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German Chancellor Opens Door and XPeng Opens

Summary by caradisiac.com
In the face of the historic crisis that is shaking Volkswagen, Friedrich Merz no longer excludes the presence of Chinese manufacturers in German factories. A boon for XPeng, ready to invest the German factories threatened. Behind this industrial rescue hides a blow of pool: an unstoppable strategy to bypass taxes and bind Brussels' hands.
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In the face of the historic crisis that is shaking Volkswagen, Friedrich Merz no longer excludes the presence of Chinese manufacturers in German factories. A boon for XPeng, ready to invest the German factories threatened. Behind this industrial rescue hides a blow of pool: an unstoppable strategy to bypass taxes and bind Brussels' hands.

Seeing Chinese cars assembled in German factories no longer has anything to do with a distant scenario. Thursday, in Munich, the owner of the electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng, He Xiaopeng, confirmed the possibility of producing its models in Germany, relying on industrial sites now underused by local groups. This announcement comes as the German auto industry seeks a way out of its overcapacity, on the background of pressure margins in electr…

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