Car – Heilbronn:Audi Head of Human Resources: Job cuts largely accomplished
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Directly from the dpa news channel
Heilbronn (dpa) – According to personnel manager Sabine Maaßen, the car manufacturer Audi has done a good part of the reduction of thousands of jobs. “We are currently running a second early retirement program, so that by the end of this year we will have managed a large part of the reduction program in a socially responsible manner,” said Maaßen of the “Heilbronner Voice” (Wednesday). The Volkswagen subsidiary announced in November 2019 that it wanted to cut around 9,500 jobs at the Neckarsulm (Heilbronn district) and Ingolstadt locations in Bavaria. The company intends to have this completed by 2025.
The carmaker is well on the way to transforming towards electromobility, Maassen said. “By setting up a high-voltage battery development facility in Neckarsulm, we have laid an important foundation.” A research center for batteries for electric cars is being built at the site. By 2023 at the latest, prototypes for new batteries should be researched and tested there.
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