Volkswagen increases capacity at Wolfsburg plant
- The Volkswagen Group plans to increase the annual output of its Wolfsburg plant to one million units by 2020, a figure never reached by any other plant in Europe or Russia. Currently, the capacity of the Wolfsburg plant is 900,000 vehicles per year, and the manufacturer believes it is necessary and feasible to increase these capacities by 10% by 2020. Formerly the historic stronghold of the Volkswagen Beetle (1938-1978), this plant today manufactures Volkswagen Golf sedans, Volkswagen Tiguan SUVs and Volkswagen Touran minivans, all based on the MQB platform.
- The arrival of Seat Tarraco on this site may explain the willingness of the manufacturer to increase production capacity in Wolfsburg. In general, the launch of the new SUVs of the Volkswagen Group has boosted its production in Europe.
- All of the Group's factories in Europe are now operating at full capacity, notably in Wolfsburg (900,000 units produced every year since 2014), in Pamplona (325,000 units produced in 2018), where the T-Cross will be added to the Polo, next year in Martorell (490 000 units produced in 2018) where the Audi A1 will be added this month to the different Seat models. The Audi plants in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm are at the limit of saturation. Skoda factories are also on the verge of saturation in the Czech Republic, due to the success of Karoq, Kodiaq and Ateca. Finally, the Slovak factory in Bratislava, which is running at full capacity, has just been assigned production of the new Touareg and the Audi Q8.
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