Profits are in a tight squeeze as the world’s second largest carmaker battles with fierce competition in China, the billion euro cost of switching to electric vehicle production, a stagnant European economy, Donald Trump’s tariff war and high labour costs in Germany. The FT’s Frankfurt correspondent Patricia Nilsson looks at the unprecedented challenges facing Germany’s leading industrial company, and what it means for the future of European manufacturing<\/p>\n
#volkswagen #evs #electricvehicle #germany #vehicles #trump #trumptariffs #us #china #europe #euro #europeaneconomy #cars <\/p>\n
00:00 – Introduction
\n01:25 – Crisis
\n04:15 – Workers v managers
\n06:19 – Unique ownership
\n07:43 – History
\n09:53 – Wolfsburg at heart
\n11:38 – Electric challenge
\n15:36 – Politics and software
\n18:12 – China challenge
\n25:20 – Europe stagnates
\n26:47 – US and tariffs
\n28:40 – German factories
\n30:34 – New electric models
\n31:55 – China future
\n32:57 – VW and the future<\/p>\n
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