VW to Automate 20 to 30 Percent of Production at New EV Assembly Plant
WOLFSBURG, Germany—Volkswagen Group plans to automate 20 to 30 percent of production at its new Trinity assembly plant under construction here.
“Assembly is still 90 percent manual work,” says Sebastian Schmickartz, the plant’s chief production officer. “This is what we want to change with the new factory. We are looking at 20 to 30 percent automation.”