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In addition to all that, don’t underestimate poorly thought-out policies trying to ban ICE vehicles by 20XX, forcing manufacturers to spend billions on EV R&D while increasing dependency on Chinese suppliers… Good job, Euro bureaucrats, a great way to kill one of the few industries you have left.


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And a large drop in sales in the Chinese market. Also energy costs have hit them in Germany. It's a perfect storm of bad including their Audi and Porsche brands.
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Would have been interested had they proposed an ICE. Looks nice. Otherwise nah.
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Yep, in addition to all that, don’t underestimate poorly thought-out policies trying to ban ICE vehicles by 20XX, forcing manufacturers to spend billions on EV R&D while increasing dependency on Chinese suppliers… Good job, Euro bureaucrats, a great way to kill one of the few industries you have left.
It's a rough time to be VW.
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Big companies don't typically tighten their belts that way. If the shit hits the fan, thus just full stop things in an emergency move.

That said, I think a lot of what the issues at VW pertain to are high European labor costs, and a home market being flooded with Chinese product sold below cost to drive competition out of business.
Agree. That was my point. The idea here is Scout Motors is an independent startup owned by VW. Being a startup, it has no legacy costs, and it will standalone in the US market as a US subsidiary of VW AG. It just needs investment dollars from VW. The plant is $2B and the engineering and management labor another $1B so far (guessing). Not much for VW.
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Agree. That was my point. The idea here is Scout Motors is an independent startup owned by VW. Being a startup, it has no legacy costs, and it will standalone in the US market as a US subsidiary of VW AG. It just needs investment dollars from VW. The plant is $2B and the engineering and management labor another $1B so far (guessing). Not much for VW.
VW has $215 billion dollars of debt to finance while their sales are shrinking.

https://companiesmarketcap.com/volkswagen/total-debt/
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VW has $215 billion dollars of debt to finance while their sales are shrinking.

https://companiesmarketcap.com/volkswagen/total-debt/
Why not spend a few billion to expand a new market share in the US.
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Why not spend a few billion to expand a new market share in the US.
For reference, per that same site their market cap is only $50B. That means VW owes credits 5x more than they're worth.

One could argue that they're dramatically undervalued, but that's the numbers.
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For reference, per that same site their market cap is only $50B. That means VW owes credits 5x more than they're worth.

One could argue that they're dramatically undervalued, but that's the numbers.
Last number I saw yesterday VW 2023 revenue was $349B, up over $50B from 2022.
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