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Bosch to cut 750 more jobs in Abstatt as brake-by-wire shifts to China

Bosch will eliminate another 750 positions at its Abstatt development site by the end of 2029, as brake-by-wire and steer-by-wire work increasingly moves to China.

Bosch development site in Abstatt, Germany, where 750 more jobs in the Vehicle Motion division are to be cut by 2029.
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Bosch plans to cut a further 750 jobs at its Abstatt development site in the Heilbronn district by the end of 2029. The reductions hit the Vehicle Motion division of the mobility business, which develops and sells braking systems, vehicle motion software, occupant protection systems and vehicle sensors there. Employees were informed on Tuesday evening, and the company says the cuts should be as socially responsible as possible.

Bosch cites a difficult economy, structural change in the car industry and growing competition on cost, development speed and productivity. According to the company, global vehicle production is stagnating, demand in Europe is falling, and mainly Asian rivals are pushing prices down with cheaper offers.

Drive-by-wire increasingly launched in China

The shift also touches the technology developed in Abstatt directly. Bosch is increasingly introducing steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire systems first with Chinese customers, developing them together with its development site there. As a result, Abstatt needs less capacity. Divisional CFO Mohammed Abraham said: "Customer-facing tasks are therefore dropped in Abstatt." The aim is to make the site "competitive and economically viable". Modern integrated braking systems are also facing stronger price pressure, with customers asking for more cost-efficient solutions.

Bosch has not said which teams, product lines or activities the 750 positions cover, nor how many will go through attrition, partial retirement, early retirement or severance packages. No agreement with the works council or IG Metall on this specific reduction is known. In 2023, IG Metall and the general works council ruled out compulsory redundancies until the end of 2027 for mobility employees in their remit, but the Abstatt cuts run to the end of 2029.

About 5,300 people currently work at the site. Only Vehicle Motion is affected; Cross-Domain Computing Solutions and the subsidiary Bosch Engineering GmbH are not part of this round. Bosch Engineering announced in July 2025 a cut of up to 460 jobs worldwide, around 380 of them in Abstatt and Holzkirchen. Abstatt is to remain a development site, though Bosch leaves open which competencies will stay long term.

The move follows the mobility unit's savings course. In September 2025, Bosch identified an annual cost gap of about €2.5 billion and announced roughly 13,000 additional job cuts, mainly in Germany, to be completed by the end of 2030. Including Abstatt, announced cuts in the German mobility business since 2024 now total almost 24,000.

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