metres, and will be able to transport up to 184 vehicles per journey. From 2023, it is planned that the train will have two additional carriages and run up to 550 metres in length, enabling around 200 carriages to be transported. On March 22, SEAT announced that Cupra Tavascan will be based on the MEB platform of the Volkswagen Group. It will be designed and developed in Barcelona and will reach Europe and overseas markets in 2024. The Cupra Tav...

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architecture eventually. On July 26, VW China announced that the VW brand signed a technological framework agreement with XPeng. In the early stage of cooperation, the two parties will co-develop two VW-branded electric vehicles (EVs) for China’s midsize vehicle segment, which will supplement the MEB-platform-based product portfolio and be based on both parties’ core capabilities and the XPeng G9 platform, with a launch planned in 2026. VW Gr...

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ompany’s North American base for production of electric vehicles, starting in 2022. VW will invest USD 800 million into the Chattanooga facility. Chattanooga will be the first dedicated location in North America for production of a vehicle using Volkswagen’s modular electric toolkit chassis, or MEB. In 2020, Volkswagen of America (VOA) will offer the first EV based on the MEB platform, which will be a series-production version of the ID CROZZ...

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Volkswagen AG, Salzgitter Plant / Power Co SE, Salzgitter Gigafactory Engines; Engine parts: Cylinder heads, Cylinder blocks, Crankshafts, Connecting rods; Parts for MEB Base+ drive system: rotor, stator (2019-); Battery cells and cell modules (2025-planning); Axle (End of production); Lithium-ion battery cells (2025-planning) VW Group's Engine assembly plant, motor components and battery plant, Center of Excellence (CoE) for Battery Cells, Power...

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d Seat will be produced in Zwickau. With the step-by-step transformation of the Zwickau plant, Volkswagen is for the first time switching a large car factory completely to electric mobility. The investments for conversion amount to around EUR 1.2 billion. In the final expansion stage from 2021, six MEB models will be built for three Group brands in Zwickau. In addition to the Zwickau vehicle plant, Volkswagen Sachsen has two other locations in th...

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ith over-the-air updates via VW.AC, allows CARIAD to achieve faster development cycles. It has already reduced development time from one and a half years down to just 12 weeks. VW.AC is available in all regions and for all brands. CARIAD is working on putting the cloud platforms for vehicles on the MEB and MQB platforms on a uniform technical basis. After that, it will synchronize with the new systems that will be used for the next generations of...

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ics platform competencies, the Group will invest around EUR 800 million into a new R&D facility in Wolfsburg, where the core of the SSP (Scalable Systems Platform) and its modules will be designed. The SSP will significantly reduce complexity over time. As the successor of MQB, MSB, MLB, as well as MEB and PPE, it will extend the consolidation from three ICE-platforms to two BEV-platforms, to finally one unified architecture for the whole product...

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Volkswagen AG, Kassel Plant Transmissions (Dual clutch gearbox DSG), Foundry, Pressed parts, Exhaust systems; Electric Motors (2013-), MEB Base+ electric drive (2019-), Electric transmission, High-efficiency electric drive systems (2023-) Pulse-controlled inverter (planning) Components production plant, Competence center for e-drives - Number of employees: around 15,000 (as of April 2025) - Operation started in 1958 - Established in 1957 VW prod...

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Volkswagen (Anhui) Automotive Company Limited (formerly JAC Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd.) SEHOL: SUV EV (2024-planning), MPV EV (2024-planning), SUV PHV (2024-planning), MPV PHV (2024-planning); (*The new model is based on MEB platform) CUPRA: EV SUV Tavascan (2023-, export to European market); VW: EV SUV ID. UNYX/UNYX 06 (2024-), EV SUV ID.EVO (2025-), EV ID. UNYX 07 (2026-planning); Xpeng: EV 2 models (2026-planning) Lithium-ion ba...

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will be implemented from 2026 onwards. The Group will invest around EUR 21 billion at its plants in Lower Saxony alone, most of which will be channelled into manufacturing sites and components facilities. Along with hardware for charging infrastructure, the Hanover plant will also produce axles for MEB models. In Braunschweig, Salzgitter and Kassel, the Group will invest in expanding the existing MEB production of battery systems, rotors/stators ...

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rise to about 26 million, largely due to the addition of a year to the planning period to include 2029. Volkswagen is also planning to sell nearly 6 million hybrid vehicles by 2029. About 20 million of the e-vehicles planned through 2029 will be based on the Group’s Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB). Most of the remaining 6 million vehicles will be based on the High Performance Platform (PPE). E-vehicles are scheduled to be made outside Germa...

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ted in 1999. Volkswagen Group Components delivers essential components for Volkswagen’s ID.4 On November 26, Volkswagen announced that it is the central supplier for the first models of the new Volkswagen ID. family and numerous other Group brand models based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB). Volkswagen Group Components contributes around 40% of the overall added value of the first fully electric SUV by the Volkswagen brand, the world...

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obalt. Series production of the new products is scheduled to start in June 2021 at the plant in Jintan, China. At the end of 2023, the new batteries can also be produced in the planned plant in Saarland. As of now, cobalt-free NMX battery cells with 115 Ah and an energy density of 245 Wh/kg in an MEB format (33.4 x 220 x 102.5 mm) can be ordered. Its voltage is 3.74 V and the capacity is 430 Wh. A cobalt-free cell variant with 226 Ah and an e...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/09/02

nnounced that it entered into a Master Agreement on E/E Collaboration with Volkswagen Group. Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly develop industry-leading E/E Architecture for all China-made vehicles based on Volkswagen’s China Main Platform (CMP) and Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB) platform. Under the E/E Architecture technical collaboration, XPeng and Volkswagen Group have established Project House in Guangzhou and Hefei fo...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/29

new vehicle can be accelerated to 50km/h in 3.4 seconds. On November 8, Volkswagen informed that the new plant of the SAIC Volkswagen joint venture in Anting, Shanghai has been completed. It is purely built for the production of all electric vehicles on Volkswagen’s Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB). Celebrating the start of pre-production, a first China-specific all-electric Volkswagen ID. model rolled off the production line. This is a mid-...

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ited, Anting NEV Plant) Audi: MHV A7L (2021-), EV Q4 Sportback e-tron (planning), EV Q5 e-tron (2022-); VW: SUV EV ID.4 X (2020-), EV ID.3 (2021-), EV ID.6 X (ID.Roomzz, 2021-), EV ID.7 S (2025-planning); Skoda: EV Vision E (planning); Battery (planning); SAIC VW's NEV (New Energy Vehicle) Plant (MEB Electric Platform), started production in October 2020 - On October 10, 2018, SAIC VW's NEV Plant based on Shanghai Anting started the constructio...

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within two years. Owing to ever increasing consumer preferences for the SUVs, the Volkswagen brand plans to heavily focus on introducing its global line-up of SUV portfolio for the Indian market. Starting this February, India will witness the first showcase of it’s electric vehicle based on the MEB platform along with the world premiere of the A0 SUV from Brand Volkswagen under Group’s India 2.0 project. On February 5, Volkswagen India unve...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/18

nnounced that it entered into a Master Agreement on E/E Collaboration with Volkswagen Group. Under the agreement, the two companies will jointly develop industry-leading E/E Architecture for all China-made vehicles based on Volkswagen’s China Main Platform (CMP) and Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB) platform. Under the E/E Architecture technical collaboration, XPeng and Volkswagen Group have established Project House in Guangzhou and Hefei fo...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/13

ed Transporter and Caravelle van range Volkswagen celebrates world premiere of new Caddy in Dusseldorf, Germany Volkswagen Commercial vehicles to begin gradual resumption of production from 27 April Volkswagen starts with step-by-step resumption of production Volkswagen details 1-speed gearbox for MEB electric vehicles in Europe, North America Start of expansion project of Volkswagen Poznań plant Volkswagen Poznan plant’s preparation for pro...

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ZZ Cargo (2022-), PHV Camper van California (2024-); Amarok (2012-2020), Tiguan (2016-End of production), EV e-Crafter (2018-2020); MAN EV eTGE (2018-2020); Porsche Panamera's body shells（Production and coating) (-2016), Body for New Bentley (2025-planning); Water-cooled boxer engines; Axle for MEB (planning); Foundry, Heat exchanger; Flexible fast charging station (2022-); Battery system (planning) VWCV's plant, planning to produce several b...

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