Truck manufacturer Volvo wants to release hundreds in the USA

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Volvo wants to relieve hundreds of employees in the USA

The Swedish truck manufacturer Volvo reacts to the tariffs of the US government. Trump’s Vice Vance is on a state visit to Italy. All developments here.

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The truck manufacturer Volvo plans to discharge up to 800 employees at three US locations in the next three months. The reason for this is market uncertainties and worries about the tariffs of President Donald Trump, the spokesman for the Volvo Group North America said.

Locations in the states of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland are affected. The commercial vehicle manufacturer, which belongs to the Swedish group from Volvo, claims to have almost 20,000 people in North America.

“Orders for heavy trucks are still negatively influenced by market uncertainties regarding freight rates and demand, possible regulatory changes and the effects of tariffs,” explains the spokesman.

US Vice President JD Vance has arrived in Rome for talks. Among other things, he will meet with the Italian head of government Giorgia Meloni. On Saturday, the second round of indirect conversations between Iran and the USA will also take place in Rome about the controversial Iranian nuclear program.

Vance wants to spend the Easter holidays in Rome. As an adult, he is converted into a Catholic faith. Whether he will also meet Pope Francis remained open recently. The head of the Catholic Church is heavily in health after pneumonia.

US electric car maker Tesla must answer in court for the alleged manipulation of his mileage. In a class action against the company of billionaire Elon Musk, Tesla has accelerated the mileage of his electric vehicles, so that they fall out of the guarantee faster and the company does not have to pay for repairs.

“By binding the warranty and leasing kilometers boundaries to excessive mileage, the company increases its repair income, reduces the guarantee obligations and forces consumers to buy extended guarantees prematurely,” says the indictment.

The plaintiffs require compensation and sentence for Tesla drivers in California, which could possibly affect more than a million vehicles, as can be seen from the court documents. Tesla did not react immediately to a statement, but has already denied all essential claims in the lawsuit.

After an air raid on an Islamist Huthi rebels in Yemen, the USA accused China of supporting the terrorist group with satellite images. According to a report by the “Financial Times”, the US foreign office of the Chinese company Chang Guang Satellite Technology assumes that the rebels support aerial photographs. According to the US foreign office, this is unacceptable.

The US military claimed the tank port in Rasa in the west of Yemen on Thursday. “Today, the US armed forces took measures to eliminate this source of fuel for the Huthi terrorists supported by Iran,” said the US Central Command in a contribution to X and added that the goal was to hit the Huthis economically. According to a Huthi spokesman, at least 17 people were killed in the attack and dozens of port workers were injured.