Its no surprise VW are closing plants its been on the cards for the past 2 years. About 50% of their vehicle sales were in China, until the Chinese EV. Dragon took off and the vw customer base fell off a cliff.
Vw are just re aligning to the new reality of getting beaten by Chinese car sales. Most European manufacturers are in the same boat, cheap quality vehicles flooding the eu market and the knee jerk reaction by the eu? Put tariffs on chinese cars.