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Volkswagen, Canada to invest $15bn in battery gigafactory
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Volkswagen posts €1bn loss amid US tariffs, Porsche woes

Volkswagen reported its first quarterly loss in five years on Thursday, topping one billion euros, as the German auto giant struggles with United States tariffs and a troubled electric shift at subsidiary Porsche. The loss in the July-to-September period amounted to 1.07 billion euros ($1.24 billion) and was the first suffered by Europe’s biggest carmaker […]

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Porsche, Mercedes face $3.7bn hit as Trump imposes 25% tariff

Porsche AG and Mercedes-Benz Group AG are expected to be the hardest hit by President Donald Trump’s new 25% tariff on imported cars, set to take effect on April 3, 2025. The additional duties could cost the automakers around €3.4 billion ($3.7 billion), significantly impacting their projected 2026 earnings, according to Bloomberg. To counter the […]

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Porsche to cut 1,900 more jobs in workforce reduction

Porsche AG plans to cut 1,900 more jobs over four years, citing the need for deeper reductions beyond its ongoing program. The cuts will affect its main sites in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen and Weissach, targeting a 15% workforce reduction by 2029, according to Reuters. Porsche, majority owned by Volkswagen AG, confirmed that forced redundancies are not allowed […]