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Europe]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/287a8d64-a5be-4960-86fc-636176b25d9a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">287a8d64-a5be-4960-86fc-636176b25d9a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:03:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[VW considers closing factories in Germany and cutting jobs]]></title><description><![CDATA[Savings programme launched last year has fallen short by several billions of euros at group’s flagship brand]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/f32c172b-d5e9-4397-8831-c61987380e6d</link><guid isPermaLink="false">f32c172b-d5e9-4397-8831-c61987380e6d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:54:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volkswagen’s Porsche-Piëch family hunts for bargains in deflated market]]></title><description><![CDATA[Family-controlled investment vehicle considers ‘potential further investments’ as valuations fall]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/c554e58b-4d54-4259-b7d1-706ae045cb26</link><guid 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‘retaliation’ against international brands in the country, German carmaker’s brand chief tells FT car summit ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/7441f808-8302-4344-a0b9-3f52d86e9d90</link><guid isPermaLink="false">7441f808-8302-4344-a0b9-3f52d86e9d90</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 15:21:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[European carmakers struggle with falling demand]]></title><description><![CDATA[Industry faces headwinds including price wars and higher interest rates that have put off consumers]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/d03bc69a-f312-417f-89f2-9e93e9a93a16</link><guid isPermaLink="false">d03bc69a-f312-417f-89f2-9e93e9a93a16</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:34:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[VW workers in Tennessee vote to join union in win for US labour movement]]></title><description><![CDATA[Victory was part of a $40mn campaign to organise workers at 13 mostly foreign-owned carmakers across the 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The trend for hyper-personalised cars gains momentum]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wealthy customers are pouring more money than ever into customisation, pushing carmakers to invest in supply chains and dedicated teams]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/980a2b48-bfbe-4f4b-a606-7d78fd3d5b21</link><guid isPermaLink="false">980a2b48-bfbe-4f4b-a606-7d78fd3d5b21</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 04:00:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[VW cuts price of EV and combustion engine cars to boost deliveries to China]]></title><description><![CDATA[Success in Asia contrasts with decline in electric vehicle sales in Europe after end of consumer subsidy ]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/cd69126e-2d0c-4766-b033-b7e704d49f9a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cd69126e-2d0c-4766-b033-b7e704d49f9a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:25:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How VW and Toyota became the targets of an emboldened US union]]></title><description><![CDATA[Foreign carmakers have been swept up in a campaign that could transform the industry’s economics]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/01dfebd4-eb3f-4e27-bf72-b0c29cb6f193</link><guid isPermaLink="false">01dfebd4-eb3f-4e27-bf72-b0c29cb6f193</guid><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 04:00:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Audi looks at EV manufacturing in US to expand market share ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plant being built in South Carolina by parent Volkswagen among options available to German brand]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/23c90105-3754-46f7-8e0b-9f1359736f44</link><guid isPermaLink="false">23c90105-3754-46f7-8e0b-9f1359736f44</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:57:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[VW considers partnership to produce mass market electric vehicles]]></title><description><![CDATA[German carmaker looks at sharing costs to counter wave of cheaper rivals produced in China]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/0985f16c-105c-4b62-aa80-3658fa9b629a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">0985f16c-105c-4b62-aa80-3658fa9b629a</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:43:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a survivalist mentality has helped Stellantis eclipse VW]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fiat owner has surpassed its German rival in market value]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/90d20200-e806-4238-abab-7c3a3922ad93</link><guid isPermaLink="false">90d20200-e806-4238-abab-7c3a3922ad93</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 05:00:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU set to ban forced-labour products with China in its sights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Provisional deal empowers Brussels to investigate and destroy products and could raise trade tensions with Beijing]]></description><link>https://www.ft.com/content/9af27168-0a88-4619-921b-6de7407b3143</link><guid isPermaLink="false">9af27168-0a88-4619-921b-6de7407b3143</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 10:04:48 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>