Despite already producing some of its most popular products like the Atlas and ID.4 stateside, German automaker Volkswagen is preparing to invest more heavily in its U.S. manufacturing footprint to sidestep some of the Trump administration’s tariffs. Speaking to German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, Volkswagen AG Chariman of the Board of Management Oliver Blume said that the company would bolster its existing 20,000-employee presence in the U.S. with “massive investments” that have yet to be announced, following direct conversations in Washington, D.C., with Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick.
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