The VW ID3 will be completely transferred to Wolfsburg in 2024
- The Volkswagen brand has announced that in 2024 it will transfer the entire production of the battery electric ID3 from Zwickau and Dresden to Wolfsburg, whose production volume has fallen significantly since 2020, following the poor sales of the last generation of Golf (which is produced on this plant) and also the transfer of part of the customer base towards battery electric cars of the same segment such as the Volkswagen ID3.
- Less than 200,000 Golfs were produced in Wolfsburg in 2022, the lowest volume since the 1970s. At the same time, 170,000 ID3-ID4-ID5s were produced in Zwickau and Dresden in 2022, compared to 153,000 units in 2021.
- Remember that the Zwickau plant had been calibrated for a volume of 250,000 electric vehicles per year and the Dresden plant for a volume of 25,000 electric vehicles. However, the Cupra Born and Audi Q4 E-Tron were added to the ID3-ID4-ID5 at the Zwickau plant, these two models having been produced at 95,000 units there in 2022. 265,000 were therefore produced electric vehicles at the Zwickau and Dresden sites in 2022 and probably 275,000 units in 2023, thus approaching the maximum capacities of the two plants. However, the Dresden plant will close in 2024.
- With sales forecasts confirming further growth in sales of ID3-ID4-ID5 electric cars in 2024 and 2025, it became necessary to plan the transfer of one or more models from Zwickau to Wolfsburg where capacities are no longer used as much as previously.