Cost-cutting measure would mean end of ID.3 builds at factory opened in 2002 for Phaeton flagship
’s Dresden plant isn’t like most car factories. While most plants are anonymous gray boxes with all the visual charm of an Amazon distribution center, the Dresden site is an incredible glass-walled facility that allows viewers to watch cars taking shape.
Nicknamed the “Glaeserne Manufaktur” as a result, the Dresden plant was opened in 2002 as a production center for VW’s ill-fated Phaeton luxury sedan, andelectric hatchback. But soon the Dresden facility will have another trait setting it apart from other car factories: they’ll be making cars, and it won’t.Automobilwoche
, although the story – unconfirmed by VW – says the circa-300 workers currently employed at the site will be given other tasks there, rather then being let go.
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