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Mercedes-Benz warns 2025 profits will be ‘significantly’ lower

Mercedes-Benz's CEO warned that 2025 profits will be ‘significantly’ lower due to uncertainties facing the car industry and a 30% slump in earnings in 2024.
Mercedes plans to introduce 19 new combustion engine models and 17 battery-electric cars by the end of 2027, focusing on higher-margin vehicles after a decline in EV sales in 2024.
Mercedes aims to reduce production costs by 10% by 2027 and to double that by 2030 while reducing workforce size through retirements and voluntary redundancies, as stated by CFO Harald Wilhelm.
Automakers including General Motors and Ford have echoed concerns about the tariff situation, predicting significant impacts on industry profits and job losses.

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