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Porsche said today in Stuttgart that it is upgrading its main plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen for the future by carrying out extensive reconstruction measures and extensions. In the future, the electric sports cars in the next 718 generation will be produced on the traditional assembly line for the two-door Porsche sports cars with a boxer gasoline engine. The Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer is investing some €250 million in construction work.
“60 years of the Porsche 911 and 75 years of Porsche sports cars, the double anniversary marks a special year for Porsche. The reconstruction measures and extensions to sports car production at our main plant are an important milestone for the Zuffenhausen site,” said Albrecht Reimold, Member of the Executive Board for Production and Logistics at Porsche AG. “The conversion measures will enable increased efficiency, the highest quality standards, and mixed production of combustion-engine and electric sports cars. This will see us start a new chapter in sports car production in terms of the smart factory.”
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Many production systems will be upgraded over the course of the construction measures. As is the case for production of the Taycan, the two-door cars are now also produced using the latest automated guided vehicles. The intention is to increase capacity and flexibility in the Porsche production process. Production has also been expanded to include additional quality test benches for vehicle assembly, additional logistics areas and a new high-bay rack. Assembly of the electric powertrain for what will be the electric Macan is also being integrated into the existing engine plant.
The latest-generation AGVs will replace the classic assembly line with a “Flexiline” and thereby enable an even more variable production process –advantageous with a view to the future mixed production of vehicles with combustion engines and electric powertrains on a single line.
The Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer has been extending the logistics areas within the body shop since 2022, adding a new building at the site of the former Porsche Center on Porscheplatz across from the Porsche Museum. After its planned completion in 2025, high-bay racks extending over two floors will be able to supply the body shop for the Taycan and sports car production with vehicle parts. In addition, a new high-bay rack opened in September 2023 is already supplying the entire assembly plant with various vehicle components. The parts warehouse is fully automated and has a storage volume of ~35,000 cubic meters. This equates to 40,650 storage spaces for pallets and containers.
There has been a new assembly plant for the V8 combustion engines for the Panamera and Cayenne model lines at the Zuffenhausen site since 2016. Assembly of the electric motors for the electric Porsche Macan is now also being integrated into this engine production center. The new generation of the Porsche Macan is scheduled to roll off the production line at the Leipzig site in 2024.
“The conversion measures will enable increased efficiency, the highest quality standards, and mixed production of combustion-engine and electric sports cars. This will see us start a new chapter in sports car production in terms of the smart factory,” said Albrecht Reimold.
Porsche Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen Plant to be Reconstructed
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Porsche said today in Stuttgart that it is upgrading its main plant in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen for the future by carrying out extensive reconstruction measures and extensions. In the future, the electric sports cars in the next 718 generation will be produced on the traditional assembly line for the two-door Porsche sports cars with a boxer gasoline engine. The Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer is investing some €250 million in construction work.
“60 years of the Porsche 911 and 75 years of Porsche sports cars, the double anniversary marks a special year for Porsche. The reconstruction measures and extensions to sports car production at our main plant are an important milestone for the Zuffenhausen site,” said Albrecht Reimold, Member of the Executive Board for Production and Logistics at Porsche AG. “The conversion measures will enable increased efficiency, the highest quality standards, and mixed production of combustion-engine and electric sports cars. This will see us start a new chapter in sports car production in terms of the smart factory.”
Click for more Factory Zuffenhausen.
Many production systems will be upgraded over the course of the construction measures. As is the case for production of the Taycan, the two-door cars are now also produced using the latest automated guided vehicles. The intention is to increase capacity and flexibility in the Porsche production process. Production has also been expanded to include additional quality test benches for vehicle assembly, additional logistics areas and a new high-bay rack. Assembly of the electric powertrain for what will be the electric Macan is also being integrated into the existing engine plant.
The latest-generation AGVs will replace the classic assembly line with a “Flexiline” and thereby enable an even more variable production process –advantageous with a view to the future mixed production of vehicles with combustion engines and electric powertrains on a single line.
The Stuttgart-based sports car manufacturer has been extending the logistics areas within the body shop since 2022, adding a new building at the site of the former Porsche Center on Porscheplatz across from the Porsche Museum. After its planned completion in 2025, high-bay racks extending over two floors will be able to supply the body shop for the Taycan and sports car production with vehicle parts. In addition, a new high-bay rack opened in September 2023 is already supplying the entire assembly plant with various vehicle components. The parts warehouse is fully automated and has a storage volume of ~35,000 cubic meters. This equates to 40,650 storage spaces for pallets and containers.
There has been a new assembly plant for the V8 combustion engines for the Panamera and Cayenne model lines at the Zuffenhausen site since 2016. Assembly of the electric motors for the electric Porsche Macan is now also being integrated into this engine production center. The new generation of the Porsche Macan is scheduled to roll off the production line at the Leipzig site in 2024.
“The conversion measures will enable increased efficiency, the highest quality standards, and mixed production of combustion-engine and electric sports cars. This will see us start a new chapter in sports car production in terms of the smart factory,” said Albrecht Reimold.