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VW unveils future production plans for passenger vehicles in Germany

VW unveils future production plans for passenger vehicles in Germany On September 29, Volkswagen Group announced plans of its Germany plants through 2028 which were presented to the Supervisory Board, focusing on profitable capacity utilization and increased productivity under the “Accelerate forward | Road to 6.5” performance program. The Wolfsburg plant will produce a second electric model alongside the ID.3, with a new all-electric SUV for...

News Updated at: 2023/10/03

Volkswagen invests EUR 460 million to convert Wolfsburg plant into e-mobility factory

its bestselling ID.4 and ID.5. The technical basis for the new model is the MEB+, using the highly-standardized unified cell manufactured at the Group’s own cell factory in Salzgitter (start of production in 2025) in the system.This will be followed by a further pillar for the Wolfsburg site, the Trinity vehicle project. It will be based on the future Group-wide Scalable Systems Platform (SSP). The project will get underway in line with stagger...

News Updated at: 2022/12/08

Volkswagen to invest EUR 2 billion for new plant in Wolfsburg, Germany for Trinity electric model

Volkswagen to invest EUR 2 billion for new plant in Wolfsburg, Germany for Trinity electric model On March 4, Volkswagen announced that a new manufacturing facility for the Trinity electric model is to be built close to the main plant in Wolfsburg, with investment totaling some EUR 2 billion. Construction work in the Warmenau district of Wolfsburg is to begin as early as spring 2023 and will take account of the building and environmental law. Vo...

News Updated at: 2022/03/07

Volkswagen realigns Technical Development division in Wolfsburg, Germany

sed squarely on software, customer requirements, and SSP, Volkswagen’s electric platform of the future. This is expected to cut development time by about a quarter, increase the speed of new software releases and also significantly accelerate manufacturing processes in production. In the future, vehicle projects will be completed in 40 months from the point at which the basic software architecture is in place, instead of 54 months as before. I...

News Updated at: 2022/03/04

Volkswagen giving first design preview of Project Trinity

Volkswagen giving first design preview of Project Trinity VW unveiled the first sketch of Project Trinity on March 5.The electrically powered sedan Trinity is to be built in Wolfsburg from 2026 and will set new standards in terms of range, charging speed and digitization – and will be able to drive highly automated according to Level 4.The project name Trinity is derived from the Latin “trinitas” and stands for the tri-unity. Accordingly, T...

News Updated at: 2021/03/08