Volkswagen shuts down production at its factory in Emden, Germany, for two days. The company announced on Wednesday that production of both combustion engine models and electric cars would be affected on Thursday and Friday. “The reason for this is the stagnant demand for the Passat model produced in Emden, which will be phased out at the beginning of March,” said a spokeswoman.
The works council and the company jointly decided to stop production. The “Emder Zeitung” and the “Ostfriesen-Zeitung” had reported this earlier. To ensure “synchronous factory driving” at the VW plant in Emden, production of electric vehicles would also have to be stopped on the two days, it was said. These services will be overtaken on Saturdays in the second half of the year.
Production of the Passat is moved to Bratislava
In August last year, VW started series production of the new electric sedan ID.7 in Emden. In addition, the smaller electric compact SUV ID.4 is also built in the seaport city, as well as the combustion engine models Passat, Arteon and Arteon Shooting Brake. Production of the Passat is expected to move to the Bratislava plant within weeks. Production of the Arteon will be gradually phased out.
Source: Krone
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