Emden is located in the northwest corner of Germany, and Emden Port is the main port in Germany, with the shortest export transportation distance with overseas countries.
1964 In February, Volkswagen purchased 200 hectares of industrial land in Emden. On February 8th, 65438, the first Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line in Emden. From 65438 to 0977, Emden plant became the main production plant of Passat. Thanks to the blessing of two explosive models, the Emden factory witnessed the rise of the Volkswagen Empire.
By the end of 2020 1, Emden factory will produce more than120,000 vehicles. At present, the factory covers an area of 4.3 million square meters. By the end of June 2020, the company had about 8,000 employees. With the firm determination of Volkswagen Group to transform into electrification, Emden factory will also be entrusted with a new mission.
As early as 20 18, 1 1, the board of supervisors of audi ag held a meeting and voted to adopt a comprehensive reform plan: the world's largest automobile manufacturer will speed up its plan to expand the production of electric vehicles, transform its two factories in Emden and Hanover into electric vehicle factories, and it is expected that electric vehicles will be produced from 2022.
Which Hanover factory will become Volkswagen? ID？ Buzz. The manufacturer of minibuses. At that time, the Emden factory had not decided which model it would produce. At that time, Volkswagen's first MEB factory in Germany, Zwickau Factory, had already started construction and renovation.
On June 26, 2020, after the last fuel vehicle was produced, the Zwickau factory began to completely turn to the production of pure electric vehicles.
As the Zwickau factory finally achieved a gorgeous turn, the renovation project of the Emden factory also started non-stop.
Andreas, a member of the Volkswagen Board of Directors? Tostman said: "With the transformation of our factory in Emden into an electric vehicle production place, Volkswagen is accelerating the pace of change. The company will invest about 654.38 billion euros to transform the factory, and Emden will become the cornerstone of our power strategy. " It is reported that ID.4 will be the first model put into mass production in this factory, and other products of ID family will be produced one after another, with the final annual production capacity reaching 300,000.
The whole project is expected to be completed in the summer of 20021year and put into production in 2022. The plan of Volkswagen Group is to produce 6.5438+0.5 million pure electric vehicles based on MEB platform every year by 2025, so there must be enough factories to meet the demand.
At present, Volkswagen has planned eight MEB factories around the world.
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