As manufacturing of the ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo began earlier this month at Volkswagen Business Automobiles’ flagship plant in Hanover, Germany, the automaker has launched some attention-grabbing manufacturing numbers.

Over the course of this yr, the corporate plans to extend the manufacturing unit’s each day manufacturing from 810 automobiles to a complete of 900 (ID. Buzz, ID. Buzz Cargo, Multivan and T6.1 mixed), with the purpose of manufacturing a complete of round 15,000 ID. Buzz fashions in 2022. Sooner or later, there are plans to construct as much as 130,000 models per yr at VWCV’s major plant.

“As we develop our portfolio, after 2023 we are going to produce as much as 130,000 models of the ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo at our Hanover plant.”

Josef Baumert, Member of the VWCV Model Administration Board for Manufacturing and Logistics

The quantity seems to be in keeping with earlier annual gross sales estimates from Volkswagen executives. Again in March, Ralf Brandstätter, the pinnacle of the Volkswagen Passenger Automobiles model, mentioned the carmaker wished to promote round 120,000 models a yr worldwide. It’s unclear whether or not he was referring to ID. Buzz solely or ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo mixed.

Volkswagen USA boss Scott Keogh beforehand mentioned that ID. Buzz volumes in america would probably be beneath 100,000 yearly. Issue within the world gross sales goal of 120,000 models and it is fairly clear the US would be the largest marketplace for the ID. Buzz.

With the beginning of ID. Buzz sequence manufacturing, the VWCV plant in Hanover is now the third German manufacturing website for automobiles of the ID. household, after Zwickau and Dresden. 

VW says round 4,000 staff on the Hanover plant educated to supply the ID. Buzz whereas additionally assembling Multivan and T6.1 vans—all three automobiles based mostly on three completely different platforms are partly manufactured on the identical line. For the physique building of the ID. Buzz, the automaker notes that it has elevated the diploma of automation by 15% in comparison with the T6.1, reaching 92%.

Volkswagen additionally reveals the place the parts for the ID. Buzz come from. The entire entrance and rear axles of the ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo come from Volkswagen Group Parts’ close by Barsinghausen plant, which additionally provides motor housings for the MEB platform.

The MEB battery system for the ID. Buzz at present comes from the positioning in Braunschweig however will probably be assembled at Hanover’s Barsinghausen website from 2024.

Different key ID. Buzz parts are shipped from Kassel (electrical drives) and Salzgitter (rotor and stator for the MEB’s electrical drive). Volkswagen Group Parts has pledged to speculate about €2.3 billion ($2.4 billion) within the electrification of places in Germany alone via 2026, properly greater than half of all investments. 

The primary deliveries of ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo automobiles to clients in Europe will happen this autumn.