VWs lucrative domestic China sales have plummeted along with many other Western manufacturers and have invested in Xpeng which will hopefully improve their woeful software disasters. What price VW badged Xpengs replacing loss making ids, which have high Chinese content including the CATL batteries? German factory closures are threatened alongside the Belgian Audi EV facility.
Most european manufacturers have their finger in the pot with a Chinese partner. Volvo EX30/Smart #1/Zeekr X are all built by Geely’s Zeekr factory alongside each other. However most european manufacturers use cell’s from CATL and BYD.