Industry News
Porsche AG is beginning to show the strain that comes when even the most carefully cultivated symbols of status are exposed to the harsher logic of a shifting global economy. The aura of inevitability that...
By Anthony Henson
April 10, 2026
What you are looking at here is not simply a dispute over pick-up trucks. It is a classic example of how global corporations operate—through conflict between powerful economic blocs, each advancing the interests of its...
By Paul Whiston
April 8, 2026
Three Democratic senators—Tammy Baldwin, Elissa Slotkin, and Chuck Schumer—have urged former President Donald Trump to ban Chinese automakers from building vehicles in the U.S. and to prevent Chinese cars assembled in Mexico or Canada from entering the American market....
By DCB Editorial
April 7, 2026
Czech automaker Skoda, owned by Volkswagen, announced it will exit the Chinese market by mid-2026, after struggling to compete amid China’s fast-moving shift to electric vehicles. Once Skoda’s largest market, with over 300,000 deliveries between 2016 and 2018,...
By DCB Editorial
March 30, 2026
Europe’s largest automaker, the Volkswagen Group, is grappling with challenges from a slow transition to electric vehicles and growing competition from China. As part of plans to cut 50,000 jobs by 2030, VW will close its Osnabrueck plant,...
By DCB Editorial
March 30, 2026
Porsche SE announced increased investments in the defence and security sector following a 9% drop in adjusted 2025 earnings to €2.9 billion ($3.35 billion). The decline reflects billions in costs at its core holdings, Volkswagen AG and Porsche AG, from tariffs...
By DCB Editorial
March 27, 2026