Germany's Lower Saxony premier, a key Volkswagen shareholder, suggests manufacturing China-developed car models in Germany to secure jobs and optimize plant capacity.
Volkswagen plans producing China-developed models in Germany to stabilize capacity amid Chinese competition and declining European demand. This signals legacy automakers rethinking production geography to compete against rising China dominance and justify manufacturing costs.
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Jun 28, 2026
05:28 pm
What's the storyOlaf Lies, the premier of Germany's Lower Saxony state, which is a major shareholder in Volkswagen, has proposed that the automaker should consider producing models developed in China at its German facilities.
The suggestion comes amid reports of potential factory closures and massive job cuts at Volkswagen.
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