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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Alex Daniel

Porsche to cut more jobs after costly reversal of electric car strategy

Porsche cars in a showroom
‘The streamlining of the company needs to be sharpened,’ said the chief executive. Photograph: Jana Rodenbusch/Reuters

Porsche is to cut more jobs after profits were largely cancelled out by a costly writedown on reversing its electric car strategy, as the luxury manufacturer also battled a prolonged sales slump in China.

The German carmaker appointed a new chief executive, Michael Leiters, on 1 January after four profit warnings last year that also contributed to it tumbling out of Germany’s DAX stock index.

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