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The crisis at car manufacturer Volkswagen overshadows the Automotive Forum industry congress in Zwickau. VW must quickly provide clarity on the individual locations, warns IHK President Jankowsky.
Volkswagen employees in Saxony are boiling with rage. The reason for this is the massive cuts in staff and pay that the car manufacturer is planning, according to the works council. They are threatening a "hot winter".
IG Metall has warned Volkswagen against terminating agreements for the Saxon sites as well. The dispute over possible redundancies and plant closures is now intensifying.
In the dispute over new cost-cutting plans, the VW Group cancels the job guarantee that has been in place since 1994. Problems are also seen in Saxony, but the Minister President finds the state "quite well positioned".
In the dispute over the new cost-cutting plans at VW, the Group is creating the first facts: The job guarantee that has been in place since 1994 has now been terminated. Saxony's Economics Minister criticizes the move.
The car manufacturer Volkswagen is in crisis and is threatening compulsory redundancies. Since then, employee discontent has been boiling over at works meetings - including at the Chemnitz engine plant.
Many Volkswagen employees across Germany fear for their jobs, which they thought were safe. Minister President Kretschmer blames the federal government for the car manufacturer's difficult situation.
Volkswagen is considering drastic steps to achieve savings targets. What will happen to the plants in Saxony? The Minister of Economic Affairs is being combative.
Trinity was regarded as the flagship project of former VW boss Diess, but the e-car is a long time coming. The model of the future still needs a few more years.
Trinity was regarded as the flagship project of former VW boss Diess, but the e-car is a long time coming. The model of the future still needs a few more years.
Volkswagen is examining options for the Gläserne Manufaktur Dresden, where the ID.3 is assembled. Future of the site and its employees uncertain.
Volkswagen recently made a significant decision regarding the production plans for the ID.3 electric model. The original plan was for the main plant in Wolfsburg to start production of the ID.3 in addition to Zwickau in Saxony. These plans have now been canceled, meaning that the ID.3 will continue ..
Electric cars from Saxony are now on the road in the service of the Holy See. This week, two ID.3 vehicles were handed over to Pope Francis. Both were manufactured in the Transparent Factory in Dresden, a spokesperson for Volkswagen Saxony said on Thursday in response to a question. The majority of ..
VW's top management is bringing its executives back to the office. Management employees are to return to work four times a week.
Volkswagen has been back to normal production in Zwickau and Dresden since Monday, after production was curtailed due to weak demand. The company agreement on three-shift operation in Zwickau was terminated and expires at the end of the year.
Volkswagen's plans to build the Trinity model in Zwickau have met with a positive response in Saxony. René Utoff, acting head of Volkswagen Saxony's central works council, spoke of a "right signal for the Saxon locations" on Friday. "The SSP platform brings a future-proof perspective to Zwickau." He pointed out that, according to current plans, the thermal management system for the platform will also be built in Saxony: at the Chemnitz engine plant. "In this way, the Group is strengthening the production network in the region. Now we still need a viable perspective for Dresden."
The VW Group plans to produce its future Trinity model not in Wolfsburg but in Zwickau.
Volkswagen is sticking to assembling cars in the Transparent Factory for the time being. Vehicle production of the ID.3 in Dresden is continuing, and no short-term adjustments are planned.
The AfD's criticism of the conversion to electric cars at Volkswagen's Zwickau site almost three years ago has drawn widespread criticism in the Saxon state parliament. According to CDU member of parliament Jan Hippold, the transformation of the automotive industry offers both challenges and opportunities for new jobs. AfD parliamentary group leader Jörg Urban blames the political hype surrounding e-mobility for weakening demand at VW. SPD state chairman Henning Homann warns against a swan song for the e-car, saying this would harm employees and Saxony's industry.
The AfD parliamentary group sees around 100,000 jobs in the automotive industry at risk due to weakening demand for e-cars.
Saxony's Economics Minister Dulig confirms that the Transparent Factory in Dresden will continue to produce the ID.3 and that there has been no change in the Board's orders.
Despite current difficulties, the Automotive Cluster East Germany does not see any turning away from electromobility. It was clear from the outset that this change would be a rocky road, said Jens Katzek, managing director of the association, to the Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
In view of sluggish demand for electric cars, Volkswagen is threatening to cut jobs at its Zwickau plant. Several hundred employees with temporary contracts could be affected.