Volkswagen is stopping production at its plant in Emden, Germany, for two days. The company announced on Wednesday that both the production of combustion engine models and electric cars would be affected on Thursday and Friday. “The reason for this is the stagnating demand for the Passat model produced in Emden, which will be phased out at the beginning of March,” said a spokeswoman.
The works council and the company jointly decided to stop production. The “Emder Zeitung” and the “Ostfriesen-Zeitung” had previously reported. In order to ensure “synchronous factory operation” at the VW plant in Emden, the production of electric vehicles should also be suspended on both days, it was said. These shifts are to be made up on Saturdays in the second half of the year. Production of the Passat will be relocated to Bratislava In August last year, VW began series production of the new ID.7 electric sedan in Emden. In addition, the smaller electric compact SUV ID.4 is also being built in the seaport city, as are the combustion engine models Passat, Arteon and Arteon Shooting Brake. Production of the Passat is scheduled to be relocated to the Bratislava plant in a few weeks. Production of the Arteon will gradually be phased out.
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