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Blumes Vw Plan: Fewer Cars, 50,000 Jobs Away and More Armor

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VW CEO Oliver Blume wants to reduce costs by 30 percent by 2030, reduce 50,000 jobs and turn the Osnabrück plant into an armaments forge. The truth behind the transformation plan.

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The Volkswagen Group apparently wants to produce for the defense industry. So far, there have been only conjectures about what that could mean exactly. Now, the CEO Blume has announced details for the first time.

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Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume is considering producing for the defense industry at the VW plant in Osnabrück. Tanks are not to be built there.

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Center

What will happen to the VW plant in Osnabrück? VW-Boss Oliver Blume has taken a clear position, what is possible – and also what is not.

Center

VW CEO Oliver Blume wants to reduce costs by 30 percent by 2030, reduce 50,000 jobs and turn the Osnabrück plant into an armaments forge. The truth behind the transformation plan.

The Supervisory Board meeting at the start of the week ends with a shock. The Management Board declares the old business model dead! 50,000 jobs in Germany fall away at VW, Audi, Porsche. (Continue reading)

Volkswagen has agreed internally that in its current constitution nothing is sustainable and therefore the business model has to be reconsidered. The previous business model to develop vehicles especially in Germany and then to export or to produce them adapted abroad is not a viable model in the future. Therefore, the foreign business has to be massively localized, just as it has already begun in China. Deutsche Werke are not sure Furthermore, …

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echo24.cz broke the news on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
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