Volkswagen will open three new factories in China
- The Volkswagen group now has about fifteen assembly plants in China, spread over nine different cities: Shanghai (900,000 capacity vehicles fixed on three factories), Chengdu (600,000 on two factories), Changsha ( 600,000 on two factories), Changchun (600,000 on two factories), Foshan (600,000 on two plants), Urumqi (300,000), Yizheng (300,000), Nanjing (300,000), Ningbo (300,000).
- The production capacity of the Volkswagen Group is now 4,500,000 vehicles per year. However, the group's production volume reached 4,057,000 vehicles in 2017, corresponding to a sales volume of 4,020,000 vehicles. By 2018, it could exceed 4,300,000 units and approach saturation level (which could be reached in 2019).
- The German manufacturer has therefore decided to open three new assembly plants in China, in partnership with one of its partners: FAW. They will be based in Qingdao, Foshan and Tianjin respectively in Shandong, Guangdong and Jing-Jin-Ji provinces. They will make it possible to produce more vehicles (mainly SUVs and electric cars) for the local market, and to reach a total capacity of more than 5 million units by 2020. The Volkswagen Group has planned to introduce some 40 new electrified models (PHEV and BEV) in China by 2025. It plans to manufacture these vehicles in six of its Chinese plants, notably under the SOL brand.
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