https://it-news.uk/tags/germany/ Recent content in Germany on IT News Hugo en-us Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/volkswagen-china-models-germany-production/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/volkswagen-china-models-germany-production/ <p>Volkswagen&rsquo;s largest shareholder has a blunt proposal for keeping German factories open: build cars designed for the Chinese market on home soil.</p> <p>Lower Saxony governor Olaf Lies, whose state holds 20 percent of Volkswagen&rsquo;s voting rights, told Reuters last week that moving production of Chinese-market models to Germany would stabilize factory utilization and protect jobs. &ldquo;Instead of watching other companies build new factories outside Germany, I care more about stabilizing employment and capacity utilization rates at German plants,&rdquo; Lies said.</p>