the largest German automaker, whose name translates as "people's car" still was not a model on electricity, specifically designed for the mass market. And here on Monday, Volkswagen launched the serial production of its electric car ID.3 at the plant of Zwickau in the East of Germany. In fact, as the first instance of the hatchback came off the Assembly line, watched by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the CEO of the automaker Herbert Diss.
Speaking at the opening production for the new Volkswagen Merkel said that the government intends to invest about 3.5 billion euros in the construction of the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. What is happening in the automotive industry of the country changes she called "a paradigm shift", and added:
"We will be able best to adapt to these changes in the conditions of free, well-regulated global trade, eliminating protectionism. We are witnessing a fundamental structural change, and the Federal government will fight for a free, compliance-based, global trade everywhere".
ID.3 worth at least 30 thousand euros, is carbon neutral and runs exclusively on clean energy. By 2021 it is planned to produce about 330 thousand of these machines that will make Zwickau largest plant for the production of electric vehicles in Europe.
Volkswagen has already decided that after Zwickau was the second company that will focus on the production of BEV will be by 2022 plant in the port city of Emden, where until the release of the VW Passat.
By this time the production of electric vehicles is planned to establish a total of 8 production sites of the group: four in Germany, two in China, one in the Czech Republic and the USA. These plants will produce a variety of models, but use many of the same components based on a modular platform MEB, which is being implemented now in Zwickau. It is designed to reduce the cost of component parts and thereby to reduce the still very high price of electric vehicles.
price Decrease should encourage automation of the enterprise: in Zwickau in the manufacture and Assembly of electric vehicles will involve 1700 industrial robots. Price started now Volkswagen model ID.3 is in Germany about 30 000 euros. Almost the same is, for example, and will go on sale this summer Opel Corsa a new generation of electric motor.
However, in both cases the people of Germany in the framework of the government program of support of electromobility are now getting a discount of 4,000 euros. But already discussed the increase this award up to 6,000 euros (the price of the electric car is below 40 000 euros).
More than 35,000 people worldwide already ordered ID.3, paying a Deposit for early reservation.
