re cost-competitive EVs. 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...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/18

from July 14 to 25, but about 25% of its 700 employees will keep working to meet customer orders. On October 27, Volkswagen Slovakia's Martin plant reached a significant milestone by producing its 600-millionth component, a joint shaft. The component will be installed in an electric vehicle on the MEB platform in Wolfsburg, Germany. In 2019, the plant added joint shafts for Volkswagen Group electric vehicles on the MEB platform. To date, it has ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/17

f paint materials, all factories strictly implement the national standard GB24409-2020 to reduce the VOC value of paint to below 420g/L. On September 16, FAW-VW released its 2020/2021 Sustainable Development Report. The report states that FAW-VW has decided to adopt CO2 heat pump technology for its MEB platform models. This enables the model's vehicles to efficiently heat their interiors even in extremely cold environments of -20°C, increasing t...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/17

., Ltd. (CATL-FAW) held a ceremony to celebrate the start of operation of CATL-FAW. FAW will have its own power battery manufacturing site after CATL-FAW began operation. NEV power batteries manufactured by CATL-FAW will be adopted by all models developed based on Hongqi's FME platform and FAW-VW's MEB platform. The operations of CATL-FAW are expected to push forward FAW's electrification strategy. It was established as a joint venture by CATL an...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/17

VW released its 2020/2021 Sustainable Development Report. According to the report, the company is actively promoting the use of energy-saving motors and reducing power consumption in vehicle assembly areas. In addition, based on the characteristics of electric vehicles, the assembly workshop of the MEB platform models at the Foshan plant in Guangdong Province stopped using fans for exhaust testing and air intake and exhaust systems to reduce ener...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/16

., Ltd. (CATL-FAW) held a ceremony to celebrate the start of operation of CATL-FAW. FAW will have its own power battery manufacturing site after CATL-FAW began operation. NEV power batteries manufactured by CATL-FAW will be adopted by all models developed based on Hongqi's FME platform and FAW-VW's MEB platform. The operations of CATL-FAW are expected to push forward FAW's electrification strategy. It was established as a joint venture by CATL an...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/16

VW released its 2020/2021 Sustainable Development Report. According to the report, the company is actively promoting the use of energy-saving motors and reducing power consumption in vehicle assembly areas. In addition, based on the characteristics of electric vehicles, the assembly workshop of the MEB platform models at the Foshan plant in Guangdong Province stopped using fans for exhaust testing and air intake and exhaust systems to reduce ener...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/14

architecture with VW   In July 2024, XPeng and the Volkswagen(VW) Group nnounced that they had signed a strategic joint development agreement for technical cooperation on E/E architecture based on a framework agreement. The two companies will jointly develop the E/E architecture "CEA" for the CMP/MEB platform that VW produces in China. Models equipped with this architecture are expected to go into production within 24 months and will be fully a...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/07/14

Volkswagen Navarra, S.A., Pamplona (Landaben) Plant VW: Polo (1984-2024), VW T-Cross (2019-), Taigo (2021-), EV ID.2X (2026-planning); Skoda: EV Elroq (MEB modular electric platform) (2025-planning), EV Epiq (2026-planning); Passenger car and engine assembly - Number of employees: 4,577 (as of 2023) - Investment for EV production: EUR 1.024 billion (2023- 2027) - Established in 1984 (as part of VW) - Established in 1965 Volkswagen Navarra propo...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/11

production of electric drive components. On January 23, Škoda announced that its Mladá Boleslav plant produced 575,000 vehicles (+3.4%), nearly 80,000 Enyaq units were produced despite slower EV demand. The plant also manufactured 500,000 EA 211 engines, 355,000 MQ 200 transmissions, and 227,000 MEB traction batteries, with an additional 53,600 for plug-in hybrids. Kvasiny plant produced 248,000 vehicles, focusing on the Kodiaq, Karoq, and the...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/07

oadster (-2023), TTS Coupe/Roadster (2008-2023), TT RS Coupe/Roadster (2009-2023); CUPRA: SUV Terramar (2024-), PHV SUV Terramar (2024-); Engines, Crankshafts (1998-), Traction motor (e-motor) (2018-), Electric gears (e-gears) & stators (2021-), PPE Axle a'ssy (2021-), PPE electric motors (2023-), MEBeco (Modular E-Drive System) electric motors (2025-planning), Rotors (planning); A3 sedan (2013-2019)，A3 Cabriolet (2007-2020), Audi S3 Sedan (-...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/07

i-Fi 6 portfolio NXP chooses TSMC, Taiwan’s 5nm process for automotive platform NXP introduces platform based on MCUXpresso software development kit NXP launches in-vehicle multi-device wireless charging solutions AutoCrypt, Korea partners with NXP for V2X solutions Volkswagen adopts NXP BMS for MEB electrical vehicle platform NXP extends secure ultra-wideband portfolio NXP introduces S32K3 MCUs for automotive software development NXP and dSPA...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/07/04

Puma, EcoSport) will shut from April 29-May 1 and from May 10-14, and will operate on two shifts instead of three from April 26-May 21. The Otosan plant in Turkey (Transit midsize vans) will pause production from April 19 through June 13. After launching two new all-electric EVs based on VW Group's MEB electric-only architecture assembled in 2024 in Cologne, Germany, Ford will use its own, in-house system for future EVs, which is currently being ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/20

VW released its 2020/2021 Sustainable Development Report. According to the report, the company is actively promoting the use of energy-saving motors and reducing power consumption in vehicle assembly areas. In addition, based on the characteristics of electric vehicles, the assembly workshop of the MEB platform models at the Foshan plant in Guangdong Province stopped using fans for exhaust testing and air intake and exhaust systems to reduce ener...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/19

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 ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/13

lestone with Kodiaq Sportline in Kvasiny plant, Czech Republic Skoda Auto announces production for 2024 for plants in other regions Skoda unveils all-new Kodiaq SUV in China SAIC VW exhibits new Kodiaq SUV Skoda to launch new Kodiaq SUV in China in April SAIC VW to transform Changsha plant into MEB-based NEV manufacturing site SAIC VW begins construction of NEV project in Changsha with planned annual capacity of 150,000 sets of new energy bat...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/12

s their own identity." "Each brand will have their own UI, look and feel," Bensaid said. "Each brand will have their own suspension tuning … but underneath the guts of the vehicle will be optimized based on the same technology and software architecture." It all starts with the upcoming affordable MEB-based VW Every1, which will use an off-the-shelf version of the zonal architecture, and then trickle into newly-released models based on the Volks...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/11

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-...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/10

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-); Xpeng: EV 2 models (2026-planning) Lithium-ion battery system (for EV and MAB pla...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/05

30 bars and operate in temperature range from -40 to +165°C. It is also resistant to rapid gas decompression (RGD) and is compliant with the NORSOK M-710 standard. The Company also revealed that its sealing solutions made with the 8EP3411 compound are used as standard on vehicles equipped with the MEB platform, such as the ID.3. R744 (CO2) is a natural, non-flammable refrigerant with a low GWP (Global Warming Potential). It will be the future st...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2025/05/29