US EditionVW Stops Production at German Site for First Time
Volkswagen will convert its Dresden site into a research hub for chips, AI, and robotics, ending 20 years of low-volume car production with about 6,000 cars made annually.
- Volkswagen confirmed the final car, a worker-signed red ID.3 GTX, left the Dresden factory, marking its first full production halt in Germany.
- Volkswagen brand boss Thomas Schaefer said this month the decision was necessary, fitting a restructure to cut 35,000 jobs in Germany by 2030 to reduce costs.
- The Transparent Factory produced about 6,000 cars a year, far fewer than Wolfsburg plant's more than 500,000 annual output, while Volkswagen still operates some eight production sites in Germany.
- Volkswagen offered `socially acceptable alternatives` like transfers and termination agreements, while a spokesman said `There is nobody who will be left without a job` despite IG Metall's warning.
- Volkswagen plans to convert the site into an R&D centre for chips, AI and robotics, with the Technical University of Dresden occupying about half, while Pal Skirta warns tensions may rise in coming years.
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One more sign of the change that the automotive industry is experiencing: for the first time in 88 years of history, Volkswagen is going to shut down the production of vehicles in a plant located in Germany. The Dresden factory, from now on, will no longer produce cars, its new function will be to become an AI research campus and chips.
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