Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess, pictured speaking astatine an lawsuit successful Spain successful March this year, rejected claims of planned occupation cuts connected November 10, 2021.
Volkswagen's CEO has firmly rejected claims of planned occupation cuts astatine its flagship plant, with the car elephantine alternatively unveiling plans for a caller electrical car mill to rival Tesla.
There was "no program to adjacent 30,000 posts" successful Wolfsburg and "every tract has a future", main enforcement Herbert Diess said successful an video shared internally with Volkswagen employees connected Tuesday and seen by AFP connected Wednesday.
"Nobody should beryllium scared," Diess said successful effect to the uproar created since the helium alluded to a script successful which thousands of jobs could beryllium mislaid astatine a gathering of the radical supervisory committee successful September.
The fierce backlash acceptable disconnected interior discussions astir Diess's position, portion the chairwoman of the Volkswagen works council, which represents workers connected the store floor, publically criticised Diess for his nonaccomplishment to enactment the Wolfsburg plant.
The relation of the Wolfsburg tract successful the group's displacement towards electric vehicles has go the taxable of aggravated debate, arsenic the German carmaker faces caller contention from Tesla, whose soon-to-open works adjacent Berlin promises "impressive productivity", according to Diess.
The rival US carmaker plans to physique a azygous portion wrong 10 hours, portion astatine Volkswagen's apical electrical mill successful Zwickau the aforesaid enactment requires "more than 30 hours", Diess told employees astatine a gathering past week.
Matching these productivity figures requires a "revolution" astatine Wolfsburg, Diess said, coming nether the guise of the "Trinity" project, a caller electrical car to beryllium built astatine Wolfsburg from 2026.
Volkswagen is presently "evaluating" the anticipation of gathering a wholly caller installation adjacent to Wolfsburg to location the project, VW marque manager Ralf Brandstaetter said successful a LinkedIn station Wednesday.
The supervisory committee has yet to o.k. the plan, but "the institution and the works assembly hold that the proposition tin make a semipermanent aboriginal for Wolfsburg", Volkswagen said successful a statement.
Works assembly chairwoman Daniela Cavallo adopted a much conciliatory code successful an interrogation with German connected property connected Tuesday, praising "courageous" plans to "secure employment".
The works assembly continues to request the accumulation of different electrical car astatine the Wolfsburg works earlier Trinity successful 2026, a taxable which ought to beryllium debated up of a gathering of the supervisory board, planned for December 9.
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