Question 1: How important is the Chinese market for Volkswagen? In terms of sales, how highly ranked is VW in China?
Question 2: Where does BYD stand in the Chinese market? Why is it growing so quickly? Why is it growing faster than VW in China?
Question 3: In what ways is Volkswagen at a competitive disadvantage to BYD? How did BYD manage to gain such a technological advantage in EVs? How easy will it be for VW to catch up?
Question 4: Can Volkswagen actually afford to have BYD as a key supplier? Is it suicidal? Why or why not? In any case, what does VW need to do about its reliance on BYD? Is Blume the right CEO to deal with the problem? Why or why not?