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Volkswagen and Skoda have been arguing over who will control the future factory that the Volkswagen Group will open in Eastern Europe.
The need for its creation is due to the fact that the factory in Emden (Germany) will start producing electric cars and that the badembled VW Pbadat has to be transferred to the factory Skoda of Kvasiny (Czech Republic) .
As a result, the new company will begin producing models of Skoda SUV Karoq and Seat Ateca, which are now manufactured in Quasini. According to Automobilwoche, the group discusses two options for the construction of a new plant: Bulgaria and Romania, which plans to create 5,000 jobs.
Volkswagen's union, however, is pushing the future plant to be controlled by a concern, not by Skoda. To speed things up, Volkswagen's chairman of the supervisory board, Hans-Dieter Piotch, said there was no final decision as to which brand would take control of the new factory.
The possibility of opening a factory in the Czech Republic has been abandoned because the wage bill of workers is too high. Thus, the main opportunities remain Bulgaria and Romania, but there are other options: some of the current engine plants have to be transformed into a car manufacturer. The Polkowitz (Poland) and Gyor (Hungary) factories are the main candidates.
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