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VW is planning a completely new plant in Wolfsburg

2021-11-10T07:55:45.218Z


VW is planning a new greenfield production facility near the Wolfsburg main plant. The Trinity electric car will be manufactured there - the model that will compete with Tesla.


VW is planning a new greenfield production facility near the Wolfsburg main plant.

The Trinity electric car will be manufactured there - the model that will compete with Tesla.

Wolfsburg - Volkswagen plans to build a separate plant near the headquarters in Wolfsburg for its fundamentally new Trinity electric model.

The car is slated to hit the market in 2026.

The project announced on Tuesday evening is considered to be one of the key points in the investment strategy for the next five years.

The supervisory board still has to approve the new production facility.

The final decision may be made by December 9th - this is the day on which VW's medium-term investment planning should be completed.

VW: New plant "most economical solution"

Core brand boss Ralf Brandstätter told the editorial network Germany (Tuesday) that there are no large unused areas on the Wolfsburg factory premises.

Trinity will be a new type of car with few variants and lean production.

“We could only implement the necessary renovation measures in the existing structure with ongoing operations with cost-intensive measures.

That is why we consider a new factory in the surrounding area to be the best, because it is the most economical solution, ”explained the VW manager.

Cars are still being built at the main plant in Wolfsburg.

“In the next few years it will be the Golf and Tiguan in particular,” said Brandstätter.

Combustion engines will continue to be manufactured on two lines.

Another Trinity variant is to be produced on the vacated areas.

The works council had recently criticized that CEO Herbert Diess did not have a sufficient strategy for a higher utilization of Wolfsburg - especially in the ongoing chip supply crisis, which keeps tens of thousands of people on short-time work, sometimes for months.

In addition, the workforce representatives demanded at least one more e-model for the headquarters from around 2024. This question has not yet been decided, Brandstätter told the RND.

"We're talking about that right now, but one thing is clear: it has to make economic sense."

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VW works council calls for e-cars to be accelerated

In view of the fact that the main plant in Wolfsburg is underutilized, the VW works council is calling for a faster route to the production of e-cars.

"The difficult situation at the Wolfsburg plant is a clear focus of the ongoing consultations for this year's planning round," said the general and group works council chairman Daniela Cavallo, according to a statement on Saturday.

VW works council calls for e-cars to be accelerated

With regard to the new Trinity plant, VW had announced: “The new factory will be built on the green field outside the factory fence.” “Various locations in the vicinity of Wolfsburg would come into question.” The construction of the production facility could, according to estimates from corporate circles, at least a few hundred Cost millions of euros.

VW: Trinity, a bearer of hope

Trinity is a completely redesigned vehicle system in which the most modern electric drives as well as largely self-programmed software, own networking and technologies of autonomous driving from VW are to be used.

To do this, the main brand uses a further developed platform called SSP, which subsidiaries can also access.

A total of more than 40 million cars are to be built on this technical basis.

The largest German company wants to attack the US rival Tesla, which is already about to start its new "Gigafabrik" in Grünheide near Berlin.

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