1w ago

Volkswagen Halts Production at Two German Factories Due to Slow EV Demand

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Volkswagen Halts Production at Two German Factories Due to Slow EV Demand | Sweden Herald

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1w ago

Volkswagen Halts Production at Two German Factories Due to Slow EV Demand

swedenherald.com /article/volkswagen-halts-production-at-two-german-factories-due-to-slow-ev-demand

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There's overcapacity for cars in the world because the Chinese are fighting an internal price war due to overcapacity..., while at the same time no one has money to buy more expensive cars.
- There is also just lower demand for cars.
This is not limited to Volkswagen. China's BYD, the world's largest EV maker, slowed production at its China factories back in June, cancelled night shifts and production at some factories by at least a third of capacity, and suspended some plans to set up new production lines.
- BYD got stomped on by tariff. The only pattern is the fact that the oil barons are waging a war against electric vehicles and winning.
- People dont have money to spend on 20-50k€ toys when they can just use public transport or cycle to work. I assume the same is happening with the expensive fossil fuel cars.
  
  This is about EV demand slowing down.
  But if you can use public transport or cycle to work, you shouldn't drive a car anyway, EV nor combustion engine. We need less cars in our cities and more public transport imho.
Make small, affordable EVs. Range is a non-issue.
- How is range a non issue?
  
  The absolute majority of trips are short, combined with EV infrastructure getting better every day and still has lots of room to grow.
German electric car driver here.
VW has a bad reputation regarding EVs. Their butchered woke of their models so much, they went up in flames.
Other EVs seem to go better. BMW dominates the market for German EV I think
Just for context
- Volkswagen Group captures 8 of Germany’s 10 best-selling EVs in the first half of 2025
  Germany’s electric car sales rose 35% in the first half of 2025 with nearly 249,155 units sold, marking a new record.
  In the entire year of 2024, Volkswagen was also the largest electric car brand in Germany.
  
  I have seen a view ID. 7 on the streets, yew. But mostly:
  BMW i4, i5, Xi*
  Kia
  Mercedes
  At work two colleagues became an electricial Audi. Both of them got toed to the next shop within the first two weeks because something just broke.
- VW has been the best or second best selling EV on the Swedish market for a year or so.
  I have a VW ID.7 myself and find it awesome. Had a Tesla Model 3 before.
Great to hear. The ID7 may be the game changer for VW after all
- Depends on the price. 120? Lol no
  55? Aight
- I think you might have misunderstood the headline.

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