48
Mercedes board threatens to close German plants and stop investments in Germany
(www.electrive.com)
Do it. Cowards! Trying to blackmail us! DO IT!
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2026
48 points (94.4% liked)
Europe
12466 readers
538 users here now
News and information from Europe πͺπΊ
(Current banner: La Mancha, Spain. Feel free to post submissions for banner images.)
Rules
- This is an English-language community. Comments should be in English. Posts can link to non-English news sources when providing a full-text translation in the post description. Automated translations are fine, as long as they don't overly distort the content.
- No links to misinformation or commercial advertising. When you post outdated/historic articles, add the year of publication to the post title. Infographics must include a source and a year of creation; if possible, also provide a link to the source.
- Be kind to each other, and argue in good faith. Don't post direct insults nor disrespectful and condescending comments. Don't troll nor incite hatred. Don't look for novel argumentation strategies at Wikipedia's List of fallacies.
- No bigotry, sexism, racism, antisemitism, islamophobia, dehumanization of minorities, or glorification of National Socialism. We follow German law; don't question the statehood of Israel.
- Be the signal, not the noise: Strive to post insightful comments. Add "/s" when you're being sarcastic (and don't use it to break rule no. 3).
- If you link to paywalled information, please provide also a link to a freely available archived version. Alternatively, try to find a different source.
- Light-hearted content, memes, and posts about your European everyday belong in other communities.
- Don't evade bans. If we notice ban evasion, that will result in a permanent ban for all the accounts we can associate with you.
- No posts linking to speculative reporting about ongoing events with unclear backgrounds. Please wait at least 12 hours. (E.g., do not post breathless reporting on an ongoing terror attack.)
- Always provide context with posts: Don't post uncontextualized images or videos, and don't start discussions without giving some context first.
(This list may get expanded as necessary.)
Posts that link to the following sources will be removed
- on any topic: Al Mayadeen, brusselssignal:eu, citjourno:com, europesays:com, Breitbart, Daily Caller, Fox, GB News, geo-trends:eu, news-pravda:com, OAN, RT, sociable:co, any AI slop sites (when in doubt please look for a credible imprint/about page), change:org (for privacy reasons), archive:is,ph,today (their JS DDoS websites)
- on Middle-East topics: Al Jazeera
- on Hungary: Euronews
Unless they're the only sources, please also avoid The Sun, Daily Mail, any "thinktank" type organization, and non-Lemmy social media (incl. Substack). Don't link to Twitter directly, instead use xcancel.com. For Reddit, use old:reddit:com
(Lists may get expanded as necessary.)
Ban lengths, etc.
We will use some leeway to decide whether to remove a comment.
If need be, there are also bans: 3 days for lighter offenses, 7 or 14 days for bigger offenses, and permanent bans for people who don't show any willingness to participate productively. If we think the ban reason is obvious, we may not specifically write to you.
If you want to protest a removal or ban, feel free to write privately to the admin that applied the rule (check modlog first to find who was it.)
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
We can make that a win-win and bundle that with imposing a speed limit on Autobahn of 90 km/h and 30 km/h in cities, apart from cars-only roads. Oh, and a motorway toll whose earnings are used to fix the lng-distance train system that was run down due to the lobby influence of the car industry.
Whatβs the reasoning behind the 90 km/h?
Less accidents, less pollution, less greenhouse gases, more economical use of road capacity and better traffic flow.
How is management contributing to the leaner budget? It surely is as ambitious on realising all those saving potentials int he upper levels as down there, is it?
Imagine MB moving to a new country? No heritage, no culture, no special privileges for taxes and legislation. Such a dumb bluff that it would be justice for them to move. No country on Earth has the cultural cache for industrial quality like Germany.
They ruined the "German quality" bullshit brand decades ago. Maybe China might net a reliable Mercedes.
I agree with you both in parts. It would be a dumb move, but also totally possible in today's day and age. Much of Mercedes parts are made in China or made by Stellantis anyway.
Hah, never seen "bluff" written across a press release with this big red letters before!
[We want to get rid of] annual profit-sharing bonuses
Lmao, not even trying to hide behind "oh, costs have just grown so much!", are we.
Christmas and holiday bonuses,
I understand these because I think on this kind of bonuses as just scraps thrown as worker to pacify them.
[We want to get rid of] annual profit-sharing bonuses
this one is the main one that shows their real reason.
Modern Mercs feel so cheap inside. Comparing a Cayenne to a GLE is night and day.
I have no idea why people buy those cars, they peaked at the 300D and it's shit since.
But they have interior mood lights! Don't you want to roll around in a plasticky vodka bar?
It might be better to close that shitshow down. They only make shit products these days, and they have lost control over their business to the extent that they are affected by today's ongoing Microsoft 365 outage. They are an embarrassment.
I'd disagree. I think that for European interests it's better to bar out American and Chinese car producers. The American ones are way too big, the Chinese undercut labour rights. Better to have them here where we can regulate them better.
Of course, local, well regulated production is better than selling it out to the cheapest bidder half way across the globe. But nobody needs those fraudsters selling overpriced garbage as premium products.