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VW apparently stops delivery of electric minibuses to the USA
The trade dispute with the USA also hits the car industry hard. According to a media report, VW is now taking consequences.
According to a media report, the carmaker Volkswagen has stopped the delivery of its electrical tapes ID.Buzz to the USA for the time being. In addition to a callback, the background is also the government’s punitive tariffs of the government of US President Donald Trump, the “Handelsblatt” reported on Wednesday evening in advance, citing group circles.
A spokesman for the Volkswagen commercial vehicles have confirmed that the ID.Buzz is currently not being delivered to the United States, according to the newspaper. As a reason, a recall because of a back seat of the US model from the author’s perspective was mentioned.
VW apparently reacts to Trump’s tariffs
However, two people familiar with the process have pointed out the US government’s punitive tariffs under Trump, according to the Handelsblatt. Since then, 27.5 percent import taxes have been raised to new cars built in Europe – before that it was 2.5 percent.
According to the information, Volkswagen produces the ID.Buzz for the world market only in his work in Hanover-Stöcken. The model is one of the central products of the electrical transformation of the commercial vehicle division.
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