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Volkswagen to introduce additional shifts: Orders increased by 29% from Western Europe (www.tagesschau.de)

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[-] fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev 30 points 3 weeks ago

musk helping vw by making a nazi salute.

[-] tmjaea@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

And one or two other things

[-] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 7 points 3 weeks ago

Oh how the turn tables

[-] gressen@lemm.ee 22 points 3 weeks ago

It this the same company that complained about bad financial situation and threatened layoffs just a few months before?

[-] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 13 points 3 weeks ago

Yes and the same one leaking a massive geolocation database of its smart cars fleet.

[-] ThoGot@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

And the one that manipulated their data on emissions

[-] starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They weren't even in a bad financial situation, their profits were a little lower.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I’m happy that they’re doing well but I’m sad America will never get the electric GTI now.

This is worse than the chicken tax.

[-] experiencetheworld@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe people in Western Europe started buying Europeen cars instead of Chinese or American ones. But they unfortunatly don't explain the reason in the article.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 3 weeks ago

Nobody in Europe buys American cars (except those that buy Tesla). Some American companies make European cars (e.g. Ford) or American conglomerates have European companies they've bought (e.g. Fiat). All of those would be made in Europe with European workers though.

[-] uzsomtu@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Don’t know about that. In Slovakia they fired 1000 people.

[-] starlinguk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I bet they're making the ones who are left work longer shifts, or they hired badly paid "contractors" who they can ditch at will.

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