voluntary and early retirement programs up to now, with more than half of the planned departures already signed. Western Europe's xEV plug-in passenger car market, consisting of plug-in hybrids and pure BEV electric cars, is not only seeing volumes outpace US volumes by a factor of four this year, but

Manager Magazin's reported 100,000 cull of VW Group jobs, would double the original plan to slash 50,000 jobs across the Group by 2030, which have been primarily driven through voluntary and early retirement programs up to now, with more than half of the planned departures already signed. Western Europe's xEV plug-in passenger car market, consisting of plug-in hybrids and pure BEV electric cars, is not only seeing volumes outpace US volumes by a factor of four this year, but

Manager Magazin's reported 100,000 cull of VW Group jobs, would double the original plan to slash 50,000 jobs across the Group by 2030, which have been primarily driven through voluntary and early retirement programs up to now, with more than half of the planned departures already signed.

The penetration of dual-motor vehicles would have been 8% without Sino models

Mercedes is proving that being the only German premium OEM to offer LFP batteries across Europe has no negative impact on image or, more importantly, new volumes.

The UK remained the Western European market that absorbed the largest number of Chinese brand vehicles during the opening quarter of 2026, accounting for every third Chinese model delivered across the region (33.7%).