VW German cost-cutting drive has sunk factory costs by 13%, brand CEO tells FT
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 13, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on May 13, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Volkswagen's German cost-cutting program has reduced factory costs by 13%, as reported by CEO Thomas Schaefer at the FT Future of the Car Summit.
BERLIN (Reuters) -Volkswagen's cost-cutting programme in Germany, signed off with unions last December, has so far led to an average cut in factory costs of 13%, brand CEO Thomas Schaefer told the Financial Times at a conference on Tuesday.
Managers and works council representatives recently reported progress towards cost-cutting targets at the carmaker's first quarterly review since the agreement was signed, Schaefer said, speaking at the FT Future of the Car Summit in London.
(Reporting by Victoria Waldersee, editing by Emma-Victoria Farr)
The article discusses Volkswagen's cost-cutting program in Germany, which has reduced factory costs by 13%.
Thomas Schaefer is the CEO of the Volkswagen brand, who discussed the cost-cutting progress at a conference.
Progress was reported at the FT Future of the Car Summit in London.
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