Volkswagen said on Wednesday it is transforming two of its German production sites into electric vehicle plants, ensuring that by 2022 it will boast “the largest network for the production of electric vehicles in Europe”. The decision still needs to be ratified by VW’s supervisory board, but it already has the blessing of VW’s powerful labour unions. Fewer production steps“Fewer production steps are involved in making an electric vehicle, [so] we will need fewer employees in the final resort,” he said. It is home to the ID Neo, a long-range electric hatchback going on sale late next year. It did say that the ID Buzz, an electric minibus, “will probably be produced” in Hanover from 2022 alongside combustion engine commercial vehicles.

Source: The Irish Times November 14, 2018 14:37 UTC