▲ 67 ▼ Volkswagen profits almost halve in 2025 (p.dw.com) submitted 5 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/europe@feddit.org 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments In its annual figures, the company said that earnings fell from €12.4 billion ($14.45 billion) to €6.9 billion year on year. Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume said the VW Group would cut "around 50,000 jobs by 2030" across Germany.
[–] boeckling@piefed.social 1 point 5 months ago (1 child) I agree - in the long term they might endure but they have to adapt and overcome their own tardiness this far. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Kind of weird to call VW late (tardiness), when they completely dominated the EV market in EU in 2025. VW had very attractive EVs already 5 years ago, while Toyota the worlds biggest car manufacturer only arrived with something last year! China has been moving very fast, and has a development cadence that is 3 times faster than Tesla. No western manufacturer can match that, but VW is probably among the closest. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Kind of weird to call VW late (tardiness), when they completely dominated the EV market in EU in 2025. VW had very attractive EVs already 5 years ago, while Toyota the worlds biggest car manufacturer only arrived with something last year! China has been moving very fast, and has a development cadence that is 3 times faster than Tesla. No western manufacturer can match that, but VW is probably among the closest. permalink fedilink source parent