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The Volkswagen plant in Emden produces the Passat B8 sedan, estate, Alltrack, GTE such as the Arteon and Arteon Shooting Brake. The Port of Emden is the Volkswagen Group’s most important harbor complex. It is Europe’s third largest port for automotive distribution and the key hub for new vehicle imports and exports.

The Volkswagen brand is consistently moving ahead with the changeover of its plants to e-mobility in line with its plans. The conversion of the Emden plant has already started and the first electric cars are to roll off the production line there from 2022.

Emden is to be the first plant in Lower Saxony where large volumes of electric vehicles will be produced. The new all-electric compact SUV ID.4 is to start production there in 2022 and will be followed by the Aero in 2023. The production of the Passat sedan and estate, the Arteon and the new Shooting Brake will continue for a transitional period of several years.

Press releases

  • Volkswagen ID.7
    On the road to the world premiere: first appearance of the new ID.7 sedan with a digital camouflage look
    01/04/23
    Models

    On the road to the world premiere: first appearance of the new ID.7 sedan with a digital camouflage look

    The stage is set for the ID.7! At the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas between 5 and 8 January 2023, Volkswagen Group of America will showcase its first fully electric sedan based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB). It will be clad in smart camouflage, which uses unique technology and multi-layered paintwork to create light effects on parts of the vehicle. This is an interactive feature and symbolizes the next step in the digitalization of the future flagship model of the ID. family. The ID. AERO concept vehicle initially presented in China already provided a preview of the new model, which embodies an aerodynamic design concept and is able to achieve ranges of up to 700 kilometers (WLTP). After a six-year break, Volkswagen Group of America is returning to the CES – the world’s largest trade show for electronics – with a very special product.
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  • Volkswagen’s global production network for electric vehicles grows with the launch of a second German site in Emden
    Volkswagen’s global production network for electric vehicles grows with the launch of a second German site in Emden
    05/20/22
    Company

    Volkswagen’s global production network for electric vehicles grows with the launch of a second German site in Emden

    Volkswagen is pressing ahead with gearing its plants to electric mobility. Volkswagen is expanding its global production network for electric vehicles by starting to make the all-electric ID.4 in Emden. Emden is now the second site for electric vehicles in Germany following Zwickau and also joins the Chinese plants in Anting and Foshan. Chattanooga (ID.4) and Hanover will also commence production this year. As a result, Volkswagen is creating the conditions in 2022 for building 1.2 million all-electric vehicles a year based on the MEB in the future at its sites in Europe, the U.S. and China. Volkswagen has invested around one billion euros in converting the Emden plant with its 8,000 employees. Emden is thus the first high-tech site for electric mobility in Lower Saxony. The Volkswagen Group will invest a total of 21 billion euros in Lower Saxony up to 2026 and make the federal state Germany’s center for electric mobility.
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  • Volkswagen plant Emden
    Volkswagen Group invests in automation for Emden, Hanover and Chattanooga plants
    10/14/20
    Volkswagen Group News

    Volkswagen Group invests in automation for Emden, Hanover and Chattanooga plants

    The Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brands are working flat out on the transformation to the e-mobility era and the conversion of plants to e-mobility. The Volkswagen brand has now ordered more than 1,400 robots from Japanese manufacturer FANUC for its production facilities at Chattanooga (USA) and Emden. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has ordered a further 800 robots for its Hanover plant from ABB of Switzerland. The robots are to be mainly used for body production and battery assembly. The three plants are currently being prepared for the production of electric cars using highly advanced facilities. From 2022, the ID.4 is to be produced at Chattanooga (USA) and Emden, while the model known under the show car name of ID. BUZZ is to roll off the production line at Hanover.
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