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Pressure in China helps convince Volkswagen it’s time to change

By David McHugh - Associated Press

Volkswagen board approves cutting 50,000 more jobs and ending production at 4 plants

By David McHugh - Associated Press

A vehicle of Chinese manufacturer EP Equipment is parked at the assembly line of forklift and warehouse manufacturer Jungheinrich in Moosburg, Germany, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

German companies under pressure to adapt as China challenges them at their own game

By David McHugh - Associated Press

Volkswagen CEO looks to avoid plant closures as automaker moves to cut costs

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A vlogger promotes the GLC SUV at the Mercedes-Benz booth during Auto China 2026 in Beijing, on April 24, 2026. Major German carmakers saw sharp quarterly sales declines in China, as domestic demand weakened and competition heats up in the world’s biggest auto market. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Major German carmakers hit by steep China sales plunge as competition heats up

By Chan Ho-Him - Associated Press

Giorgio Armani gestures at the end of the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Spring Summer 2025 collection in Paris, on Jan. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File).

Fashion designer Giorgio Armani dead at 91

By Colleen Barry - Associated Press

FILE - The logos of Volkswagen cars are pictured in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

German court convicts 4 ex-Volkswagen managers of fraud in emissions scandal

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FILE - A "We stand with the UAW" sign appears outside of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 18, 2023. Workers at at the Tennessee factory are scheduled to finish voting Friday, April 19, 2024, on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (Olivia Ross/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

UAW charges VW with unfair production changes

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

The VW headquarters are pictured, when employees of Germany's largest carmaker Volkswagen went on strike at the main factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Volkswagen, employee representatives reach wage deal after tough negotiations

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Volkswagen workers wave trade union flags as they demonstrate on the first day of a nationwide warning Volkswagen workers' strike, outside a Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, Germany, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (Hendrik Schmidt/dpa via AP)

Volkswagen workers hold 2-hour strikes to push back against proposed pay cuts and plant closures

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Volkswagen says cost cuts are urgently needed as its earnings decline sharply

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Volkswagen’s employee council says the automaker plans to close at least 3 German plants

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Employees stand at an information event organized by the General Works Council of Volkswagen AG at the VW main plant in Wolfsburg, Oct. 28, 2024. (Julian Stratenschulte/DPA via AP, Pool)

Volkswagen’s employee council says the automaker plans to close at least 3 German plants

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Janette Navarro drives her 1996 Volkswagen Beetle up a steep hill in the Cuautepec neighborhood of Mexico City, Friday, June 21, 2024. Taxi drivers like Navarro say they continue to use the Beetles because the cars are historically inexpensive and the engine located in the back of the vehicle gives it more power to climb the neighborhood's steep hills. (AP Photo/Aurea Del Rosario)

A Mexico City neighborhood keeps the iconic Volkswagen Beetle alive

By Megan Janetsky - Associated Press

United Auto Workers union supporters attended a May 4, 2024 rally in Birmingham, Ala.. A month after workers at a Volkswagen factory in Tennessee overwhelmingly voted to unionize, the United Auto Workers is aiming for a key victory at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama. More than 5,000 workers at the facility in Vance and nearby battery plant will vote next week on whether to join the UAW. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

United Auto Workers faces a key test with upcoming vote at Alabama Mercedes plant

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Volkswagen automobile plant employee LaShawn Hawthorne, center left, takes picture with UAW president Shawn Fain after workers voted to join the union Friday, April 19, 2024, in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) ** FILE **

Volkswagen accepts workers’ vote in favor of joining UAW

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee attends the Tennessee Titans groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the team's new NFL football stadium, Feb. 29, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. On the eve of a vote on union representation at Volkswagen's Tennessee factory, Lee and some other southern governors are telling workers that voting for a union will put jobs in jeopardy. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Business owner Tenn. Gov. Bill Lee says Volkswagen plant workers made mistake in union vote

By Jonathan Mattise - Associated Press

Volkswagen automobile plant employee Vicky Holloway celebrates as she watches the results of a UAW union vote, late Friday, April 19, 2024, in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Tennessee Volkswagen employees overwhelmingly vote to join United Auto Workers union

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FILE - A "We stand with the UAW" sign appears outside of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 18, 2023. Workers at at the Tennessee factory are scheduled to finish voting Friday, April 19, 2024, on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (Olivia Ross/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

UAW would be loser for Volkswagen employees

By Diana Furchtgott-Roth

FILE - A "We stand with the UAW" sign appears outside of the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Dec. 18, 2023. Workers at at the Tennessee factory are scheduled to finish voting Friday, April 19, 2024, on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. (Olivia Ross/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

Southern governors tell autoworkers that voting for a union will put their jobs in jeopardy

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