Volvo is setting records, especially with its electric cars. At its plant in Belgium, it becomes clear why the Swedish-Chinese brand is better equipped than its competitors to ride out a looming global trade war.
Author: Zacharias Zacharakis
Editor of ZEIT ONLINE since May 2011. Former correspondent for “Financial Times Deutschland” and “NZZ am Sonntag” in New York. Entered the news business at Associated Press in Hamburg. Trained at the Berlin School of Journalism and the University of Cologne.
No place says Volkswagen like Wolfsburg. The city and the brand live in symbiosis, and for a long time, this has been beneficial to both. Now, the times of prosperity might be over. A visit to the quiet and historically prosperous corner of western Germany.