The VW factory in Osnabrück can no longer count on the hoped-for contract for an electric Porsche. “Business in China is currently notoriously difficult at Porsche. Therefore, overflow production for the Osnabrück plant can no longer be guaranteed in the future,” explained a VW spokesman when asked by the German Press Agency. The “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” had previously reported. According to the report, the plan was actually to produce their electric successors there from 2026, when the Porsche models previously built in Osnabrück are phased out. The VW plant would then be used as “overflow production” to build cars for which the capacity at the Porsche main plant in Stuttgart was not sufficient. With the loss of the hoped-for follow-up order, the location will be without a follow-up model from spring 2026. “We have taken note of the decision of the Porsche board,” said a spokesman for the group works council when asked by the dpa. However, Porsche alone does not decide on the future of the location. “In this respect, the following continues to apply: The employee side on the Supervisory Board wants all plants in our global production network to have solid future prospects. Of course Osnabrück too.”Future of the plant still openPorsche is currently the most important client for the small VW location with 2,300 employees. The combustion engines Cayman and Boxster have been built there since April 2022. There is also the VW T-Roc convertible, which will also expire in spring 2026. What happens next will now be decided in the fall. “The occupancy of the Osnabrück plant is – as in every year and for all of the group’s plants – part of the planning round at the end of the year,” said the VW spokesman.More on the topicVolkswagen is currently struggling with high costs and poor utilization of its plants. The group therefore no longer rules out operational-related layoffs and plant closures. The employees in Osnabrück have been worried about their future ever since. Osnabrück is the second smallest VW factory after the Transparent Factory in Dresden. The location came to VW in 2009 after Karmann went bankrupt. Karmann was previously a contract manufacturer for VW for decades.
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