- Audi checks his plan to interpret the gas engines by 2026 due to a slower than expected EV launch
- Audi reported a decline in sales of almost 12% in 2024 and said that it was planning to reduce 7,500 jobs by 2029
- The Audi CEO Gernot Döllner indicated the increasing production in North America
Gernot Döllner, CEO of Audi, said that the company checked its plan, which was first announced in 2021, its final model, which was equipped with a gas engine in 2026.
Döllner gave the explanation on Tuesday during Audi’s annual general meetingWhere he also announced that Audi will reduce 7,500 jobs by 2029, mainly in Germany.
“We will manage the production of our last combustion engine vehicles depending on the various developments on the world markets,” he said.
As part of the original plan Stop selling gas -powered models for sale by 2033 in most markets. Döllner said, however, that this data would have to be evaluated on the basis of the new slower than the expected introduction of EVS. Last year, the car manufacturer announced that he will close his work in Brussels, where the Q8 Etron is built due to the slow sale of the electrical medium-sized SUV.
Gernot Döllner
However, other car manufacturers such as Mercedes-Benz and Volvo also planned to interpret gas engines this decade, but intend to do so until the next decade.
Also with limited EVs in its line -up, Audi sales clearly suffered In 2024, the world’s global turnover fell by 11.8%and ended the year with 1,671,218 units, while the operating profit decreased by 38%and the year was 3.9 billion euros (approx. 4.3 billion US dollars).
Audi plans to turn things around by bringing more than on the market 20 new or updated models Within the next two years, including new generations of A6 and Q3 in 2025 and a plug-in hybrid option for the A5.
2026 Audi A6 Avant (Europa Spec)
Döllner also indicated the increasing production in North America on Tuesday without mentioning them directly Trump government tariff threats.
“We are currently evaluating different scenarios for additional localization in North America – and other things to be closer to the needs of local customers and to make us more resistant to global economic uncertainties,” he said.
Audi currently has a Plant in Mexicowhere it builds the Q5. The car manufacturer could possibly also have the capacity in Volkswagen’s facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee or possibly even in the new work that Volkswagen Group Brand Scout, near Columbia, South Carolina.
