The plant downtime will be introduced from January 9 to 27, 2023 and will affect the production of the Volkswagen Golf. The plant also produces Tiguan, Touran and is preparing to start assembling the electric ID.3, as well as a new “battery” model, which will hit the market in the second half of the decade.
Short shifts at Volkswagen’s main plant are being forced by a shortage of components due to the disruption of supply chains following the coronavirus pandemic and the events in Ukraine. Earlier in December, Schäfer said that the Wolfsburg site produces less than 400,000 cars a year, which is not even 50 percent of its capacity. About 60 thousand workers work at the plant.
