Building a single car at Volkswagen’s German plants costs 6,490 euros, versus 2,832 euros at its other European plants. This gap is what management is asking the Supervisory Board to endorse on Friday by ending production at four plants. But the board does not operate by simple majority: closing a production site requires 14 votes out of 20, while worker representatives and Lower Saxony hold 12. This report reads the vote as a seat count rather than a plan, and positions the company against peers using our figures and EL7 score.
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