Translated with GoogleVW has started converting the Emden plant...

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VW has started converting the Emden plant to produce MEB electric cars. However, VW's strategy in its north German plant is different from that in the first MEB plant in Zwickau.As reported, the last combustion engine rolled off the assembly line in Saxony a few days ago, Zwickau becomes a purely electrical plant. While the ID.4 and later electric models are to be built in Emden from 2022 and later, further combustion engines will be installed in parallel. According to VW, the production of the Passat Sedan and Variant, Arteon and the new Shooting Brake variant will continue for a "multi-year transition period".In the final stage of expansion, the technical production capacity at the site is designed for up to 300.000 electric vehicles. For an investment of around one billion euros, Andreas Tostmann, Volkswagen Board Member for Production and Logistics, expects "one of the most modern factories in industry".Recently, due to some statements made by Ralf Brandstätter, who has been CEO of the Volkswagen brand since July 1, there were doubts as to whether Brandstätter would support the CEO Herbert Diess' electrical course. Now the brand boss says clearly: "With the conversion of our plant in Emden to a production location for electric vehicles, Volkswagen is accelerating the system change." With the billion dollar investment mentioned, the Emden location will "become an important cornerstone of our electrical strategy".For parallel operation with electric cars and burners, a new assembly hall with an area of 50,000 square meters is being built for the MEB-Stromer. According to Volkswagen, the press shop and body shop will also be expanded by 23,000 square meters, the paint shop will be modernized and a new “bi-color hall” with 6,000 square meters will be added to black paint the vehicle roofs. The two-toneIn the Nest paint is one of the trademarks of the ID.family. The storage areas will be expanded by summer 2021.When converting in Emden, the Wolfsburg-based company also wants to use the experience from Zwickau. Since autumn 2019, several employees at the Emden plant have been accompanying the construction of the plants and the start-up of ID.3 production in Zwickau. However, the handling of high-voltage components in Emden will not be entirely new: the PHEV versions of the Passat have been built there for several years.handelsblatt.com, volkswagen-newsroom.com

So Volkswagen will soon have production capacities of more than 600.000 electric vehicles in Germany alone.
Zwickau up to ~330.000 electric vehicle
Emden up to ~300.000 electric vehicle
Hannover unknown


https://www.electrive.net/2020/07/06/vw-startet-meb-umbau-des-werks-emden/