Overview

• Plant manager André Thierig said current sales are very good and that production planning for the third and fourth quarters has been raised.
• Management reports a clear positive trend across significantly more than 30 markets supplied from the Berlin-Brandenburg plant.
• German registrations fell sharply in August to about 1,400 vehicles, nearly 40% below a year earlier, according to the KBA.
• A planned on-site building expansion is on hold due to market conditions, though an extension including a freight rail terminal remains planned.
• Thierig called for a clear federal signal in support of electric cars and warned against reopening debate over the EU’s 2035 combustion-engine phaseout.