Production of the Volkswagen ID.3 and Cupra Born electric models will be curtailed until October 16 A spokesman for the German company said at its main electric car factory in Zwickau. Assembly of the ID.3 will be suspended at a small factory in Dresden during the first two weeks of October.
Meanwhile, Volkswagen is negotiating with local worker representatives on how to continue production in Zwickau, located near the Czech border, in the second half of October. The assembly process at the Glaeserne Manufaktur plant in Dresden will be back to normal by then.
In recent months Interest in electric cars has declined in Europe The article chronicles rising energy, living and credit costs, and ongoing consumer concerns about charging infrastructure and battery range.
In Germany, the opposite could be observed temporarily in August due to the government’s decision to do so Ending government support for electric cars used in corporate fleets. According to the German automobile advocacy organization VDA, the number of new electric vehicle registrations rose by 171% in August compared to the previous year.
Volkswagen said earlier this month it would lay off 269 temporary workers in Zwickau whose one-year contracts were about to expire. Orders for the company’s cars, which account for about 70% of Volkswagen-branded electric vehicles produced in Zwickau, unsurprisingly fell due to the end of subsidies.
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