Volkswagen’s electric vehicle (EV) assembly plant in Zwickau, Germany, has taken another step into sustainable manufacturing by investing €74m ($95m) to expand its press shop.
Volkswagen’s electric vehicle (EV) assembly plant in Zwickau, Germany, has taken another step into sustainable manufacturing by investing €74m ($95m) to expand its press shop. The onsite production of “outer skin body parts”, such as doors and boot lids, brings to an end the transport of those parts from VW’s plants in Emden and Wolfsburg, saving 9,000 truck journeys each year, equal to 5,800 tonnes of CO2.
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