Volkswagen

Is Volkswagen Chinese? No

Facts checked Ownership as of 4 September 2026

No

Volkswagen is German. Volkswagen AG is controlled by Porsche Automobil Holding SE with 53.3% of the votes, alongside the state of Lower Saxony with 20% and Qatar Holding with 17%; no Chinese entity holds a stake in it. The traffic runs the other way: Volkswagen owns 4.99% of Xpeng and 24% of the battery maker Gotion, and its Volkswagen Anhui plant builds the Cupra Tavascan for Europe. No Volkswagen-badged car built in China and exported was verified for this record.

Chinese holding: 0% as of 4 September 2026.

Is Volkswagen Chinese: the short answers

Is Volkswagen Chinese?
No. Volkswagen is German. Volkswagen AG is controlled by Porsche Automobil Holding SE with 53.3% of the votes, alongside the state of Lower Saxony with 20% and Qatar Holding with 17%; no Chinese entity holds a stake in it. The traffic runs the other way: Volkswagen owns 4.99% of Xpeng and 24% of the battery maker Gotion, and its Volkswagen Anhui plant builds the Cupra Tavascan for Europe. No Volkswagen-badged car built in China and exported was verified for this record.
How much of Volkswagen is Chinese-owned?
0%, as of 4 September 2026.

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Sources for this answer

  1. Wikipedia, Volkswagen Group. Read .
  2. Wikipedia, Volkswagen Anhui. Read . Cupra Tavascan as the plant's export model; ID. Unyx models for China.