weekly car market｜volkswagen may lay off 30,000 people, nio reaches charging cooperation with sinopec
2024-09-27
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volkswagen may lay off 30,000 people
according to foreign media reports, volkswagen may lay off 30,000 people in germany as it seeks to become more competitive in europe's shrinking car market. the department with the largest layoffs will be the research and development department. it is reported that 4,000-6,000 of volkswagen's 13,000 r&d employees in germany will lose their jobs. volkswagen group ceo oliver blume said that in the long term it is feasible to lay off 30,000 german employees, accounting for about 10% of the company's total german employees.
mercedes-benz plans to expand technical cooperation with chinese companies
according to bloomberg, ola källenius, ceo of german luxury carmaker mercedes-benz group, will visit china this week along with other company executives and supervisory board members, a move aimed at expanding local ties with china. technology partnerships. it is reported that mercedes-benz may seek to cooperate with chinese companies that produce maps or in-car entertainment equipment to make the first model based on mercedes-benz's new electric platform and to be launched in 2025, the pure electric cla, more popular with chinese consumers. favored by those.
yu hanbang appointed as general manager of maserati china
on september 25, maserati, the ultra-luxury car brand under the stellantis group, announced that yu hanbang will serve as general manager of china with immediate effect, responsible for the commercial operations of the trident brand in china. the appointment will take effect immediately. it is reported that before assuming the new role as general manager of maserati china, yu hanbang held key management positions in well-known automobile companies such as genesis china, saic mg europe and saic volkswagen.
toyota expands stock buyback plan
according to reuters, on september 24, japanese automaker toyota motor increased its share buyback plan until april 30 next year from 1 trillion yen, driven by strong demand in its main markets japan, europe and north america. increased to 1.2 trillion yen (approximately us$8.31 billion). toyota motor added 200 billion yen to the 1 trillion yen stock buyback plan announced in may, meaning the company may buy back as much as 3.93%, according to a sept. 24 exchange filing. of shares. toyota said the decision was based on its "recent share price levels."
nio and sinopec reach charging service cooperation
on september 25, nio reached a charging service cooperation with sinopec. according to the cooperation agreement, starting from september 25, users can realize functions such as query, navigation, startup, and payment of sinopec charging piles on the weilai and ledao app, car and power-up app, and improve user charging experience and efficiency. will be further upgraded.
cover news reporter zhang haijun
