VW’s 1 Millionth EV Is Here, But It’s Crushing Them

VW’s 1 Millionth EV Is Here, But It’s Crushing Them

VW is celebrating the production of its 1 millionth EV, an ID.3 GTX. Electric sales doubled in Europe in the first three months of 2025. But EVs are less profitable and have contributed to lower earnings. Party hats were compulsory headgear at VW’s Zwickau plant in eastern Germany this week. The factory produces six different EVs for various VW Group brands and just built its millionth electric car, an ID.3 GTX hot hatch. But Zwickau’s busy prod…

A brand new ID.3 GTX performance is a milestone for VW. The first pure electric car factory of the car manufacturer has now produced a total of one million electric cars. This started with ID.3, in 2020 the ID.4, in 2021 Audi Q4 e-tron and Cupra Born were added, since 2022 also the ID.5. Almost every second registered electric car of the Volkswagen Group comes from Zwickau worldwide. For the Autostadt, my hometown, certainly a nice number, but o…

The one millionth electric vehicle rolls off the production line at the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau

After around five and a half years of all-electric vehicle production, the Zwickau vehicle plant has cracked a magic barrier: This week, the one millionth electric car rolled off the production line at the multi-brand site. The anniversary vehicle is an ID.3 GTX Performance in Kings Red Metallic. The car will be delivered to a customer from Bavaria in a few weeks at the Transparent Factory in Dresden. Read on Consumption data: ID.3 GTX Performa…