German car industry warns of job collapse unless ‘bold decisions’ made to address Chinese threat (www.theguardian.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 10 Jul 12:51
https://lemmy.zip/post/67657166

Volkswagen is trying to implement a comprehensive cost-cutting programme with up to 100,000 job losses, double the amount previously planned, by 2030 and the potential contraction or closure of several plants.

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Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 10 Jul 13:10 next collapse

Who could have seen this comming…corruption catching up… Who could have seen it coming that bribing politicians to allow them producing their product, that the people dont want anymore, wouldnt result in people wanting their product!!? Truely mind boggeling /s

ms_lane@lemmy.world on 10 Jul 13:40 next collapse

Euro cars are known to be finicky and when something goes wrong it’s also always a write off unless it’s under warranty.

Have they tried making cars that don’t break after 3-5 years again?

NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz on 10 Jul 16:47 next collapse

Best I can do is put cameras all over it and track everything that happens inside and out of the car “for your safety”.

GreenBeard@lemmy.ca on 10 Jul 16:48 collapse

That would break them. Building cars that last means less demand for the next new car. Planned obsolescence is the only way to make sure the next round of vehicles has a market, regardless of whether its a significant enough improvement to justify the cost.

robomuffin79@lemmy.world on 10 Jul 14:13 next collapse

But this is capitalism. If German manufacturers can’t compete, they should shut down. Survival of the fittest and free-markets etc etc. there will be job losses but the German people should ask their leaders why that happened

Zahtu@feddit.org on 10 Jul 14:29 next collapse

its not that a certain minister of economy has called them out on their wrong course 5 years ago. But he was shut down as fearmongering and pushing a political agenda.

WanderingThoughts@europe.pub on 10 Jul 17:30 collapse

Folks were saying this when Tesla released model S, and did a reasonable job on the timeline. That’s 14 years ago. But those were tree hugging fanatics who don’t understand the importance of short term stock prices.

panthera_@lemmy.today on 10 Jul 15:03 collapse

China is not the threat since Germany can always impose tariffs. As the article points out, benefits to workers are too high. Germany must explore other industries besides car manufacturing. This is where it’s important for Germany to encourage immigrants with talent to study and work there. The AfD will exploit the warnings of job collapse to gain power. Hitler rose to power when the democratic Weimar Republic couldn’t control inflation.

fisch@lemmy.world on 10 Jul 17:11 collapse

Germany must explore other industries besides car manufacturing.

This! Our industry is far too dependent on the car market. Car ownership is going down and people don’t need to buy new cars all the time. The market is saturated. When I look around, everybody is driving a relatively new car that won’t have to be replaced for years. It’s just not a growth industry - and by the love of god, it shouldn’t be one.