https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The German luxury carmaker said that moving its production to the US would "not be advantageous" a few days after the Audi's CEO appeared alongside the US President at a campaign event. https://www.thelocal.de/20261027/porsche-rules-out-us-production-following-audi-deal-with-trump Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:53:11 +0100 porsche-rules-out-us-production-following-audi-deal-with-trump The head of a major German trade union on Monday blasted the boss of carmaker Audi for his appearance at an election campaign rally alongside US President Donald Trump. https://www.thelocal.de/20261026/german-union-slams-audi-bosss-appearance-at-trump-rally Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:59:46 +0100 german-union-slams-audi-bosss-appearance-at-trump-rally The move to electric vehicles is accelerating, yet Germany's biggest manufacturers are cutting jobs and losing ground to competitors. Here's why workers are worried and where new opportunities may emerge. https://www.thelocal.de/20260923/can-germany-save-its-car-industry-as-job-cuts-intensify Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:34:26 +0200 can-germany-save-its-car-industry-as-job-cuts-intensify Germany's finance minister urged the European Union on Thursday to step up action against what he called China's "unfair trade practices" to protect the country's struggling carmakers. https://www.thelocal.de/20260917/germany-urges-eu-action-against-china-to-defend-carmakers Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:48:43 +0200 germany-urges-eu-action-against-china-to-defend-carmakers Crisis-wracked German auto giant Volkswagen said Monday that one of its plants would be sold off and converted to make defence equipment after car production ends there. https://www.thelocal.de/20260908/volkswagen-plant-to-be-converted-for-israeli-defence-group Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:56:57 +0200 volkswagen-plant-to-be-converted-for-israeli-defence-group Volkswagen's CEO warned Sunday the company was in a "more than critical" state ahead of meetings with the car giant's staff where he will defend the company's savings plans. https://www.thelocal.de/20260824/volkswagen-boss-warns-carmakers-situation-more-than-critical Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:40:24 +0200 volkswagen-boss-warns-carmakers-situation-more-than-critical Volkswagen said Friday that net profit fell by a third in the second quarter as the crisis-hit carmaker -- weighing up to 100,000 job cuts worldwide -- grappled with increasing competition in and from China. https://www.thelocal.de/20260724/volkswagen-profits-down-as-competition-from-china-heats-up Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:51:35 +0200 volkswagen-profits-down-as-competition-from-china-heats-up Volkswagen on Friday said that a slide in sales accelerated in the second quarter, as the crisis-hit German auto group reportedly considers cutting up to 100,000 jobs worldwide. https://www.thelocal.de/20260710/volkswagen-sales-slide-further-as-german-carmaker-weighs-mass-job-cuts Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:48:11 +0200 volkswagen-sales-slide-further-as-german-carmaker-weighs-mass-job-cuts German auto giant Volkswagen's management are set to meet on Thursday to thrash out plans for what could be the biggest ever restructuring in the global auto industry, with unions set to protest any mass job cuts. https://www.thelocal.de/20260709/unions-protest-in-germany-as-volkswagen-pitches-job-cuts-and-plant-closures Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:30:40 +0200 unions-protest-in-germany-as-volkswagen-pitches-job-cuts-and-plant-closures Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen is considering cutting tens of thousands more jobs worldwide and shuttering up to four plants in Germany, Manager Magazin reported Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20260626/volkswagen-reportedly-weighing-more-large-scale-job-cuts Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:43:22 +0200 volkswagen-reportedly-weighing-more-large-scale-job-cuts German auto giant Volkswagen said Friday that tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump had cost it 1.3 billion euros in the first half of the year as it reported falling profit. https://www.thelocal.de/20250725/volkswagen-takes-massive-hit-from-trump-tariffs-as-profits-fall Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:19:12 +0200 volkswagen-takes-massive-hit-from-trump-tariffs-as-profits-fall Around 20,000 Volkswagen workers in Germany have so far agreed to take voluntary redundancy as part of a major overhaul aimed at cutting costs, the struggling auto titan said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20250603/thousands-of-volkswagen-workers-in-germany-agree-redundancy-payouts Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:38:15 +0200 thousands-of-volkswagen-workers-in-germany-agree-redundancy-payouts Crisis-hit auto giant Volkswagen said Friday it planned to axe 35,000 jobs by 2030 in Germany after reaching an agreement with unions on a drastic cost-cutting plan. https://www.thelocal.de/20241221/volkswagen-unveils-major-job-cuts-in-germany-in-cost-saving-drive Sat, 21 Dec 2024 09:19:16 +0100 volkswagen-unveils-major-job-cuts-in-germany-in-cost-saving-drive At least two people were hospitalised Tuesday after a Greenpeace activist crash-landed on the pitch before the Germany-France match at Euro 2020 when his powered parachute microlight struck spidercam cables at Munich's Allianz Arena. https://www.thelocal.de/20210616/two-hospitalized-in-munich-after-activist-crashes-parachute-into-euro-2020-stadium Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:22:26 +0200 two-hospitalized-in-munich-after-activist-crashes-parachute-into-euro-2020-stadium When Volkswagen chief executive Herbert Diess joined Twitter in January, he used his first tweet to warn pioneering electric car maker Elon Musk that he was coming after him. https://www.thelocal.de/20210322/is-germanys-volkswagen-becoming-the-new-tesla-as-it-ramps-up-e-vehicle-production Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:32:29 +0100 is-germanys-volkswagen-becoming-the-new-tesla-as-it-ramps-up-e-vehicle-production German car giant Volkswagen said Tuesday its German factories would end in July a shorter hours scheme used to cushion the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as production ramps back up. https://www.thelocal.de/20200630/volkswagen-ends-shorter-hours-scheme-at-german-factories Tue, 30 Jun 2020 18:54:06 +0200 volkswagen-ends-shorter-hours-scheme-at-german-factories Germany's Volkswagen (VW) has pulled an Instagram ad that showed a giant white hand pushing around a black person, saying it was "surprised and shocked" that viewers decried it as racist. https://www.thelocal.de/20200520/germanys-vw-pulls-racist-ad-after-outcry Wed, 20 May 2020 14:21:14 +0200 germanys-vw-pulls-racist-ad-after-outcry Consumer representatives and car giant Volkswagen each blamed the other Friday for a breakdown in talks over a settlement for 400,000 German customers in the firm's "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal. https://www.thelocal.de/20200215/germany-talks-stall-in-volkswagen-dieselgate-scandal Sat, 15 Feb 2020 10:22:19 +0100 germany-talks-stall-in-volkswagen-dieselgate-scandal German car giants Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler have posted strong sales growth in the face of a contracting global market in 2019, shifting massive numbers of SUVs ahead of a pivotal year for electric mobility. https://www.thelocal.de/20200114/german-carmakers-beat-global-sales-slump-amid-job-cut-woes Tue, 14 Jan 2020 18:16:31 +0100 german-carmakers-beat-global-sales-slump-amid-job-cut-woes German car giant Volkswagen said Friday it would plough €60 billion by 2024 into its switch to electric, hybrid and connected vehicles, as automakers around the world rev up electrification plans. https://www.thelocal.de/20191115/volkswagen-to-spend-60-billion-to-transition-to-electric-cars Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:32:46 +0100 volkswagen-to-spend-60-billion-to-transition-to-electric-cars