The first pre-production new energy vehicle (NEV) of Sino-German joint venture Volkswagen Anhui rolled off the assembly line on Wednesday.
According to Erwin Gabardi, Managing Director of Volkswagen Anhui, series production of the new NEV models will be launched towards the end of 2023.
Volkswagen Anhui, located in Hefei, East China's capital of Anhui Province, is the Volkswagen Group's first R&D JV in China. production of NEV vehicles. The new energy automotive industry is one of the leading industries in Hefei City.
The company's total investment in its NEV vehicle projects could reach 23.1 billion yuan (approximately 3.3 billion USD), Gabardi said.
Volkswagen Anhui is expected to create 2,300 jobs in Hefei by the end of this year, with over 3,500 employees, of which 1,300 will be engineers in R&D.
In the first ten months of 2022, Hefei's NEV output increased by 91.75% year-on-year, according to data. Annual output is expected to reach 260,000 units, up 80% year on year.
