Why's Europe's car industry stuck in neutral?

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We start in Germany, where perhaps the biggest warnings yet about the pressure on Europe's car industry have come from one of the continent's biggest firms. Volkswagen - VW - has warned it could close factories for the first time in its history as it comes under increasing financial pressure.Also today the boss of one of the world's biggest delivery firms warns of disruption to global trade,And, fancy an AI dating - wingman?

3 Sep 10AM English United Kingdom Business

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