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Drawing on the company’s Strategy 2030, the Volkswagen Group is preparing to face global changes in mobility and is pressing forward with its transformation into a software-oriented company.
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Management change at Volkswagen Group of America
The Volkswagen Group appoints Kjell Gruner as CEO of Volkswagen Group of America effective December 12. Gruner succeeds Pablo Di Si, who has stepped down from his position last week on his own request. Until Kjell Gruner takes office, Gerrit Spengler, CHRO of Volkswagen Group of America, will perform the function of interim CEO.
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Faster, Leaner, More Efficient: Rivian and Volkswagen Group Announce the Launch of their Joint Venture
Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) and Volkswagen Group (XETRA: VOW / VOW3) entered into a transaction agreement to create their new joint venture (JV) – “Rivian and VW Group Technology, LLC”, known as Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies - with a total deal size of up to $5.8 billion, which is expected to start on November 13. Through this JV, the companies plan to bring next-generation electrical architecture and best-in-class software technology for both companies’ future electric vehicles, covering all relevant vehicle segments, including subcompact cars. It is highly complementary reflecting Rivian’s industry-leading software and electrical hardware technology as well as Volkswagen Group’s significant global scale and industry-leading vehicle platform competencies.
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Collective bargaining: Volkswagen looks to employees to help safeguard its future
The collective bargaining committees of Volkswagen AG and the Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt branches of IG Metall today continued discussions in the 2024 collective bargaining round in Wolfsburg. Ahead of the negotiations, IG Metall had additionally demanded that the company reinstate the collective agreements terminated by Volkswagen AG effective December 31, 2024, without any modification of content. Due to the economic crisis in the automotive industry, Volkswagen is unable to meet this demand. Nor is it able to meet the union’s demand for a 7 percent pay rise. Rather, the company believes that reducing pay by 10 percent would give Volkswagen AG the means to make future investments so as to remain competitive and hence safeguard jobs.
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Volkswagen Group’s nine-month results impacted by higher fixed costs and restructuring provisions
The Volkswagen Group expects deliveries to customers to be around 9 million vehicles (2023: 9.24 million vehicles). The company expects Group sales revenue to be around 320 billion euros (2023: 322.3 billion euros).
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Volkswagen Group Interim Report January – September 2024
On October 30, 2024 the Volkswagen Group published the results for the third quarter 2024.
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Green steel for sustainable mobility: Thyssenkrupp Steel and Volkswagen Group’s new collaboration
At the International Suppliers Fair (IZB) in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen Group and Thyssenkrupp Steel signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the planned supply to Volkswagen Group of low-carbon steel from Thyssenkrupp Steel’s future direct reduction plant. This agreement underscores the two companies’ joint commitment to sustainability and climate protection, marking a further milestone in their long-standing partnership.
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Volkswagen Group delivers 6.5 million vehicles by September
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Start of collective bargaining round: Volkswagen rejects IG Metall demands and calls for cost reductions
The collective bargaining committees of Volkswagen AG and the Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt branches of IG Metall today started discussions in the 2024 collective bargaining round in Hanover. The parties to the collective bargaining agreement had agreed previously to bring forward the start of the collective bargaining round originally planned for the end of October by one month.
Due to the current economic challenges, Volkswagen AG felt compelled to add matters other than the IG Metall pay demand to the negotiations in the collective bargaining round and, for the first time, to terminate collective agreements effective December 31, 2024. These include the safeguards for production sites and jobs, the hiring of trainees and dual students, the application of the Tarif Plus bracket and all collective agreements on the deployment of temporary workers.
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Management change in the finance department of the Core brand group
With effect from October 1, 2024, there will be a change on the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand and on the Board of Management of SEAT S.A. Patrik A. Mayer will take over from David Powels as Executive Vice-President for Finance and IT at SEAT S.A., while David Powels will take over the responsibilities of Patrik A. Mayer.
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A change in the Audi Board of Management: Marco Schubert takes over Sales and Marketing from Hildegard Wortmann
Marco Schubert is returning to Audi after three years and becoming the new Member of the Board of Management for Sales and Marketing. The Supervisory Board of Audi made this decision on August 30, 2024. Schubert succeeds Hildegard Wortmann, who is leaving the Audi Board of Management on August 31, after five years at her own wish and by harmonious mutual agreement. At the same time, Wortmann will leave her role in the Extended Executive Committee of Volkswagen Group.
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Volkswagen Group with solid performance in a demanding environment for the first half of 2024
Outlook for 2024 Confirmed. The Volkswagen Group expects the sales revenue to exceed the previous year’s figure by up to 5% in 2024. The operating return on sales for the Volkswagen Group and the Passenger Cars Business Area is likely to be between 6.5% and 7%.
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Volkswagen Group deliveries in the first half of the year at previous year's level