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Visitors view a model displayed at the Audi booth at the 2025 Shanghai International Auto Show in Shanghai, China, on April 23, 2025. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Audi workers demand German job security before backing U.S. expansion

By Monica Raymunt and Bloomberg

guests looking at Audi Q5 model

Audi’s top-selling SUV expected to be unsellable in U.S. after Trump tariffs

By Gabrielle Coppola, Monica Raymunt, and others

WOLFSBURG, GERMANY – MARCH 11: Oliver Blume, CEO of Volkswagen Group, poses for a photo at the Volkswagen annual press conference on March 11, 2025 in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen announced the company’s profits fell by 30.6% compared to 2023, citing higher costs and lower sales in China as contributing factors. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

VW is cutting thousands of jobs but still dwarfs global rivals

By Monica Raymunt and Bloomberg

GRUENHEIDE, GERMANY – MARCH 22: Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the official opening of the new Tesla electric car manufacturing plant on March 22, 2022 near Gruenheide, Germany. The new plant, officially called the Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, is producing the Model Y as well as electric car batteries. (Photo by Christian Marquardt – Pool/Getty Images)

Tesla workers bemoan lack of bathroom breaks at German plant

By Bloomberg and Monica Raymunt

24 April 2024, China, Peking: Oliver Blume, CEO of the Volkswagen Group, speaks to journalists. Volkswagen presented its goals for China ahead of the auto show in Beijing. Photo: Johannes Neudecker/dpa (Photo by Johannes Neudecker/picture alliance via Getty Images)

VW braces for another tricky year with no new EVs

By Monica Raymunt and Bloomberg

CEO of German car maker Porsche Oliver Blume poses on the red carpet upon arrival for the 48th “Goldenes Lenkrad” (Golden Steering Wheel) awards on November 7, 2024 in Berlin. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP) (Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Volkswagen nears labor deal that would keep German car plants open

By Monica Raymunt and Bloomberg

An image of BYD executive vice president Stella Li.

BYD to woo European EV buyers, but not for less than €25,000

By Monica Raymunt and Bloomberg

Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume

Volkswagen cuts forecasts again as demand wanes while EV competition ramps up

By Monica Raymunt and Bloomberg

A model of the Audi Q6 e-tron

German manufacturer Audi unveils its new EV model amidst wider electric vehicle market cooldown

By Monica Raymunt and Bloomberg

CHICHESTER, UNITED KINDOM – JUNE 23: The Aston Martin Valkyrie seen at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2022 on June 23rd in Chichester, England. The annual automotive event is hosted by Lord March at his Goodwood Estate. (Photo by Martyn Lucy/Getty Images)

Aston Martin’s most expensive Valkyrie supercar will set you back at least $3m—plus up to $450,000 to keep it running

By Siddharth Philip, Monica Raymunt, and others

BMW CEO Oliver Zipse with headphones on.

Germany set for 14% drop in electric-vehicle sales as carmakers scale back ambitions and demand ‘does not look good’

By Christoph Rauwald, Wilfried Eckl-Dorna, and others

A Tesla Model Y electric vehicle stands in front of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin

Tesla suspending most production at its massive Berlin gigafactory over Red Sea attacks

By Monica Raymunt and Bloomberg

A lot holding decommissioned electric vehicles in Hangzhou, China, on Monday, July 31, 2023. A subsidy-fueled boom helped build China into an electric-car giant but left weed-infested lots across the nation brimming with unwanted battery-powered vehicles. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images

No one wants to buy used EVs and they’re piling up in weed-infested graveyards

By Monica Raymunt and Bloomberg

MUNICH, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 07:<br />
German Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visits the Volkswagen booth at the 2023 IAA Mobility car show.
(Photo by Leon Kuegeler/Photothek via Getty Images)

VW is cutting jobs at its German EV factory because demand is plunging

By Monica Raymunt and Bloomberg

Ford workers standing under the shell of a car in a German factory.

Ford plans to cut more than 3,000 jobs in Europe and Germany will be hit hard, according to the union

By Monica Raymunt, Keith Naughton, and others