[Auto] The e-Golf

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Today is the last day that the electric version of the German compact will be manufactured in Dresden. The e-Golf, whose demand forced the company to double its production, must make way for new generations of electric cars. Much more capable in every way.

The Volkswagen e-Golf was, like many other electric models, a car designed to meet European requirements for reducing emissions. So it was built on top of the existing fossil fuel model and produced in limited quantities, thus reducing development costs.
Despite this, it has been a fairly successful electric car, receiving some updates in 2017 to increase its range. Between its production in Wolfsburg, which began in 2014 and ended in the summer of 2019, and the production in Dresden, which began in 2017 and ends today, 145,561 units of the e-Golf have been produced.

 

The transparent factory of the e-Golf and the ID.3
But times change and competition in the world of electric cars forces us to keep going. That is why the e-Golf leaves room in the plants for the manufacture of the new ID.3, of which Volkswagen plans to manufacture more units in a year, than the e-Golf in its entire history.

Danny Auerswald, Plant Manager at the Transparent Factory in Dresden, commented on the change to the ID.3 that: “The end of the e-Golf is also the beginning of the final preparations for the ID.3. In just a few weeks, we will open the next chapter of the Transparent Factory. After Zwickau, we are the second area in Europe to manufacture vehicles based on the new modular electronic transmission system »

Volkswagen plans to start production of the ID.3 in Dresden in January 2021. A very quick turnaround considering the date on which production of the e-Golf ends. Thomas Aehlig, Chairman of the Works Council of Transparent Factory, added: "The start of the assembly of the ID.3 is very good news for the staff and a reward for the many efforts made in transforming the site since 2016."

Volkswagen has already delivered around 30,000 ID.3s and plans to increase production to meet demand. Which could increase even more when the cheaper version of the vehicle is available next year.