VW bosses want to radically rebuild their main plant in Wolfsburg to compete against Tesla
Last Thursday Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess and brand boss Ralf Brandstätter called all 120 top managers together in Wolfsburg for a crisis meeting businessinsider.de/wirtschaft/kam…
Compared to Tesla and Chinese manufacturers, VW is too expensive and slow, they stressed
Now it is time to take up the "fight against Grünheide"
Therefore the plans for the main plant in Wolfsburg are to be revised and made more radical
In order to keep up, old buildings would probably soon be demolished and new ones erected
HEADLINE #1 : "AUDI LOSES ITS 2020 DOMINANCE OF NORWAY MARKET"
Audi slipped EIGHT PLACES down from its undoubted Market Leadership position in 2020
Tesla takes TOP TWO positions in 2021 Q3
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HEADLINE #2 "VW STRUGGLES TO RESIST HEATED COMPETITION FROM SKODA IN 2021"
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General Motors and Ford Motor said Thursday they will cut additional production because of the nagging semiconductor shortage that has hit global auto production reuters.com/business/autos…
GM, the largest U.S. automaker, said it will extend by two weeks a halt to Chevrolet Blazer sport utility vehicle production at its Ramos plant in Mexico because of the ongoing chips shortage as it resumes production at other North American plants
GM said production will resume Monday at its Lansing Grand River Assembly plant that builds the Chevrolet Camaro and the Cadillac CT4 and CT5
Cadillac production has been halted at the Michigan plant since May