VW Germany vs China: €74 vs €12 hourly labor, €4,850 vs €1,078 factory cost per car
lukas_m_ziegler · x · 2026-10-11
Citing BILD and Deutsche Welle (Sept 2026), a widely shared thread compares Volkswagen's Emden (Germany) and Tianjin (China) plants: hourly labor cost €74 vs €12, annual hours per worker 1,282 vs 2,065, sick-leave rate 10.5% vs 1.0%, cars per employee per year 29 vs 51.3, factory cost per vehicle €4,850 vs €1,078, and electricity €0.15–0.23 vs €0.06–0.10 per kWh — a stark picture of Europe's manufacturing competitiveness gap.
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