Volkswagen Group has given an replace on its plans for manufacturing of electrical autos in Germany following a gathering by senior workers held on Friday.

In an effort to curb prices, the automaker has determined to desert plans for a second plant at its headquarters in Wolfsburg. The plant was introduced in early 2022 and was slated to construct a much-hyped technological flagship for the Volkswagen model code-named Trinity, in addition to further autos all primarily based on a next-generation EV platform referred to as the SSP.

The Trinity will now be constructed at VW Group’s Zwickau plant, the place VW’s ID.3, ID.4, and ID.5 are presently constructed, along with the associated Audi This autumn E-Tron and Cupra Born.

“Our trade faces advanced challenges because it undergoes a metamorphosis that’s being performed underneath troublesome enterprise circumstances,” Thomas Schäfer, the CEO of the VW model, mentioned in an announcement. “Throughout the context of our efficiency program, this newly authorized automobile allocation plan will make a considerable contribution to a robust, aggressive VW model.”

Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany

Different SSP-based EVs will probably be constructed at different VW Group crops, together with the present plant in Wolfsburg. Considered one of these EVs was confirmed on Friday because the next-generation VW Golf. Schäfer first hinted at plans for an electrical Golf on the SSP platform in April. He mentioned on the time the mannequin will not arrive till late within the decade because the SSP platform will not be prepared till 2028.

The SSP platform was initially due in 2026 however has been delayed by two years. First introduced in 2021, the platform is being developed to simply accept battery cells and software program techniques that will probably be widespread throughout many of the fashions from the VW Group, making it simpler to construct a wide range of fashions in the identical plant, one thing that was highlighted on Friday by Christian Vollmer, head of manufacturing for the VW model.

“We’re systematically bundling autos primarily based on the identical structure throughout all manufacturers in our crops,” Vollmer mentioned in an announcement. “We would like our crops to supply a number of completely different fashions on the technical foundation of 1 automobile structure.”

VW Group on Friday additionally introduced just a few further fashions for manufacturing on the present Wolfsburg plant. The just lately revealed redesigned international Tiguan will begin manufacturing there shortly and will probably be adopted in 2025 by an extended compact crossover that the U.S. is anticipated to obtain as its Tiguan (a automobile prone to be in-built North America). An electrical crossover was additionally confirmed to start out manufacturing on the Wolfsburg plant in 2026, regarded as an electrical Tiguan.