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Milestones – VW Chattanooga One-Millionth Vehicle
Milestones – VW Chattanooga One-Millionth Vehicle Continue reading
Volkswagen Breaks Ground on Expanded US EV Production
Volkswagen began EV production earlier this month in Zwickau, Germany, and will then roll out assembly worldwide, including in Anting and Foshan, in China, in 2020 and in the German cities of Emden and Hanover by 2022. The Chattanooga site will be VW’s North-American hub for EV manufacturing. Continue reading
Chattanooga Choo Choo – 100,000 VW Atlas SUVs Made
Volkswagen Chattanooga has achieved a production milestone with the completion of the 100,000th Volkswagen Atlas. This comes as President Trump is – for the moment with his short attention span – targeting very profitable European automakers – such as VW Group Members Audi and Porsche for punitive import tariffs. Continue reading
Volkswagen Says Chattanooga Created 12,400 Jobs
Volkswagen’s Chattanooga factory has an annual economic impact of $643 million creating 12,400 full-time jobs in the region, according to a new study presented at the Center for Automotive Research’s Management Briefing Seminar in Traverse City, Michigan today. Continue reading
Milestones – Volkswagen Chattanooga at 15 Years
Volkswagen Group of America’s Chattanooga Plant is celebrating 15 years since its grand opening in May 2011 (VOW3.DE or OTC VOW3.DE). Volkswagen Chattanooga has assembled more than 1.85 million vehicles, invested $4.3 billion in its operations, and now employs more than 4,000 team members. Today, the plant is home to the Volkswagen Atlas and Atlas Cross Sport. The models together composed about 30% of Volkswagen’s U.S. sales in 2025. The plant is also noteworthy as becoming UAW organized despite VW’s long opposition to a union in North America. Tennessee is a Right to Work state [right to work for less? – AutoCrat] since 1947. Continue reading →