Back to Story
FILE - Smoke rises from a chimney of the Volkswagen car factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

FILE - Smoke rises from a chimney of the Volkswagen car factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Oliver Blume, left, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG and Porsche AG, and Thomas Sch'fer, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen brand, take part in a work meeting in a hall at the VW plant in Wolfsburg, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Volkswagen has announced that it will tighten its austerity measures due to the tense situation of the core brand. Redundancies and plant closures can no longer be ruled out. (Moritz Frankenberg/pool photo via AP)

Oliver Blume, left, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG and Porsche AG, and Thomas Sch'fer, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen brand, take part in a work meeting in a hall at the VW plant in Wolfsburg, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Volkswagen has announced that it will tighten its austerity measures due to the tense situation of the core brand. Redundancies and plant closures can no longer be ruled out. (Moritz Frankenberg/pool photo via AP)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, file photo a logo of the car manufacturer Volkswagen is pictured on top of a company building in Wolfsburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, file photo a logo of the car manufacturer Volkswagen is pictured on top of a company building in Wolfsburg, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)

Employees protest before the start of a works meeting in a hall at the VW plant in Wolfsburg, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Volkswagen has announced that it will tighten its austerity measures due to the tense situation of the core brand. Redundancies and plant closures can no longer be ruled out. (Moritz Frankenberg/pool photo via AP)

Employees protest before the start of a works meeting in a hall at the VW plant in Wolfsburg, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. Volkswagen has announced that it will tighten its austerity measures due to the tense situation of the core brand. Redundancies and plant closures can no longer be ruled out. (Moritz Frankenberg/pool photo via AP)