The Dresden plant will become an innovation center as automaker cuts German output and jobs.
On Tuesday, Volkswagen will shut down automobile production at the Gläserne Manufaktur, a factory located in Dresden, in eastern Germany, which produced 165,508 vehicles over its 24 years of operation.
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The last vehicle to roll off the plant’s assembly line will be a red electric ID.3 GTX, signed by all employees. The car will remain in the building and will be on display during guided tours.
Volkswagen is ending vehicle production at the facility as part of a plan to reduce production capacity in Germany by more than 730,000 vehicles per year through 2028, a move that will result in the elimination of 35,000 jobs in Germany by 2030.
The automaker will convert the Gläserne Manufaktur into an innovation center focused on key technological areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, microelectronics and chip design.
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Volkswagen will become a research partner of the Technical University of Dresden, which will have access to half of the factory’s floor space. The company and the university will invest more than 50 million euros over the next seven years in research, technological development and new endowed academic chairs.
At the beginning of next year, 230 people will work at the facility, but that number will decline in the following years as older employees gradually leave the workforce. The plant currently employs 250 people. At the beginning of 2024, the workforce stood at 300.
Volkswagen will offer some employees whose jobs are being eliminated positions at its plants in Zwickau and Chemnitz, also in Saxony, early retirement options or severance agreements. Employees at the Gläserne Manufaktur will also be able to transfer to the company’s headquarters in Wolfsburg.
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