Audi Cuts Shifts While Xpeng Pulls Onto the Fast Lane

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Audi recently released its half-year results and simultaneously revised its annual forecast downwards. The manufacturer has also eliminated the night shift at its German plant in Neckarsulm. The brand, which belongs to the Volkswagen Group, currently produces the Audi A5, A6, A8, and the electric Audi e-tron GT there. Cost pressures on the factory are enormous as part of the current restructuring measures at the parent company, announced by CEO …

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Slowly it becomes clear how the dramatic crisis at Volkswagen has a concrete effect on the individual subsidiaries and locations: Drastic shrinkage is expected. Audi has too high overcapacity, too few cars are sold.The article Audi shortens production and cuts shifts first appeared on Tichy's insight.

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Audi is driving down the plant in Neckarsulm, where the night shift is cancelled and the future remains completely open. Meanwhile, clear announcements are coming from Chinese brands like Xpeng, which now want to start right in Europe and have set clear targets. In the end, however, the question is to what extent the domestic brands can still take market shares and how firmly the goals of Xpeng are set. However, if the brand is adopted by the wo…