The plant, which opened in 2002 as the Transparent Factory building high-end Volkswagen Phaeton sedans, started building EVs in 2017, when it began making the all-electric Volkswagen e-Golf.<\/p>\n
The facility stopped making the e-Golf in late 2020 and began producing its replacement, the ID.3, in 2021. The Dresden plant built 6,500 ID.3 electric hatchbacks in 2022. The site is a very small compared to VW’s other EV plants in Germany \u2013 it has no body manufacturing, paint shop or pressing plant.<\/p>\n
The Transparent Factory owes its name to the fact it has glass walls allowing customers to watch the final stage of vehicle assembly. It is regarded as an architectural gem and has been used as a venue for events, ceremonies, concerts, and operas.<\/p>\n
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The facility will continue to operate in some capacity, and its 300 full-time workers will be assigned other tasks, among others in the area of innovative production and testing, the sources said. A VW spokesperson declined to comment on speculation.<\/p>\n
It’s worth noting that the ID.3 will continue to be made at the Zwickau plant, which is Volkswagen’s main site in Germany for its ID line of EVs.<\/p>\n
Starting this autumn, the ID.3 will also be made at the Wolfsburg plant, “initially only in small numbers,” according to news agency DPA<\/em>. The decision to stop ID.3 production in Dresden is likely related to the start of production in Wolfsburg.<\/p>\n