VW announces Europe鈥檚 biggest e-car factory in Zwickau, plans conversion of other plants
Germany鈥檚 biggest carmaker VW has substantiated plans to transform its product line and drastically scale-up the share of electric cars by revealing plans for a major e-car factory in the eastern German city Zwickau. VW said in a press release it wants to make its Zwickau plant 鈥淓urope鈥檚 top-performing e-car factory鈥 and assemble up to 330,000 vehicles per year there. The 鈥淐O2-neutral鈥 production of the first electric model called ID is slated for late 2019 and will be 鈥渁n example for sustainable mobility,鈥 the company says. VW also plans to convert its plants in Emden and Hanover in northern Germany to e-car factories. 鈥淲e are moving at full speed into the production of electric vehicles,鈥 said VW board member Gunnar Kilian.
Read the press release in English .
For background, read the factsheet Dieselgate forces VW to embrace green mobility and the dossier BMW, Daimler, and VW vow to fight in green transport revolution.