The VW Group will favor higher-volume models. It wants to make it easier for customers to choose from its range of models and variants. Production overcapacity will also be reduced. The Volkswagen Group’s cost-cutting program is in full swing. In 2025 alone, factory costs at its German plants were slashed by more than 20 percent. By the end of the decade, as many as 50,000 jobs will be eliminated across Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, and software subsidiary CARIAD, with agreements for more than 28,000 employees already signed. But that’s still not enough to transform the automotive giant into a leaner, more…
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Tiago Splittter doesn’t want to think about his departure from the Blazers.While speaking to the media in Chicago Wednesday, shortly after being named the next Bulls coach, Splitter gave a blunt and cryptic response when asked about why he left Portland.Advertisement“I really want to leave that behind,” Splitter said. “I’m going to think about the Bulls, that’s my goal right now, and I want to keep that behind (Blazers departure). I respect all opinions and think there’s too many things being said already, and I think that’s enough. I’m past that and I want to think about the Chicago Bulls.”One…
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The San Diego Padres left on their current road trip three games over .500 and in contention for a Wild Card spot come playoff time. After the first six games of the nine-game road trip, playing against the Baltimore Orioles and St. Louis Cardinals, the Friars are three games over .500 and in contention for a Wild Card spot. In that sense, nothing has changed.There was good and bad to be seen over the past week. There have been incremental improvements with the offense, especially with specific players. Some players who were hitting well have stopped. The current roster has…
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The Hockey News has released its archive to all THN subscribers: 76 years of history, stories, and features.Subscribe now to view the full THN Archives hereAlso, go to thn.com/free to subscribe.AdvertisementOld Beginnings—Sept 18, 2023 – Vol. 77, Issue 03 – Michael TraikosBARRY TROTZ IS back in Nashville, a place where he’s spent so much…
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Follow Michael Whitaker On XThere was plenty of debate in the aftermath of the Detroit Red Wings not retaining defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere, whom they had signed to a one-year, $4.125 million contract.AdvertisementGostisbehere, who has been an offensive-minded defenseman throughout his NHL career, fit in nicely on the Red Wings blue line…
It wasn’t necessarily pretty, but the Mets held on for a huge 7-5 win over the NL East-leading Braves on Friday night and Devin Williams was a big part of it.Bo Bichette smashed two home runs and drove in six runs for the Mets, but Nolan McLean wasn’t efficient enough…
NEW YORK (AP) — If there is a saving grace from the bedlam that is about to ensue in New York City on Saturday, with the Knicks on the verge of a championship and Brazil taking on Morocco in the World Cup, it is that Game 5 of the NBA…
As the Bears play a stadium shell game — possibly without a ball hiding under any of them — the football team has more immediate business. And their franchise quarterback is focused on that.”I’m going to play wherever there’s 120 by 53 and ⅓ and it’s marked up with white…
Pocono Raceway already presents one of the toughest challenges on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule.Known as the “Tricky Triangle,” the 2.5-mile track features three distinctly different corners, forcing teams to make setup compromises unlike anywhere else in the sport. Drivers often spend an entire race balancing strengths in one turn…
FIFA World CupUnited States 4 – 1 Paraguay FTThe United States opened their World Cup campaign with an impressive 4-1 victory against Paraguay as former Arsenal striker Folarin Balogun struck twice to inspire the co-hosts to an assured start in Los Angeles. Balogun became just the second US player to…
LOS ANGELES — Farah O’Keefe is playing in her first Curtis Cup, and like anything she does, she makes it look easy, whether it is or not.O’Keefe was paired with Jasmine Koo in the morning and Avery Weed in the afternoon, and the results were the same—wins for the U.S.…
The NHL has announced the First and Second All-Star Teams, and Colorado Avalanche’s Cale Makar has made the First Team, and Nathan MacKinnon has made the Second Team.For Makar, this is his sixth consecutive season earning an All-Star honor; it’s his third time being named to the All-Star First Team.…
This is going to be a much cheerier recap than my last one, for obvious reasons. Feels like the Guardians haven’t played many truly well-rounded complete games recently, and tonight was a sterling example of what that looks like for this iteration of the club. Great starting pitching which, in…
This is either the most hopeful or depressing statistic for Spurs fans watching the NBA Finals: Through four games, the point differential is Knicks +8.It may be a little of both. This has been an intense, close NBA Finals, with three of the four games decided by four points or…
It is Day 93 of our 100-day countdown to kickoff. We are looking back at the 100 most iconic games in Dallas Cowboys history. The countdown will leads us right up to the opening game of 2026. Our look back doesn’t depend on just one criteria for our rankings. We…
For years, NASCAR fans have wondered whether Chicagoland Speedway could still produce the kind of racing that once made it one of the sport’s most popular intermediate tracks.This week, NASCAR may have received its first real answer.AdvertisementSeveral drivers were on track at Chicagoland Speedway as part of a manufacturer Wheel…
