Following earlier 35,000 job cuts by 2023, the group now targets Audi, Porsche and Cariad for additional reductions.
For 2026, Volkswagen said it expected a core profit margin of between 4% and 5.5%, potentially lower still than the 4.6% it achieved this year. WOLFSBURG: Volkswagen said Tuesday that it would cut 50,000 jobs in Germany by 2030 as its profit slid to its lowest level since 2016.
'In total, around 50,000 jobs are due to be cut by 2030 across the Volkswagen Group in Germany,' Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume said in a letter to shareholders in the firm's annual report. The 10-brand group had already struck a deal with unions at the end of 2024 to cut 35,000 jobs by 2030, mostly at its namesake brand, as part of plans to save €15 billion a year. The additional cuts would come from premium brands Audi and Porsche as well as Volkswagen's software subsidiary Cariad, Blume added. Even before US President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on non-American carmakers last year, Europe's largest automobile manufacturer was facing a triple whammy of stagnant demand in Europe, the costs of investing in electric cars despite patchy demand, and cratering sales in China. Long the biggest player in the Chinese market, the world's largest, Volkswagen is struggling with fierce competition from local rivals and sales there have slipped behind those of BYD and Geely. Earnings after tax fell about 44% last year, Volkswagen said, with US tariffs, fierce competition in China and a costly revamp of its sportscar-maker Porsche all hitting performance. At €6.9 billion , earnings were at their lowest since 2016, when the group took billions in one-off charges due to recalls and legal troubles over cheating on diesel emissions tests. Warning that the group's profit margin was 'not sufficient in the long run', Volkswagen finance boss Arno Antlitz said further cost-cutting was needed to make the firm more competitive. 'We can only realise this if we continue to rigorously reduce costs,' he said. 'That is what we will focus on in the coming months.' For 2026, Volkswagen said it expected a core profit margin of between 4% and 5.5% – potentially lower still than the 4.6% it achieved this year, adjusted for one-off expenses related to restructuring and the costs of moving back to petrol cars at Porsche. The group warned last September of a bumper €5.1 billion hit for the year after Porsche cut its medium-term profit target and said it would carry on selling petrol vehicles for longer than previously planned in the face of tepid demand for its electric vehicles. The forecast assumed that tariffs put in place last year by US President Donald Trump would remain, Volkswagen said, adding that 'uncertainties regarding restrictions in international trade and geopolitical tensions' as well as 'volatile' commodity and energy markers could prove challenging.
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