The Latest Breaking News from Daniela Cavallo

Volkswagen workers have launched rolling two-hour strikes at nine plants across Germany to underscore their resistance to pay cuts and factory closures

Volkswagen workers in Germany took a step closer to strike action on Thursday, after unions and management met for the third round of talks over the ailing carmaker's drastic cost-cutting plans.

Volkswagen Group's crisis in Europe could result in several manufacturing plants shutting down, but VW's works council thinks that can be avoided. The employee-led group recently proposed a sweeping cut in wages across blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Works council leader Daniela Cavallo believes this would be enough to avoid mass…

It's been a strange and unpredictable year for electric vehicle sales in America and, frankly, for new car sales in general. But if you want to assess the European market, replace the adjectives above with "apocalyptic." Intense competition from China, a weak economy, slowing EV demand as subsidies evaporate and…