Overview

• All reductions are in Germany and equal roughly 10% of Bosch’s workforce in the country and 3% of staff worldwide, with the bulk in the Mobility division.
• Site plans phase cuts through 2030: Feuerbach about 3,500 roles including roughly 1,500 plant jobs, Schwieberdingen about 1,750, Bühl/Bühlertal about 1,550, Homburg about 1,250, and Waiblingen to wind down connector production by 2028.
• The measures start in the Power Solutions and Electrified Motion divisions and concentrate on locations in the Stuttgart area plus Bühl and Homburg.
• Bosch cites intensifying competition, slower European EV uptake, price pressures from China, higher production costs, and delayed hydrogen commercialization, with diesel decline contributing to overcapacity in Feuerbach.
• Worker representatives vow to oppose the plan as unprecedented and socially damaging, while Bosch stresses Germany remains central to its future and outlines savings from AI-driven productivity, materials, logistics and lower capital spending.