VW warns of output cuts amid tensions over EV shift

VW Golf output in Wolfsburg — Volkswagen Golf output is pictured in Wolfsburg, Germany. (Kai-Uwe Knoth)

February 16, 2022 01:08 PM

BERLIN -- Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess warned of more output cuts because of the chip crisis at its main factory in Wolfsburg amid rising tensions over how to make the plant fit for the electric age.

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