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The Wolfsburg Volkswagen Plant is the worldwide headquarters of the Volkswagen Group. [1] Situated in Wolfsburg, Germany, it is one of the largest manufacturing plants in the world, with an area of just under 6.5 million m 2 (70 million sq ft) and a building area of 1.6 million m 2 (17 million sq ft). [2] In 2015 the plant produced 815,000 cars.
1954: Volkswagen assembly commenced by Martin and King Pty Ltd, Clayton. [43] 1957: Factory purchased by newly formed Volkswagen (Australasia) Pty Ltd, which is 51% owned by Volkswagen Germany. [44] 1959: An adjoining property is purchased to be the new VW administration headquarters, central parts warehouse and engine assembly shop.
By that time it was reported that Volkswagen had invested approximately 850 million Deutsche Mark, equivalent to €598 million in 2021, in the project. [2] Autostadt is located next to Volkswagen's main factory which is also an attraction. Every Volkswagen model is available giving the opportunity for the public to choose what they want.
In Zwickau, Volkswagen plowed more than $1.3 billion over the past five years into turning its combustion-engine factory into the company’s first pure-EV production facility—a top-to-bottom ...
The Transparent Factory is a car factory and exhibition space in Dresden, Germany owned by German carmaker Volkswagen and designed by architect Gunter Henn. It originally opened in 2002, producing the Volkswagen Phaeton until 2016.
Volkswagen is weighing whether to close factories in Germany for the first time in its 87-year history as it moves to deepen cost cuts amid rising competition from China’s electric vehicle makers.
Volkswagen workers have begun mass strikes across Germany as the company threatens to cut pay and close factories to combat a slack European car market.. The strikes come amid a spate of warnings ...
Volkswagen also began construction of a major expansion of the Mosel plant following the unification of Germany, with he old Saschenring site in the centre of Zwickau being largely demolished - only the historic Audi factory building was retained and now houses the August Horch Museum Zwickau. The new expanded manufacturing plant was completed ...