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emden (dpa) – Volkswagen plans to reorient its Emden plant. "The supervisory board will make an important decision next Friday in Emden," said Wednesday a spokesman for the VW plant in Emden, East Friesland.
Although he does not want to confirm a report of the "Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung" (HAZ) at the end of the production of the Pbadat model built in this country – in favor of the conversion of production into electric cars – he said : "It's an option".
The "HAZ" wrote on Wednesday that the company planned to cease production of the Pbadat in Germany by 2022. Moreover, the "Handelsblatt" had recently announced similar plans. The demand for limousines is declining, which affects more particularly the production of the main brand built in Emden, where it has repeatedly resulted in partial unemployment.
The head of the Volkswagen business committee, Bernd Osterloh, had already asked the board of directors of the giant of the automobile to ensure the use of the production capacity of the company. Emden factory. "If the trend was to electronic mobility, we would of course also need an electric car in Emden," he said in August, stressing: "We just want the" pact for the future. " future "be respected – 290,000 vehicles by 2020."
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