2022 Volkswagen ID.5 Production in Germany

▪ Vehicle portfolio complete: Zwickau officially starts production of its sixth all-electric model, the ID.5
▪ World’s first complete conversion of a large-scale factory from internal combustion engine vehicle production to dedicated electric vehicle production
▪ Global EV production network will continue to grow with the addition of Emden, Hanover and Chattanooga in 2022

Volkswagen is driving forward the shift to electric vehicle manufacturing with its ACCELERATE strategy. Today’s official start of production of the ID.5 and ID.5 GTX marks the completion of Volkswagen’s successful transformation of its Zwickau plant into a dedicated electric vehicle production facility. The long-established site in western Saxony is the first large-scale facility of any volume manufacturer worldwide to switch over all production from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles. Six models from the Volkswagen, Audi and CUPRA brands will now be manufactured in Zwickau based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB). The plants in Emden (ID.4), Hanover (ID. Buzz) and Chattanooga (USA, ID.4) will be added to the electric vehicle production network this year. The Volkswagen brand has thus laid the foundations for building 1.2 million all-electric-vehicles at its sites in Europe, the USA and China in 2022 based on the MEB.

An efficient digital model factory
Since 2018, around 1.2 billion euros has been spent on converting the Zwickau plant from ICE vehicle production into a digital, flexible, highly efficient showcase factory for the manufacture of electric vehicles. Increasing use is being made of technology such as smart Industry 4.0 robots and driverless transportation systems that take components to the assembly line completely autonomously.

Close to 40 percent of the investment volume went into the enhancement and expansion of the body shop alone. This area’s already high level of automation now reaches nearly 90 percent, and the number of state-of-the-art robots has risen from 1,200 to 1,625. Automation in the assembly line has also been almost doubled to 28 percent, and production ergonomics have improved significantly. Only jobs involving monotonous or physically strenuous work have been affected, such as working with one’s hands above one’s shoulders or overhead work.

In total, more than 50,000 square meters of new building space have been created, such as for the expansion of the press shop, which is where all shell body parts for the electric models are now pressed on site – saving 9,000 truck trips per year. Other major projects involved construction of a new logistics building as well as a battery sequencer, which is now the tallest building at the Zwickau site. The volume of investment for these three projects alone is around 115 million euros.

The transformation to electric vehicle production in Zwickau has created enduring, future-proof jobs. The some 9,000 permanent staff working at the site received training in the new technology as part of a major training initiative. For example, all employees attended information events on electric vehicles. A total of 3,000 production workers completed the training center’s e-mobility program to prepare them for the new production requirements. By the end of 2020, the Zwickau team had put in a total of around 20,000 days of training.

Models and production figures
In Zwickau, six models from three brands will leave the production line – the Volkswagen ID.3, ID.4 and ID.5 plus the Audi Q4 e-tron, Q4 Sportback e-tron and CUPRA BornThe production capacity corresponds to an annual output of more than 300,000 vehicles, making the Zwickau plant currently the most efficient electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Europe.

Green production
With the models produced in Zwickau, Volkswagen only delivers vehicles to customers that are produced in a carbon-neutral manner throughout the entire supply and production chain. In the manufacturing process, carbon generation is avoided or reduced as far as possible – and any unavoidable emissions are offset through climate action.

The carbon avoidance measures in manufacturing also extend to energy-intensive production of battery cells. Here, it was agreed that suppliers would use green electricity from renewable sources in cell production. The life-cycle assessment of electric vehicles can be improved further with this important tool.

At the Zwickau plant, the external power supply was switched over to 100 percent green electricity as early as 2017. Since production of the ID.3 began in November 2019, any remaining emissions from the site’s highly efficient cogeneration unit and the entire upstream chain have been offset for all models manufactured in Zwickau through certified climate projects implemented in accordance with officially recognized standards.

[rafalopat]

This guy who polish this car for 10 minutes earns in Germany more than 95% of watching this video. Salut!

[najinaji]

I know reports say it won’t be available in the United States but this is the one we need! Different color options, Quality, ect.. or at least something close to it. But for that to happen they to speed up with the ID4 people have been waiting long before the war which is what they stated for long delivery and delays

[mauryseba]

I need this version to come to the U.S. 😭

[Spacemanxful]

Von Quali, zu Recycling. Hoffe das 25 Cent Logo wird nicht vergessen.

[salitomi]

Nice! Please a video about production of the VW GOLF 8 Variant!!!

[erdnussflip]

year ok we understood, you are polishing a lot and of course every car for at least 15 min :D

[dangerdee]

Best quality in the world. Only from Germany!

[abricot]

Many women would like to be at the place of the ID 5

[jamespn]

That robot looks just like a tall bald German man.

[simonpannett]

Be great if cars did not need painting and polishing! Can't see Optimus sub prime taking over these functions any time soon! Maybe make some tea for the workers!!

[JamesWhited]

It’s nice they spend so much time polishing the outside! Meanwhile the software clearly is not an area of focus. Take a look at the awful id.4 release for the US market. And the promised OTA to fix it is still MIA.

[costafernweh]

Sieht man mal wie ähnlich die Modelle sind.
Und der Audi Q4 kostet einfach mal ganze Ecke mehr

[klausmannsperger]

It seems that this cars has a very great quality; the production seems to be like in the middle age. Show an video from the production by Tesla and you nee no one human; only robots; I love to have more quality and therefore a bigger price.

[teknikairaoulolgandessabek]

An output of 300 000 EVs a year is not good enough when the competition in Berlin will soon produce over 500 000 EVs a year. When the Chinese bring their EVs onto the world market it's not going to go well for many OEMs.

[NikKlay]

terrible design of all new models. somehow fake chinese toys of low quality

[ekimandersom]

You must be nuts to buy these overpriced German brands.
Low quality for skyhigh prices and very short guarantee.