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The German concern BMW AG has, for the first time, outpaced the American company Tesla in the sale of electric cars in the European Union.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'm not at all suprised at BMW being shady in that way but VW... well yes none of your links actually support lumping them into that category.

VW does happen to have a plant in Xinyang unconnected to human right abuses but seems to be mulling getting rid of it. Long story short the Chinese are going to actively avoid dragging VW into any shady stuff, VW's whole presence in China is already very unpopular with the shop floor council because China is even more hostile to unions than the US. If VW catches the CCP working against VW guaranteeing its own labour standards in China then they're just plainly going to leave, and with them all that technology transfer.

...and in case anyone is wondering yes the shop floor council absolutely does have the power to pull VW out of China.