Here’s our first look at Volkswagen’s cheapest EV, with prices starting at about $20,000

[volumetricshitcompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Give me the Benz as reissue EV, just do it you cowards!

Baby got back

[knightonthesun@lemmy.world]

Because they felt the EV Canyonero…er, Hummer would be more profitable.

[sabrew4k3@lazysoci.al]

Why do people continue to pedal this bigoted propaganda?

Is the minimum wage lower in China compared to the UK? Yes, across the board. But let's compare Guangzhou to Solihull. Minimum wage lower? Yes. Cost of living lower? Yes. Are you able to afford to live in an apartment and buy groceries based on what you make building cars? Yes.

[eyekaytee@aussie.zone]

Why do people continue to pedal this bigoted propaganda?

I don't know why people would do that:

VW was considering closing up to three factories in Germany and had been calling on its workforce to accept a 10% pay cut.

At the time, the union was calling for a 7% increase.

The two sides have, however, agreed to cut more than 35,000 jobs across the country in a "socially responsible manner" by 2030, in order to save some €15bn (£12.4bn).

This was considered a win:

While the deal will also see a reduction in production capacity across its plants, it was celebrated by union leaders.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cje9kv3q94po

That's odd!

The French carmaker is turning to one of the few markets where battery-powered cars are selling well to access new technology and learn how to make EVs faster. The company has hired some 200 people in Shanghai

Expanding in China is a sensitive subject in France, where some unions are pushing back against management efforts to raise efficiencies via measures including limiting remote work to 2.5 days per week. Renault’s decision to develop much of its new Twingo in China has been criticised internally, and the manufacturer also employs about 3,000 engineers in India.

https://www.scmp.com/business/china-evs/article/3288628/renault-goes-china-hiring-spree-bolster-ev-push-home

Volkswagen Passenger Cars CEO Thomas Schafer told Euronews the car maker’s operations "cannot continue as before".

“We have to get to the root of the problems: we are not productive enough at our German sites and our factory costs are currently 25 to 50 per cent above target.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/volkswagen-considering-closure-of-three-plants-in-germany/

I have no idea why people think labour costs are too high in western markets resulting in higher priced EV's

[vxx@lemmy.world]

Looks like it has physical buttons.

[jimny_crkt@slrpnk.net]

They are working on a new bolt!

[donuts@lemmy.world]

You'd still have to pay for customs, insurance and a license plate, at least in my country. Customs is 10% of the car's worth plus transport cost, so it would still be cheaper but not by much anymore

[thewilliamist@lemmy.world]

Nope, because every damn VW dealership will mark it up to stupid levels. If they can’t make money suckering you in for maintenance, they are going to take it off the top. Hell, right now there suing because VAG is trying a different approach for Scout sales.

[fluxx1@lemm.ee]

2026? Are they mad? Renault and stellantis already have cheaper models, not to mention Koreans and Chinese. Very late to the party for VW.

[ericjmorey@lemmy.world]

I hope it's not going to be $40K+

[shepherdpie@midwest.social]

2026 is only 10 months away. I think they'll be okay.

[shepherdpie@midwest.social]

or you could just (god forbid) build them here in the US.

Even cars built in the US from US car companies have to have parts imported from Canada and Mexico (sometimes shipping back and forth multiple times). These tariffs will raise the price of every car.

[shepherdpie@midwest.social]

Who's going to volunteer for the slave labor and heavy subsidies it takes to reach that price though?

[fluxx1@lemm.ee]

Whoa, where did January go this fast? But in all honesty, best guess would be 16 months, not 10.