(FILES) Employees of German car maker Volkswagen (VW) demonstrate in front of the VW plant in Zwickau, eastern Germany, on December 2, 2024, as thousands of Volkswagen workers go on strike all over Germany in an escalating industrial dispute at the crisis-hit German auto giant with thousands of jobs at stake. Europe's largest carmaker Volkswagen is considering cutting tens of thousands more jobs worldwide and shuttering up to four plants in Germany, Manager Magazin reported on June 2026. Volkswagen is already planning to cut 50,000 jobs across its brands in Germany by 2030 as it is struggling with high costs, US tariffs and fierce Chinese competition in electric vehicles. Volkswagen would also close plants at Hanover, Zwickau and Emden after production runs of models currently made there end. (Photo by JENS SCHLUETER / AFP via Getty Images)