VW CEO Shockingly Admits They're Cooked "Business Model Not Working", 100,000 Layoffs Needed
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说话者讽刺地回应了最近的新闻，指出尽管有人声称大众汽车“一切都好”，但该公司正面临严峻挑战，其中最突出的是**可能裁员多达10万名员工**。据报道，大众汽车首席执行官奥利弗·布鲁姆承认，该公司的**商业模式“不再奏效了”**。
说话者列举了大众汽车处境岌岌可危的几个原因：
1. **大众汽车在中国市场的衰落：**
* 大众汽车最大的市场——中国，对该公司而言正在萎缩，**中国本土制造商正在抢占市场份额**。
* 中国汽车市场是**全球领先且最成熟的电动汽车市场**，预示着全球趋势。
* 大众汽车未能适应，没有生产“引人注目且价格实惠的电动汽车”，而中国公司则能以**大约1万至1.5万美元**的价格提供电动汽车。
* **特斯拉的Model Y**被引作反例，它尽管价格不菲，却经常是中国各种车型中的畅销产品，这证明外国公司只要拥有有竞争力的电动汽车产品，就能取得成功。
2. **欧洲市场与监管负担：**
* 欧洲消费者“处于劣势”，大众汽车面临“诸多监管负担”。
3. **大众汽车的内部结构问题：**
* 该公司的**所有权结构被描述为“一团糟”**，原因在于多方利益相关者。
* **保时捷（一个子品牌）**在投票权方面是主要的控股股东。
* 关键是，**德国政府在大众汽车中拥有大量股份和投票权**，这在一个本身就官僚主义盛行的国家和大陆，进一步加剧了极端的官僚作风。
* **劳工代表**的影响力使得裁员和大规模重组变得极其困难和昂贵（例如，“100亿美元的遣散费”）。
4. **欧洲的中国竞争与欧盟政策：**
* **中国汽车制造商正在迅速抢占更多欧洲市场份额**，首次达到**10%以上**的创纪录市场份额。
* 这一激增“尤其由混合动力汽车引领”，说话者声称这是由于**欧盟在2024年对*纯电动汽车*征收关税**，促使中国制造商转向提供混合动力车型以规避这些关税。他称欧盟的这一决定“愚蠢”且“适得其反”。
* 欧盟正在讨论潜在的反制措施，例如**对混合动力和插电式汽车征收关税**，以及根据“工业加速法案”实施“欧洲制造”政策，这可能要求制造商在本地生产更多汽车。
* 值得注意的是，**Stellantis**已与**零跑汽车**达成协议，将在西班牙使用中国技术生产欧宝汽车。
说话者随后大量引用了他自己自2020年11月以来的视频预测，坚称他一直预见到大众汽车（以及其他传统汽车制造商）的衰落、破产以及由于官僚作风、缺乏紧迫感和未能拥抱电动汽车而导致的巨额裁员的必要性。他强调了他的预测与大众汽车采取行动之间的“滞后因素”，总结道：**大众汽车和其他大型传统汽车公司已经“大势已去”，身受“致命创伤”，并且在本十年内将无法生存**，因为多年前本应采取的行动至今仍未实施。
The speaker sarcastically reacts to recent news, stating that despite claims of Volkswagen being "totally fine," the company is facing significant challenges, highlighted by **potential job cuts of up to 100,000 employees**. VW CEO Oliver Blume has reportedly admitted that the company's **business model "wasn't working anymore."**
The speaker outlines several reasons for VW's precarious situation:
1. **China Market Decline for VW:**
* VW's largest market, China, is in decline for the company, with **local Chinese manufacturers taking over market share**.
* The Chinese automotive market is the **world's leading and most mature EV market**, indicating a global trend.
* VW failed to adapt by not producing "compelling, affordable electric vehicles," unlike Chinese companies offering EVs for **around $10,000-$15,000 USD**.
* **Tesla's Model Y** is cited as a counter-example, frequently being a top-selling vehicle of any kind in China, despite its high price, proving a foreign company can succeed with a compelling EV product.
2. **European Market & Regulatory Burdens:**
* European consumers are "on the back foot," and VW faces "a lot of regulatory burdens."
3. **VW's Internal Structural Issues:**
* The company's **ownership structure is described as "an absolute mess"** due to multiple stakeholders.
* **Porsche (a sub-brand)** is the dominant controlling shareholder in terms of voting rights.
* Crucially, the **German state (government) owns a massive stake and has voting rights** in Volkswagen, contributing to extreme bureaucracy in an already bureaucratic country and continent.
* The influence of **labor representatives** makes job cuts and significant restructuring exceedingly difficult and expensive (e.g., "10 billion dollars redundancy payment").
4. **Chinese Competition in Europe & EU Policy:**
* **Chinese car makers are rapidly capturing more of the European market**, reaching a **record market share above 10%** for the first time.
* This surge is "especially led by hybrid cars," which the speaker claims is due to the **EU imposing tariffs on *fully electric* cars in 2024**, prompting Chinese manufacturers to shift to hybrid offerings to circumvent these tariffs. He calls this EU decision "retarded" and "counterproductive."
* The EU is discussing potential countermeasures like **tariffs on hybrid and plug-in vehicles** and "Made in Europe" policies under the "Industrial Accelerator Act," which could require manufacturers to produce more vehicles locally.
* **Stellantis** is noted to have a deal with **Leapmotor** to manufacture Opel vehicles using Chinese technology in Spain.
The speaker then extensively quotes his own predictions from videos dating back to November 2020, asserting he consistently foresaw Volkswagen's (and other legacy automakers') downfall, bankruptcy, and the necessity of massive job cuts due to bureaucracy, lack of urgency, and failure to embrace EVs. He highlights the "lag factor" between his predictions and VW taking action, concluding that **Volkswagen and other large legacy auto companies are "cooked," have "fatal wounds," and will not survive the decade**, as the actions needed years ago have not been taken.
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