The first Volkswagen Polo rolled off the assembly line in Mosel (now Zwickau) on May 21, 1990. That event took place nearly 30 years ago and, as of 2018, more than 5.5 million Volkswagen vehicles have been produced on the Saxon assembly lines since then. More than 15.5 million engines have been produced in Chemnitz.
From classic manufacturing to e-competence center
There’s a good reason why Saxony is considered one of the most innovative locations for automobile manufacturing. This is where Volkswagen is launching its e-offensive and developing the plant in Zwickau into the largest competence center for e-vehicles in Europe. The conversion work is slated to begin in summer 2019 – initially one of the two production lines will be entirely adapted to making the electrically-powered ID. The first ID. family models will begin coming off the assembly line at the end of 2019. They are based on the modular platform for electric vehicles (MEB). Volkswagen Sachsen has signed cooperation agreements with the cities of Zwickau and Dresden for cooperating locally and is also the driving force behind the regional campaign “Zwickau AG”. The aim of “Zwickau AG” is to promote the issues of skilled labor, education, culture and infrastructure.
Das Fahrzeugwerk in Zwickau aus der Vogelperspektive
