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Due to the impact of the current round of new crown pneumonia in Tianjin, volkswagen automatic transmission (Tianjin) plant and FAW-Volkswagen Tianjin plant closed on Monday, and all employees of the two plants have undergone two rounds of nucleic acid testing this week and are currently waiting for the test results. In addition, FAW Toyota confirmed that its plant in Tianjin has suspended production due to the impact of nucleic acid testing of all employees in the previous two days.
Near the end of the year, the epidemic has returned. According to the Tianjin Health Commission, at 0-24:00 on January 13, Tianjin added 34 new confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia, 3 new confirmed cases of imported new coronary pneumonia from abroad, and 1 new case of local asymptomatic infection. Since the outbreak of the epidemic in Tianjin on January 8, as of January 13, Tianjin has reported a cumulative total of 290 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia, 499 confirmed cases of imported novel coronavirus pneumonia from abroad, and 499 cases of asymptomatic infection (472 cases imported from abroad). At present, a total of 23,855 close contacts have been traced, and 5,413 people are still under medical observation.
Volkswagen Automatic Transmission (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. was jointly funded by Volkswagen Investment (China) Co., Ltd. and Audi Co., Ltd., and was invested and established in the West District of Tianjin Development Zone on July 16, 2012, and the product line has also expanded from the initial DQ380 dual-clutch automatic transmission to DQ500, DL382, DQ381, as well as DQ400e gasoline-electric hybrid transmission and APP290 and APP310 pure electric motors to meet Volkswagen's demand for new energy vehicles.
FAW-Volkswagen Tianjin is FAW-Volkswagen's fifth plant in China after Changchun, Chengdu, Foshan and Qingdao, and was officially put into operation in 2018, realizing the collinear production of the Audi Q3 and Tanyue (including derivative car series) MQB A2 platform car series. It is understood that faw-Volkswagen Tianjin plant covers an area of 1,080,900 square meters, with stamping, welding, painting, assembly, warranty, factory logistics, IT, purchased parts molds and other factory production-related facilities, with an annual production capacity of 300,000 units.
FAW Toyota currently has three vehicle bases, located in Tianjin, Changchun and Chengdu, and has a number of factories in its Tianjin production base, the first plant in Tianjin Xiqing District, the second plant in Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone and the third plant in Tianjin Binhai New Area, covering an area of 1.61 million square meters, with a design production capacity of 120,000 vehicles, 100,000 vehicles and 200,000 vehicles, respectively, and the main production products include Vios, Corolla, Crown Land Release, Asia Dragon, Asia Lion and other models.
According to the data of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers, faw Toyota's cumulative retail sales in 2021 846299 vehicles, an increase of 7.2% year-on-year; FAW-Volkswagen's cumulative retail sales of 1778389 vehicles in the whole year, once again winning the domestic passenger car sales championship, but the year-on-year decline of 15.7% is also much higher than other automobile brands.