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Volkswagen posts $6.5 billion quarterly loss as China slump, Porsche writedown weigh on bottom line

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Volkswagen has posted a $6.5 billion after-tax loss for the July-September quarter. The company faces challenges like weak demand in China, U.S. tariffs, and lower profits from electric vehicles. The results, announced Thursday, highlight the need for cost-cutting measures, which could lead to the l…

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  1. Digital Journal

    VW says ‘no time to lose’ to slash costs after 5.8 billion euro loss (opens Digital Journal)

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    Volkswagen reported the 5.8-billion-euro loss for the three months to end-September, deeper than the 1.1-billion-euro loss it reported for the same period last year.

  2. Bloomberg

    VW Swings to Loss After Writedown, China Market Slump (opens Bloomberg)

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    Volkswagen AG swung to a loss after absorbing another round of writedowns as the carmaker struggles with a rapidly worsening operating environment, particularly in China.

  3. Independent Journal Review

    Volkswagen Posts €5.8 Billion Loss After Special Charges (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Volkswagen reported a €5.82 billion third-quarter net loss as a €7.8 billion package of one-off charges, including a major Porsche goodwill write-down, compounded weak Chinese demand, intensifying competition, tariffs and pressure on electric-vehicle margins.

  4. WHEC Rochester

    Volkswagen posts $6.5 billion quarterly loss as China slump, Porsche writedown weigh on bottom line (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    Volkswagen has posted a $6.5 billion after-tax loss for the July-September quarter. The company faces challenges like weak demand in China, U.S. tariffs, and lower profits from electric vehicles. The results, announced Thursday, highlight the need for cost-cutting measures, which could lead to the l…

  5. Deutsche Welle

    Germany news: Volkwagen posts 3rd quarter losses of nearly €6 billion amid competition from China (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Germany's largest car maker reported third quarter losses of €5.8 billion as its major financial struggles continue. And Chancellor Friedrich Merz concludes his tour of Asia with a visit to South Korea. DW has more.

  6. Deutsche Welle

    Germany news: Volkswagen posts 3rd quarter losses of nearly €6 billion amid competition from China (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Germany's largest car maker reported third quarter losses of €5.8 billion as its major financial struggles continue. And Chancellor Friedrich Merz concludes his tour of Asia with a visit to South Korea. DW has more.

  7. Deutsche Welle

    Volkswagen logs Q3 operating loss of €5.86 billion on Porsche writedown (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    The Volkswagen Group has filed its worst quarterly performance since the height of the "Dieselgate" scandal in 2015. Share prices climbed in response, however, perhaps because the bad news was so well signposted.

  8. Fortune

    Volkswagen posts $6.8 billion quarterly loss as slumping China demand, Trump tariffs, and Porsche write-down weigh on earnings (opens Fortune)

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    CFO Arno Antlitz said the carmaker's results so far this year mean that "we cannot afford to lose any time and must act quickly and decisively."

  9. Quartz

    Volkswagen posted $6.5 billion quarterly loss, most since 2015, as China slump deepens (opens Quartz)

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    Deliveries in China fell more than 30% in the first nine months as the automaker pursues a restructuring that could cut up to 100,000 jobs

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