Volkswagen has announced that in the first quarter of 2025, the profit of its main brands (VW, Skoda, Seat, Cupra) fell by 46.3%, reaching 1.12 billion euros instead of 2.08 billion last year. The main reasons, the 600 million euro fines calculated to not reach the new US customs, the devaluation of trademare reserves due to the new US customs policy.
Volkswagen's passenger car department has been particularly severe, whose profits have been reduced by 85% to only 112 million euros.
The European Union currently discusses a new proposal, which can provide carmakers for 3 years, instead to promote the sale of ecologically clean cars and selling ecologically clean cars.
Volkswagen, as well as other manufacturers, is waiting for regulation changes to strengthen the positions in the market and meet environmental standards.
