Volkswagen Germany, four plants discontinued!

On September 28, a Volkswagen spokesperson said production lines at four German plants had been halted due to IT system outages that affected the automaker's global data traffic.

The Volkswagen brand's four plants in Emden, Zwickau, Osnabrück and Wolfsburg have ceased production, and it is unclear when it will be able to resume production.

The Volkswagen Group said the entire group, including the Porsche and Audi brands, was affected, as were parts plants in Kassel, Braunschweig and Salzkit.

It is uncertain what the impact of the four German factories will have on the country. In fact, in the case of shrinking market share of fuel vehicles, multinational brands such as Volkswagen are not having a good time in China.

In June this year, it was reported that SAIC Volkswagen's three automakers in Anting were undergoing production line adjustments, of which the first plant was suspended in July last year and has been permanently shut down, and some production lines have been relocated to Yizheng, Jiangsu.

It is reported that the Anting plant was built in 1984 with an annual production capacity of 160,000 vehicles, and the first domestically produced Santana came from the factory.

Before the closure, the plant was mainly responsible for the production of small cars, such as the Volkswagen Polo, Skoda Viede and later the small SUV Tucao.

SAIC Volkswagen's Anting No. 1 plant operated for 38 years before its permanent shutdown. One related person lamented, "Nearly forty years of history, say no, it's gone." ”

SAIC Volkswagen responded to these rumors to the media, saying that "this is patchwork information", which is actually part of a series of actions of SAIC Volkswagen's electrification transformation and Anting base upgrading and transformation.

Although SAIC Volkswagen officially explained that the first plant has not been permanently closed, it is also an indisputable fact that its sales have declined year by year.

As an influential car company in the Chinese market, SAIC Volkswagen's position in the market cannot be underestimated, and it has won the title of sales champion for four consecutive years from 2015 to 2018.

In 2018, SAIC Volkswagen's performance reached its peak, and since 2019, SAIC Volkswagen's sales performance has begun to decline, and its momentum can be said to have fallen again and again.

According to the financial report, SAIC Volkswagen's operating income in the first half of this year was 53.634 billion yuan, down 15.65% year-on-year; The net profit was 534 million yuan, down 80.95% year-on-year.

According to reports, under the influence of the contraction of production, FAW-Daqi will also stop production of many oil truck production lines, and will have to deploy personnel between several major plant bases to maintain employee positions and avoid layoffs.

A few more words

In the current period of continuous decline in the sales of fuel vehicles, the shutdown and transfer of factories may often appear in people's attention in the future.

Whether it is the suspension of production, the transfer, or the construction of a new factory, this is a measure for car companies to survive or live better in the face of the era of new energy transformation.

Unlike in the past, the competition in the new energy track is particularly fierce, and the Volkswagen Group is now in a critical period of electrification transformation, but there is not much time left for the Volkswagen Group to "transform".