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VW: “Pandora's Box” - plans for China SUVs could have far-reaching consequences for German locations

2021-10-28T14:26:25.527Z


A novelty is evidently looming at Volkswagen. The VW ID.6 built in China could soon also be sold in Europe. That would be a major blow for the VW locations in Germany.


A novelty is evidently looming at Volkswagen.

The VW ID.6 built in China could soon also be sold in Europe.

That would be a major blow for the VW locations in Germany.

Wolfsburg / Munich - Volkswagen (all news *) is apparently about to take a groundbreaking step in production: The car company from Lower Saxony is allegedly planning to sell the ID.6 electric car, which will come on the market in 2021, not only in Asia, but also in Germany.

The decision could be a milestone.

Because it would be the first time that Europe's largest car manufacturer sells a model produced in China in its home country in Germany.

The

Business Insider (BI)

portal first reported such plans at the Wolfsburg-based company

.

VW ID.6: China SUV to be imported to Europe soon

According to the plans, thousands of VW ID.6 vehicles are to be exported to Europe every year and sold on the Old Continent. The car would then have to have a different name, by the way: The electric Passat successor is to be launched in this country as the VW ID.6. Should the report become reality, it would save the company a lot of money in tough global competition: Manufacturing in Germany or other European countries is much more expensive than in the Middle Kingdom.

Therefore, the decision should be made not to even incorporate the SUV into domestic production.

As a result, the margins for the electric car would also be higher, the portal continues.

Because in markets like Germany you can charge a lot more money for the VW model * than in China, for example.

As the

BI

explains, Volkswagen is planning to sell 80,000 models in Europe over a period of five years, also to cushion the recently bumpy VW sales * in the important sales market.

It would also be an indirect effect of Corona or the chip crisis: After all, competitor Tesla is currently doing brilliantly, also because the US carmaker produces the electric mid-range Model 3 in Shanghai and thus saves high production and personnel costs.

Most recently, CEO Herbert Diess stated that in the course of the switch to e-mobility, several thousand jobs across Germany could be on the verge:

Volkswagen could sell China model in Europe - trouble with works council threatens

What does VW say about the possible plans?

“When models are successful in one market, it is only natural that opportunities in other regions are analyzed as well.

This of course also applies to the seven-seater SUV ID.6, ”a VW spokesman explained to the portal.

A decision as to whether the crossover will actually be offered in Europe has therefore not yet been made.

It seems certain that this topic would increase the already tense relationship between management and VW works council: After all, hardly anything works without the powerful employee representation at the car company from northern Germany.

As the

BI

explains, the import of the VW ID.6 could open a kind of Pandora's box: According to this, it has long been a dream in the management team at Volkswagen to produce vehicles cheaply abroad and sell them here in order to be able to achieve higher returns .

The shortages in semiconductors are affecting car manufacturers.

The consequences of this development are now also reaching dealers and car buyers.

(PF) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network. 

Source: merkur

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