It’s not just Microsoft, Google, or Amazon — top European companies have also laid off a massive number of employees since April; here’s what you need to knowEuropean firms are reducing workforce due to economic challenges. Several companies including Stellantis, Volkswagen, and Volvo Trucks have...
21 May, 2025, 07.55 PM IST
Europe's embattled auto sector plans plant closures and layoffsSeveral automotive companies are announcing plant closures and layoffs in Europe. Companies like Valeo, Stellantis, Bosch, Ford, Michelin, ...
02 Dec, 2024, 02.11 PM IST
Volkswagen closure: Workers aren't the only ones worriedVolkswagen is considering closing some factories in Germany for the first time in its history to meet cost-cutting goals. The automaker aim...
09 Sep, 2024, 12.01 AM IST
As Volkswagen weighs its first closure of a German auto plant, workers aren't the only ones worriedVolkswagen is considering closing some factories in Germany for the first time in its history to meet cost-cutting goals. The company needs...
08 Sep, 2024, 01.20 PM IST
Why Volkswagen is building a team of 3,000 engineers in ChinaVolkswagen is revamping its strategy in China, creating a "China for China" initiative due to the country's dominance in the electric car m...
12 Dec, 2023, 01.05 PM IST
Foreign auto manufacturers in India step up manpower hunt in bid to drive expansionOverseas automobile and component makers in India are boosting their search for specialised talent in engineering, research and design and ...
12 Aug, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
Volkswagen under fire over Xinjiang plant after China chief visitVolkswagen's China chief Ralf Brandstaetter spent 1-1/2 days on Feb. 16-17 touring the German group's facility in the region, which is part...
28 Feb, 2023, 04.34 PM IST
China’s factories to the world brace for tsunami of Covid casesOutbreaks have the potential to cripple production or tear through employee rosters, threatening the global supply of everything from cars ...
15 Dec, 2022, 09.40 AM IST
Employees sue Twitter as bloodbath looms; Udaan sacks another 1,000Elon Musk’s Twitter, as expected, has begun the process of sacking about half of its 7,500 workers by cutting access to their laptops, emai...
04 Nov, 2022, 07.17 PM IST
German carmakers race to retrain workforce for electric ageAfter her apprenticeship at Volkswagen, Michelle Gabriel was a master at welding, cutting, bending and stretching metal, but just a few yea...
12 Dec, 2021, 08.57 AM IST
What's driving the latest Volkswagen power struggle?Volkswagen's four-member mediation committee is planning to discuss Diess' future soon, sources have said, creating uncertainty around the ...
05 Nov, 2021, 02.49 PM IST
Volkswagen India posts 6th straight year in production growth in 2017, registers output of 1.5 lakhA production of 150,150 cars represented a growth of 3.5% over 2016, wherein the company produced close to 1.45 lakh units.
02 Jan, 2018, 03.17 PM IST
We want to continue to grow engineering presence in India: Jose Avila, Continental AGEven as push on hybrid and electric is on the rise, conventional power train run on petrol and diesel will continue to grow till 2027.
21 Feb, 2017, 10.55 AM IST
- Race-track rivalry moves to boardroom as VW brands battle for electric car jobs
VOLKSWAGEN-POWERSTRUGGLE:Race-track rivalry moves to boardroom as VW brands battle for electric car jobs
27 Nov, 2016, 05.19 PM IST
Volkswagen to raise output at Pune plant by 15% this yearVolkswagen will increase output at its Pune plant by 15% this year by adding a third shift as it readies itself to cater to enhanced demand...
29 Mar, 2016, 06.33 PM IST
- Malaysia's Proton launches 'zero-defect' campaign
Proton was established 25 years ago as Malaysia's national car maker as part of an ambitious national industrialisation plan, but it has lo...
27 Jun, 2008, 01.38 PM IST
- VW readies for the long drive ahead
Volkswagen brand head, Wolfgang Bernhard, believes job cuts and new models can make it the king of small cars.
26 Jul, 2006, 03.28 AM IST