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Oliver Blume, Chief Executive Officer, Volkswagen and Porsche.
Tech

Electric mobility has ‘won the race’ but Volkswagen hits brakes on EV strategy

By Stefan Nicola and Bloomberg
May 18, 2024
Michael Shu, managing director of BYD Europe, during the media day for the Munich Motor Show (IAA) in Munich, Germany.
Tech

BYD and Tesla race to carve up European EV market with Chinese carmaker planning to leapfrog Elon Musk by 2030

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May 10, 2024
Vincent Bollore, billionaire and chairman of the Bollore Group
Tech

To compete with Asia’s rising dominance, French billionaire Bollore wants to build an EV battery plant in eastern France which will cost $2.1 billion

By Tara Patel and Bloomberg
May 2, 2024
Martin Daum, Chairman of the Board of Management of commercial vehicle manufacturer Daimler Truck
Tech

‘Time is running out’ to build more electric truck chargers in Europe, says Daimler Truck CEO

By Stefan Nicola, Christoph Rauwald and Bloomberg
May 2, 2024
Oliver Blume, chief executive officer of Volkswagen AG, beside an ID.CODE concept car, right, at the Volkswagen AG media event in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Volkswagen will start sales of a new electric-vehicle brand in China kitted out with gadgets like an in-car avatar to help win back young buyers it has lost to the likes of BYD Co.
Tech

Volkswagen, Mercedes, and Stellantis shed $13 billion in value as Tesla’s China breakthrough leaves Europe’s carmakers in the cold

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April 30, 2024
Oliver Blume, CEO of German carmaker Volkswagen
Tech

After being overtaken by BYD, Volkswagen meets with doubtful investors to persuade them of turnaround plan

By Sonja Wind, Isolde MacDonogh and Bloomberg
April 22, 2024
union members holds sign
Companies

VW workers in Tennessee overwhelmingly vote to join union, as UAW renews push to organize nonunion auto plants

By Kristin M. Hall, Tom Krisher and The Associated Press
April 20, 2024
Shawn Fain with raised fist
Politics

Governors of 6 southern states threaten auto workers’ jobs on the eve of a major union vote

By The Associated Press and Irina Ivanova
April 16, 2024
A Porsche 718 Cayman car is on display during the 19th Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition (Auto Guangzhou 2021) at China Import and Export Fair Complex
Tech

Volkswagen and Porsche are killing old models described as ‘spying machines on four wheels’ ahead of new EU cybersecurity rules—offering another opportunity for Chinese rival BYD

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April 16, 2024
Freight wagons, loaded with newly manufactured Volkswagen AG and BMW AG automobiles, at a railway yard in Munich, Germany, on Friday, July 28, 2023. Germany exited its winter recession in the second quarter but output only stagnated, with questions about the fundamental health of Europe's largest economy remaining.
Tech

A German Rust Belt? As Chinese EVs like BYD swarm Europe’s key markets, historic examples of deindustrialization pose a warning to the continent’s carmakers

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April 10, 2024
Photo of Oliver Blume
Tech

China’s EV competition is so fierce that Volkswagen ‘cannot keep up’ and should avoid ‘utopian expectations,’ says its CEO

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April 6, 2024
Workers assemble the Cupra Born electric car from automaker Volkswagen
Tech

Volkswagen workers are hoping to unionize in Tennessee. Even if they succeed, they’ll likely face worse conditions than their German colleagues

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March 26, 2024
Photo of King Charles III getting out of a Bentley limousine
Companies

Bentley CEO says sales are down because the rich are experiencing ‘emotional sensitivity’ due to the cost of living and don’t want to flaunt their wealth with a new luxury car

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March 22, 2024
A model of the Audi Q6 e-tron
Retail

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

By Monica Raymunt and Bloomberg
March 19, 2024
Oliver Blume, chief executive officer of Volkswagen AG, at the Volkswagen Group annual news conference in Berlin, Germany
Success

Volkswagen is still ‘convinced the future will be electric’ as automaker plans to launch 30 new models this year amid gloomy sales outlook

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March 13, 2024

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