The most recently crising car manufacturer Volkswagen surprisingly grows up the production in its Wolfsburg main plant. In May, June and July, special shifts are planned on eight weekends, a group spokeswoman confirmed on request. At first the “Wolfsburger Nachrichten” reported. According to an internal message that is available to the German Press Agency, all production lines in Wolfsburg are affected. The Golf and Tiguan models in particular are built here. 16 special shifts were set in the assembly alone, and more are added in body construction and paint shop. This was justified with the “current program situation”. In the first quarter, the Volkswagen brand sold a total of five percent more cars than a year ago.
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Last year, VW had already built more cars in the main plant than in the weak previous years, while there were shifts in other locations, especially in the electrical models.35,000 positions by 2030, VW and IG Metall had agreed on an extensive savings program, including job cuts and melting overcapacity. 35,000 of the 130,000 jobs in Germany are to be eliminated by 2030, the technical capacity in the main plant of more than 900,000 cars per year decreased to less than 600,000. The golf production is to hand over Wolfsburg to Mexico, in return to get new e-model from Zwickau. The main work is no longer used for a topic: 523,000 cars were built there last year, even less than 500,000 in the year. According to previous information, up to 600,000 is said to be again. In Wolfsburg, VW produces primarily for the European market. Exports to China and the USA hardly play a role here. In addition to Golf and Tiguan, the Touran and Tayron models are also being built. The Tiguan has been the group’s best -selling model for years.
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