BERLIN — Volkswagen Group has chosen its headquarters, the central German metropolis of Wolfsburg, as the situation for its new manufacturing unit to buld the Trinity electrical flagship sedan for the VW model.
Development is ready to start in spring 2023, VW mentioned on Friday.
VW mentioned it was investing about 2 billion euros ($2.18 billion) within the manufacturing of the car.
The plant will use the most recent manufacturing methods and is designed to shut the know-how hole to Tesla, which on Friday acquired approval to begin manufacturing at its new European plant close to Berlin.
Development will begin in 2023, with vehicles rolling off the manufacturing line from 2026, VW mentioned.
The Trinity sedan shall be in regards to the measurement of the midsize Passat. The automobile shall be aimed on the mass market and targets a variety of over 700 km (435 miles).
Will probably be technically prepared for Stage 4 autonomous driving and can debut VW Group’s SSP electrical “tremendous platform” that may change combustion-engine and full-electric platforms utilized by manufacturers together with VW, Skoda, Seat, Audi and Porsche.
VW goals for a manufacturing time of 10 hours per car for the Trinity mannequin, much like how lengthy it is going to take Tesla to construct vehicles at its new manufacturing unit in Gruenheide close to Berlin.
The bottom line is “fewer variants, fewer elements, extra automation, leaner manufacturing strains and new logistic ideas,” VW mentioned.
The manufacturing unit will produce about 250,000 vehicles yearly and constructing it from scratch is much less complicated than retooling current operations, VW model chief Ralf Brandstaetter informed reporters in November.
The choice so as to add a brand new facility is a part of VW Group CEO Herbert Diess’s push to choose up the tempo within the EV shift and grow to be extra environment friendly.
Constructing the manufacturing unit near Wolfsburg is a nod to VW’s highly effective unions, who’ve incessantly clashed with Diess.
Reuters and Bloomberg contributed to this report