German car production drops to 23-year low on weak exports

VW has just begun output of its first mass-market EV, the ID3, in Zwickau, Germany. (Matthias Rietschel/REUTERS)

By:

Stefan Nicola

By:

Reuters

January 07, 2020 02:28 PM

BERLIN -- German car production fell to its lowest level in almost a quarter of a century as Europe's biggest economy suffers from the fallout of a global trade war.

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