The collapse of Volkswagen “raised Germany to its feet”

The collapse of Volkswagen “raised Germany to its feet”

The German government has called on Volkswagen (VW) to protect jobs, as union representatives announced plans to close at least three factories in the country and lay off tens of thousands of workers.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s position is clear, said a government representative in Berlin. “Namely, possible wrong decisions of the management in the past should not be borne by the workers,” he said.

The goal is to save and secure jobs in the automotive giant.

The president of the VW works council, Daniela Cavallo, said earlier that the concern plans to close at least three plants and layoffs in all other factories in Germany.

Kavalo and other workers’ representatives promised to oppose any attempt at dismissal.

Can Golf save VW?

Although it is no longer the leader in European sales of new cars, the Golf is still the most important and at the same time the best-selling Volkswagen model with 20 percent more sales this year than last year.

The Golf also outsold all of VW’s electric models combined, even though it was almost lynched for them.

The Golf 8 was launched at the most difficult time for this model. Namely, it arrived on the market at the time of electrification of both the market and the brand, while the bosses bombastically announced a break with the past and the transition to electromobility.

The Golf is the only VW model that recorded a sales growth of as much as 20 percent in nine months. Almost 165,000 different versions of the Golf were registered in Europe in the period January – September.

By contrast, the best-selling electric model, the ID.4, delivered just under 46,000 units. All other electric models, together with the best sellers, cannot even come close to the “classic” Golf.

Source: Seebiz, Klix

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