梅赛德斯-奔驰将于12月重启德国遣散费计划，并与工会讨论进一步削减成本，以期降低固定成本、保护利润。
Mercedes-Benz will restart its Germany severance programme in December and discuss more cost cuts with unions, as it tries to lower fixed costs and protect profits.
该公司对全年利润发出预警，原因是需求疲软以及中国市场竞争激烈，其在华销量暴跌，且有100多家车企陷入价格战。
The company warned on full-year profits after weak demand and fierce competition in China, where sales have collapsed and more than 100 carmakers are fighting a price war.
梅赛德斯-奔驰表示，德国占其销量的约15%，却拥有三分之二的员工和架构；尽管别处成本更低，但作为全球车企无法放弃中国市场，因为中国至关重要。
Mercedes said Germany has 15% of sales but two-thirds of staff, and it cannot leave China because it is vital for a global carmaker, despite lower costs elsewhere.
AI生成 法兰克福——梅赛德斯-奔驰首席执行官康林松于10月28日表示，这家德国高端车企将重启自愿离职计划，并正与工会就进一步削减成本进行磋商。此前公司刚对全年利润发出预警。
AI generated FRANKFURT – Premium German carmaker Mercedes-Benz will restart a voluntary redundancy programme and is in discussion with unions over further cost-cuts, its chief executive Ola Kaellenius said on Oct 28 after the firm warned on full-year profits.
“德国约占我们销量的15%，但我们三分之二的员工和架构都设在这里，”康林松在展示第三季度业绩的财报电话会上对记者和投资者表示。
“Germany accounts for roughly 15% of our sales, but two-thirds of our employees and structures are based here,” Kaellenius told reporters and investors on an earnings call to present third-quarter results.
他补充道：“为进一步降低固定成本，我们决定于12月重启德国遣散费计划”，但未给出裁员目标人数。
“To reduce our fixed costs further, we have decided to restart the Germany severance programme in December,” he added, without giving a target number of job cuts.
德国车企在中国这个全球最大汽车市场面临残酷竞争和需求下滑，被迫在国内进行痛苦调整。
German carmakers have struggled with cutthroat competition and falling demand in China, the world’s largest car market, leading to painful adjustments at home.
梅赛德斯-奔驰于10月27日成为德国“三大车企”中的第三家——继大众和宝马之后——发布2026年利润预警的公司，均归因于中国市场的困难。
Mercedes-Benz on Oct 27 became the third of the big three German carmakers – alongside Volkswagen and BMW – to have issued a profit warning for 2026, citing difficulties in China.
宝马计划通过自愿离职计划在2027年底前削减8000个岗位，大众集团则计划到本十年末在其旗下品牌（包括保时捷和奥迪）全球范围内削减12万个岗位。
BMW aims to cut 8,000 jobs by the end of 2027 with its own voluntary redundancy programme, and the Volkswagen Group plans to have cut 120,000 jobs globally by the end of the decade across its brands, which include Porsche and Audi.
康林松表示，由于磋商仍在进行，梅赛德斯-奔驰目前无法透露更多细节，但他正全力推动降低成本。
Kaellenius said Mercedes-Benz could not give more detail since discussions were ongoing, adding that he was nevertheless pressing hard to get costs down.
他说：“我们将坚定不移地继续调整公司架构，使其与公司的营收状况相匹配。”
“We will continue with determination to adjust the structures of the company to fit the revenue position of the company,” he said.
凯莱纽斯表示，中国、匈牙利、罗马尼亚和美国的劳动力成本都低于德国，并补充说“整个东欧都对任何寻求扩张的实业家持开放态度”。
Labour costs in China, Hungary, Romania and the United States are all lower than in Germany, Kaellenius said, adding that “eastern Europe as a whole is open to any industrialist looking to expand”.
第三季度净利润增长近30%，达到15.2亿欧元（21.6亿新元），尽管整体销售额下降4.5%至307亿欧元，这主要是由于中国市场的崩溃所致。
Net profit for the third quarter rose almost 30% to 1.52 billion euros (S$2.16 billion) even as overall sales declined 4.5% to 30.7 billion euros, largely the result of a collapse in China.
但凯莱纽斯表示，尽管有100多家竞争对手车企引发了激烈的价格战，公司仍无法承受放弃中国市场的代价。
But Kaellenius said the company could not afford to abandon the Chinese market despite an intense price war driven by over 100 competing carmakers.
“对于像梅赛德斯这样的全球汽车公司来说，没有把中国搁置一边的选择，”他说。
“If you’re a global car company like Mercedes, there’s not a play where you put China aside,” he said.