{"id":194354,"date":"2026-09-22T10:07:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=194354"},"modified":"2026-09-22T10:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:07:23","slug":"hot-autumn-for-german-car-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/en\/2026\/09\/22\/hot-autumn-for-german-car-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot autumn for German car industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Car industry workers protested across Germany on Monday, calling on management at major brands including Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz to secure jobs and provide a future outlook. Meanwhile, these important German manufacturers warn of factory closures or additional cost cuts.<\/p>\n

“Just like here at Volkswagen, workers in the automotive and supply industries are gathering all over the country today to show employers and politicians that they’ve had enough,” Christiane Benner, head of the powerful IG Metall union, said at a rally at Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg. “Things are going up in flames everywhere at the moment.”<\/p>\n

Media representatives were denied access to the site during the protest, as management ordered last week, according to the Volkswagen works council and IG Metall. The union, which represents a vast share of workers in Germany’s car industry, has called for protests at more than 200 locations on Monday, with more than 100,000 expected to attend.<\/p>\n

Under pressure<\/h4>\n

Germany’s carmakers have long been under pressure from increasing Chinese competition, while also struggling with high energy prices, US tariffs, and waning demand at home. Beyond Volkswagen, brands like Mercedes and BMW, as well as key suppliers, including Bosch, are also planning to reduce tens of thousands of jobs.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen plans to cut 100,000 jobs<\/a> over the next few years, while the future of four German plants<\/a> hangs entirely in the balance. Other brands like Mercedes and BMW are also planning far-reaching cuts.<\/p>\n

The trade union leader said that workers expect executives to take responsibility for Germany as an automotive nation, for employees and for jobs. Benner called on politicians to provide reliable conditions for investment, affordable energy and support to boost production in the EU.<\/p>\n

The IG Metall union said around 175,000 employees took part in rallies at 280 locations, including in key automotive hubs like Stuttgart, Wolfsburg, Ingolstadt and Munich.<\/p>\n

Comments from Mercedes…<\/h4>\n

Mercedes-Benz has tightened its cost-cutting measures and announced a “productivity drive for Germany”.
\nIn doing so, the Stuttgart-based car manufacturer also sparked a public debate on labor costs. In a letter to employees in Germany, the executive board proposed that staff work more for the same pay.<\/p>\n

The chief production officer, Michael Schiebe, warned on Monday that two of the company’s plants in Germany will have to be shut down if costs are not reduced. He made the comments at a staff meeting in Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, a company spokesman confirmed.<\/p>\n

“It is our clear aim to retain all our German sites,” Schiebe said, according to the spokesman. “To achieve this, we must agree on measures acceptable to all in order to reduce costs in Germany. If we do not succeed in this, we will have to close one German body shop and one German powertrain plant.”<\/p>\n

Body shops are plants where cars are assembled. In Germany, Mercedes-Benz has these plants in Sindelfingen, Rastatt, and Bremen. Powertrain plants manufacture the driving components for the cars. These are located in Untert\u00fcrkheim, Affalterbach, Berlin, Hamburg, Kamenz, K\u00f6lleda, and Arnstadt.<\/p>\n

…and Volkswagen<\/h4>\n

German carmaker Volkswagen intends to step up the pace of its core brand’s ongoing cost-cutting program, brand chief Thomas Sch\u00e4fer said at a staff meeting in Wolfsburg on Monday.<\/p>\n

“We have absolutely no time to lose and will therefore significantly ramp up our performance program once again,” Sch\u00e4fer said, as employees in the German car industry held protests nationwide to call on management to secure jobs.<\/p>\n

At the core VW brand, an agreement was reached at the end of 2024 to reduce overcapacity at German sites, lower labor costs and bring development costs down to a competitive level.<\/p>\n

Sch\u00e4fer said around 16,300 redundancies have been finalized in Germany, with a total of just under 28,800 agreed upon by 2030, close to the 35,000 target. He called the developments “good progress”, but warned that the measures are insufficient.<\/p>\n

Not a minor storm<\/h4>\n

Daniela Cavallo, the chair of the Volkswagen works council, also expects the cost-cutting efforts to become even more severe. “At the workplace level, the company’s cost-cutting frenzy will hit us from all sides in the coming weeks. Even more so than is already the case, I fear,” said Cavallo, according to reports from participants at the works council meeting.<\/p>\n

A storm is gathering, she said. “And it won’t be a minor one.” She questioned whether the group’s planned large-scale job cuts can be implemented in a socially responsible manner. She said this would not be achieved through partial retirement schemes and voluntary redundancy agreements alone, warning against redundancies.<\/p>\n

An employment protection scheme at VW is reportedly valid until the end of 2030. It is said to be non-terminable. Cavallo conceded that things could not continue as they are, admitting that most of the company’s profitability is gone as Europe’s automotive industry undergoes massive restructuring.<\/p>\n

“Manufacturers with a long history will fall by the wayside. Others will have to merge. And yet others will have to form alliances they would never have considered in the past,” she said. The question is not whether new burdens will fall on employees, but simply how to distribute them fairly and prevent the situation from becoming unfairly disadvantageous to the workforce.<\/p>\n

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