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Volkswagen is under pressure to cut costs and has announced a savings program that will now have a concrete impact on four plants.
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Huge savings program These four VW locations now have to worry about their future
The VW savings program is coming. And things are now getting very tight for four plants. Which cars have been built there so far and how many jobs are at stake. The overview.
By Timo Schober
September 4, 2026, 3:33 p.m
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Volkswagen will make concrete decisions about the future of the four plants in the coming weeks.
Likely · Within weeks

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The Dax was trading almost unchanged at 25,998 points on Monday afternoon. Due to Labor Day in the USA, the stock exchanges there will remain closed, which means that no major movements are expected on the Dax. After three days of losses at the beginning of the week, the index stabilized and held the 26,000 point mark for two days. Investors are watching oil prices with concern in view of new attacks in the Middle East.

At the traditional industry meeting in Monaco, reinsurers such as Munich Re, Swiss Re and Hannover Re warned of increasing natural catastrophes due to climate change, while prices for reinsurance protection have been falling since 2025. Primary insurers expect further price declines, and the shares of primary insurers are performing better than those of reinsurers.

Ifo President Clemens Fuest warns that the strength of populist parties such as AfD, Left and BSW in eastern German states could lead to falling business investment. He criticizes the state financial equalization, which shifts the costs of bad politics onto the community, and at the same time emphasizes the democratic right of voters to decide on economic decline.

Verbio is the only listed company from Saxony-Anhalt with a market value of two billion euros. Despite the AfD's election success, the share showed little reaction because the stock exchange classified state politics as having little economic value and instead paid attention to federal political developments. The country's lack of capital markets is cited as a structural problem.

Volkswagen, the state of Lower Saxony and the Israeli investor Aurelius Capital have agreed on key points for the sale of the Osnabrück plant. After T-Roc convertible production ends in 2027, the site will be developed into a competence center for security and defense solutions, with Rafael air defense systems initially being produced. 1,400 of 1,800 jobs are to be secured.