Volkswagen is ready to advise other car manufacturers on how to build armored vehicles
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by Sam D. Smith
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- The fraities world landscape has Europe and Germany that seek to increase the defenses.
- The CEO of Volkswagen says that they are open to advise other car manufacturers on armed vehicles.
- The VW group is also in danger of the prices imposed in Mexico, Canada and Europe.
With the increased global tensions, Europe rushes to strengthen its defenses, and Volkswagen is apparently ready to go to the plate. The news came at the company’s annual media conference, which was held on Tuesday in Wolfsburg.
The backdrop to this is, of course, a geopolitical mess. After fallout between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, associated with upcoming talks in Saudi Arabia, the United States has interrupted military aid and intelligence with kyiv. In response, European leaders have undertaken to increase defense expenses.
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Brussels, for its part, deployed an ambitious plan of $ 840 billion to stimulate military preparation across Europe. Last week, the European Commission laid the foundations for an effort to mobilize resources on a scale that would have seemed unimaginable only a few years ago.
New potential military contracts could be crucial for European car manufacturers. According to a Bloomberg Report, the CEO of VW, Oliver Blume, said that the company was willing to advise others in the field on the development and production of armed vehicles. “We have automotive expertise and are also available to provide advice, but for the moment, everything is completely open,” said Blume.
It is understood that concrete discussions have not yet taken place. However, Volkswagen has already contributed to the defense industry, military vehicles being developed as part of a contract between Man Truck & Bus and Rheinmetall AG.
Although there is a profitable in 2024, VW is prepared for a difficult year to come, the group potentially at the mercy of American prices against Mexico and Canada, as well as the threat of new functions taken from European manufactured cars.
Volkswagen’s experience with military vehicles dates back to the Second World War. After the Second World War, they participated in production of the 181 type for the West German army, which later became known as “The Thing” when it was exported in the form of a civilian to the United Kingdom and the United States.
Earlier this month, Germany announced a new agreement to increase billions of euros in defense. Friedrich Merz, the man who should be announced as the next Chancellor of Germany, said that he was ready to do everything in the light of “recent decisions of the American government”, report BBC News.
