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Audi to Cut 9,500 German Jobs in Switch to Electrification

  • VW unit tackles structural issues for the ‘challenges ahead’
  • Designated Audi CEO Duesmann will be charged with revamp plan

Employees work on the Audi RS automobile assembly line in Neckarsulm.

Photographer: Martin Leissl/Bloomberg

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Audi plans to eliminate roughly 15% of its German workforce to lift earnings by 6 billion euros ($6.6 billion) as Volkswagen AG’s largest profit maker pushes ahead with a restructuring plan to help adapt to the costly transition to electric cars.