Audi is cutting 7,500 jobs amid auto industry struggles

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Audi is eliminating 7,500 positions before the end of the decade. (Source: AP Images, Canva, DCC Gray News)
Published: Mar. 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM CDT
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(CNN) – Many Audi employees will soon be looking elsewhere for employment.

Parent company Volkswagen announced it will eliminate around 7,500 Audi positions in Germany before the end of the decade.

According to the automaker’s website, this move affects nearly 9% of Audi’s worldwide workforce.

Officials say the job cuts will save the company more than $1 billion.

Audi is planning to invest nearly $9 billion into German plants to increase manufacturing of electric vehicles.