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What's next for Germany's troubled car giants?

Deutsche Welle · · 905 words · By Thomas Kohlmann
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“2025 was a record-breaking negative year for German car manufacturers.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — German(s) may refer to: Germany, the country of the Germans and German things Germania (Roman era) Germans, citizens of Germany, people with German ancestry and culture For citizenship in Germany, se…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — German (Deutsch, pronounced [dɔɪ̯tʃ] ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and official (or co-official) l…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Western and Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north with the Alps to the south. Its sixteen c…
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“Porsche was hit particularly hard and is shifting back to developing new combustion-engine vehicles.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, commonly known as Porsche, is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in luxury, high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Wür…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Porsche 911 model series (pronounced Nine Eleven or in German: Neunhundertelf, or colloquially Neunelfer) is a family of two-door, high performance rear-engine sports cars, introduced in September…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Porsche 911 GT3 is a high-performance homologation model of the Porsche 911 sports car. It is a range of high-performance models, which began with the 1973 911 Carrera RS. The GT3 has had a succes…
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“The roughly €3.9 billion cost of Porsche's pivot, combined with tariffs, almost entirely erased last year's profits.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, commonly known as Porsche, is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in luxury, high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Wür…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 May 2024, Vedant Agarwal, aged 17 years, killed two motorbike riders in an automobile collision in the Kalyani Nagar neighbourhood of Pune, Maharashtra, India. The deceased, Aneesh Awadhiya and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Pune_Porsche_car_crash
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship was the eleventh season of the FIA Formula E championship, a motor racing championship for electrically powered vehicles recognised by motorsport's gov…
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“Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz saw revenues stagnate in 2025, while profits dropped sharply.”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz saw revenues stagnate in 2025, while profits dropped sharply.
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“BMW fared significantly better in 2025 with a decline in net margin of only about 3%.”
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“German car companies earned nearly 44% less in 2025 than in 2024.”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — German car companies earned nearly 44% less in 2025 than in 2024.
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“BMW, Mercedes and the Volkswagen Group achieved €24.9 billion in earnings before interest and taxes in 2025, the lowest since 2020.”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — BMW, Mercedes and the Volkswagen Group achieved €24.9 billion in earnings before interest and taxes in 2025, the lowest since 2020.
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“In 2018, the three major German car manufacturers generated a combined net profit of just under €30 billion.”
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cross reference SUPPORTS — In 2018, the three major German car manufacturers generated a combined net profit of just under €30 billion.
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“In 2020, the three industry giants together made around €16.6 billion in net profit.”
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“In 2021, the three saw profits soar to over €40 billion.”
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“Volkswagen regained market leadership in China with a market share of 13.9% in the first two months of 2026.”
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“The shift was largely driven by declining government subsidies for electric vehicles.”
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“BMW benefited from not focusing exclusively on electric vehicles and completed much of its development spending for new models.”
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“Volkswagen plans to begin mass production of electric cars with solid-state batteries from 2028.”
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“BMW and Mercedes-Benz want to reach mass production of solid-state battery electric cars by 2030.”
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