Automotive Layoffs

Comprehensive tracking of workforce reductions across the Automotive industry.

201,791

Total Jobs Cut

30

Companies Affected

0

AI-Cited Layoffs

0%

AI-Related Cuts

Companies

Volkswagen

Germany · Mar 2026

Weak sales and US tariff impacts

50,000

Volkswagen

Germany · Mar 2025

Slashing 35,000 jobs; factory closures in Germany; deepening auto crisis

35,000

Tesla

United States · Apr 2025

Global workforce reduction amid EV slowdown

14,000

ZF Friedrichshafen

Germany · Jul 2025

Auto supplier cutting 14,000 jobs by 2028; EV transition and declining orders

14,000

Tesla

United States · Apr 2024

Global workforce reduction amid EV demand slowdown; senior executives also departed

14,000

Robert Bosch

Germany · Sep 2025

Chinese competition and weak demand in automotive sector

13,000

Nissan

Japan · Nov 2025

Global workforce reduction amid slipping sales; production capacity cut 20%

9,000

ZF Friedrichshafen

Germany · Oct 2025

EV demand weakness and automotive transition

7,600

Continental AG

Germany · Apr 2025

German auto supplier restructuring; spinning off automotive division

7,000

Ford

United States · Aug 2025

Ended electric F-150 production; 4,000 in limbo + 1,600 EV battery workers in Kentucky

5,600

Bosch

Germany · Jun 2025

German car parts maker cuts jobs as sales drop; worsening auto market; up to 5,500 by 2029

5,500

Stellantis

United States · Apr 2025

Laid off 3,200 employees tooling up electric Jeep Compass; tariff impacts

3,200

Renault

France · May 2025

French automaker restructuring amid EV transition

3,000

Carvana

United States · May 2022

Used car market collapse; near-bankruptcy restructuring

2,500

Nissan

Japan · Dec 2025

Plant shutdown in Japan to result in 2,400 local job cuts

2,400

GM (Ultium plants)

United States · Dec 2025

Pausing battery-cell output for six months at Warren, Ohio and Spring Hill, Tennessee

2,100

BMW

Germany · Sep 2025

German automaker cost cuts; EV battery production adjustments

2,000

Rivian

United States · Feb 2025

Cost reduction in EV market downturn

1,800

General Motors

United States · Oct 2025

EV demand slowdown and production adjustment

1,700

Lucid Motors

United States · Mar 2025

Production ramp challenges and cash conservation

1,300

GM (Factory Zero)

United States · Dec 2025

Permanently eliminating jobs at Factory Zero in Detroit; single shift

1,145

Stellantis (Warren Truck)

United States · Jul 2025

Cut shift at Warren Truck Assembly Plant; engine shortage

1,100

Ford

Germany · Sep 2025

EV production adjustment and European restructuring

1,000

Rivian

United States · Feb 2024

Lost $1.5B in Q4 2023; cost reduction ahead of R2 launch

1,000

General Motors

United States · Aug 2024

Moving resources to highest-priority work including EVs

1,000

Polestar

Sweden · Jan 2024

EV market competition and cost reduction

450

Lucid Motors

United States · May 2024

Corporate restructuring ahead of EV SUV launch

400

Lucid Motors

United States · Feb 2026

EV market challenges and cash conservation

400

TrueCar

United States · Feb 2026

Car marketplace restructuring

300

Supernal

United States · Mar 2026

Hyundai air taxi startup lays off close to 300 employees

296

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