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Volkswagen faces major backlash over plans to shut factories and cut 100,000 jobs

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Volkswagen faces major backlash over plans to shut factories and cut 100,000 jobs.

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Volkswagen, one of the most popular car companies in the world, is planning to cut its model lineup, reduce capacity and potentially slash 100,000 jobs in the largest restructuring in the history of the company.The German automaker plans to make drastic changes to its operational output as it battles against hefty tariffs and competition from Chinese manufacturers.Volkswagen has seen its profit margins halve between 2021 and 2025, prompting a supervisory board meeting to consider measures to guarantee the future of the company.It announced that its lineup would eventually be cut by up to half, in addition to reducing production capacity to nine million vehicles per year, down from 10 million.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume said: "The global situation has continued to deteriorate over the past 12 months.

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That is why we are acting now."Reports have indicated that Volkswagen could introduce measures that would result in the loss of 100,000 jobs across the...

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