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VW stops production in Hanover: demand for e-Bulli falls dramatically!
Volkswagen stops production in Hanover for a week due to low demand for commercial vehicles. Autumn holidays as a period.
VW stops production in Hanover: demand for e-Bulli falls dramatically!
The news from the Volkswagen factory in Hanover is currently making the rounds. How NDR reported, the production of light commercial vehicles in Lower Saxony will be suspended for five days during the upcoming autumn holidays. This measure is primarily due to the stagnating demand in the European market.
A company spokesman for Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles confirmed that the interrupted production particularly affects the E-Bulli ID.Buzz and the Multivan. The light commercial vehicle market is declining, while the electric model market is growing more slowly than originally expected. The closing days during the fall holidays, which are scheduled for October 13th to 25th, 2025, will be offset against the employees' overtime accounts. Although this gives employees a certain degree of flexibility, it also leads to uncertainty.
The path to efficiency
Volkswagen plans to intensify its sales activities to strengthen market performance. The decline in demand has also led to the decision to issue severance payments and offers of partial retirement for employees. In the long term, a total of 35,000 jobs are to be cut by 2030.
In the first half of 2025, VW delivered around 224,000 vehicles worldwide, down from 231,000 in the same period last year. Despite the difficulties, the all-electric ID.Buzz can record positive developments. Compared to the first half of 2024, sales increased by almost 70 percent. Nevertheless, the group is under pressure: although sales rose from 8.1 billion euros to 8.7 billion euros, the operating result fell significantly from 635 million euros to just 207 million euros. The reasons for this include US tariffs and weak sales figures at Audi and Porsche.
A mixed picture for the future
The Bavarian switch to electric vehicles is showing success, but the group is not yet past full growth. The numerous recalls, such as the ID.Buzz due to problems with the back seat, are also putting a strain on the brand.
And despite the apparently promising figures, the question remains how Volkswagen will respond to the challenges of the current market situation. In order to keep pace with the competition, it will be crucial to optimize the planning and production of electric models.
The coming weeks will certainly open one or two exciting chapters for VW in Hanover - it remains to be seen how the situation will develop further.