According to the works council, Volkswagen has temporarily reduced the production of electric cars at its Emden plant. The reason for this is weakening sales. This apparently affects not only the ID.4, but also the production start-up of the new electric sedan ID.7.
Demand is almost 30 per cent below the originally planned production figures. In the next two weeks until the plant holidays, the late shift for the production of the ID.4 and the first models of the new ID.7 will be cancelled. The three-week plant holidays are also to be extended by one week for workers in the E-segment. In addition, about 300 of the current 1,500 temporary workers in Emden will not be kept on as of August.
Lower Saxony’s Minister of Economics Olaf Lies (SPD), who also sits on VW’s supervisory board, told the Nordwest-Zeitung that the decision was “understandable” but also a “warning signal for the industry”. “The registration figures for electric cars remain high, but what we are concerned about is the current dip in demand – and not just at Volkswagen, but at all manufacturers,” Lies said, referring to the drop in subsidies.
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