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Volkswagen to make Zwickau vehicle plant Europe’s top-performing electric car factory

Tradition meets future

There is a long tradition of carmaking at Zwickau. More than 100 years ago, August Horch & Cie. Automobilbau AG and Audi Automobilwerke GmbH started vehicle production at this location. Later, the two companies became part of Auto Union AG and finally AUDI AG. Following German reunification, Volkswagen returned to the region and established Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH in 1990. Currently, some 7,700 people are employed at the Zwickau plant. Last year, they produced about 290,000 vehicles. Thomas Ulbrich: “The Zwickau team has the know-how and passion required for producing electric cars of the very highest quality.”

Made in Germany

All in all, six Volkswagen plants in Germany are involved in the development and production of the Volkswagen ID.. The model is being conceived and developed by the E-Mobility Series Group and Technical Development in Wolfsburg. The heart of the ID., the battery system, is to be produced in Brunswick. The plant is currently being expanded in order to produce up to half a million battery systems per year in the future. The entirely newly developed MEB powertrain is to be produced in Kassel. And Salzgitter is to start with pre-series production of the rotor and stator for the MEB this year.

“This is a strong commitment to Germany as an automobile production location. We intend to take the country into the lead with respect to the electric car and to ensure that it remains strong in the long term,” says Thomas Ulbrich.

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The specified fuel consumption and emission data have been determined according to the measurement procedures prescribed by law. Since 1st September 2017, certain new vehicles are already being type-approved according to the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP), a more realistic test procedure for measuring fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Starting on September 1st 2018, the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) will be replaced by the WLTP in stages. Owing to the more realistic test conditions, the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions measured according to the WLTP will, in many cases, be higher than those measured according to the NEDC. For further information on the differences between the WLTP and NEDC, please visit www.volkswagen.de/wltp.

We are currently still required by law to state the NEDC figures. In the case of new vehicles which have been type-approved according to the WLTP, the NEDC figures are derived from the WLTP data. It is possible to specify the WLTP figures voluntarily in addition until such time as this is required by law. In cases where the NEDC figures are specified as value ranges, these do not refer to a particular individual vehicle and do not constitute part of the sales offering. They are intended exclusively as a means of comparison between different vehicle types. Additional equipment and accessories (e.g. add-on parts, different tyre formats, etc.) may change the relevant vehicle parameters, such as weight, rolling resistance and aerodynamics, and, in conjunction with weather and traffic conditions and individual driving style, may affect fuel consumption, electrical power consumption, CO2 emissions and the performance figures for the vehicle.

Further information on official fuel consumption figures and the official specific CO2 emissions of new passenger cars can be found in the “Guide on the fuel economy, CO2 emissions and power consumption of new passenger car models”, which is available free of charge at all sales dealerships and from DAT Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH, Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, D-73760 Ostfildern, Germany and at www.dat.de.