Emden faces the identical state of affairs as Zwickau, the place VW introduced pausing manufacturing yesterday. In keeping with native media, the reason being a scarcity of drives, which can maintain up the meeting in Zwickau till December. The VW ID.4 and ID.5 and Audi This fall e-tron and This fall Sportback e-tron normally roll off line 2. Greater than 1,000 of the whole of round 8,000 workers are anticipated to be affected by the manufacturing shutdown.
And this is identical in Emden, though it seems the plant will solely pause 5 days and over the weekend, as a spokesperson informed the German press company DPA.
This lacking motor is because of a mannequin makeover. VW Group entered the brand new mannequin 12 months for these SUVs, which changed the 150 kW PSM on the rear axle with the brand new APP550. It provides 210 kW of energy and 550 Nm (as a substitute of the earlier 310 Nm) of most torque. The brand new electrical motor claims greater effectivity, rising the vary.
Nevertheless, the VW element plant in Kassel, which delivers the brand new motors, has been experiencing disruptions within the provide chain for the APP550. Consequently, fewer models of the “efficiency electrical motor” have been arriving in Zwickau; the few accessible APP550s have been prioritised for Emden to maintain the ramp-up of the brand new VW ID.7 going. Now, even Emden was compelled to close down – quickly.
In Zwickau, manufacturing line 1 for the VW ID.3 and Cupra Born is unaffected since these fashions utilise the older electrical drive with 150 kW of energy and 310 Nm of torque. Despite the fact that Kassel additionally manufactured mentioned drive, the availability chain seems uninterrupted.
On account of weak demand, Volkswagen had already stopped EV manufacturing in Zwickau on manufacturing line 1 for round two weeks in October. Manufacturing of the 2 fashions has since resumed in three shifts.
ndr.de, spiegel.de (each in German)