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Diess said he was in talks with labour representatives on how the company’s Wolfsburg site, which the 63-year-old says lags in terms of efficiency and speed, could be transformed to better compete with new sector entrants such as Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA).
“But the primary focus is not on job reduction, it’s about remaining competitive in the new world, with new capabilities,” he said in the video seen by Reuters.