A Volkswagen emblem is seen on the New York Worldwide Auto Present Press Preview, in Manhattan, New York Metropolis, U.S., March 27, 2024.
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Volkswagen shares dipped Wednesday after the corporate issued an in a single day revenue warning and introduced it was contemplating the potential closure of an Audi plant in Brussels.
The corporate has now lowered the forecast for its working return on gross sales to a 6.5% to 7% vary, from 7% to 7.5% beforehand.
It famous that can also be contemplating the restructuring or potential shutdown of its Audi plant in Brussels on the again of weak demand for the Audi Q8 e-tron line — a completely electrical providing from the model.
The price of the potential closure or of discovering another use for the location, amongst different elements, may result in successful of as much as 2.6 billion euros ($2.81 billion) to the corporate’s working revenue within the 2024 fiscal 12 months, Volkswagen stated.
The carmaker’s inventory was down 1.45% at 10:27 a.m. London time on Wednesday.
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