Volkswagen Group has been in China for 40 years and has established two vehicle joint ventures, SAIC-Volkswagen and FAW-Volkswagen. Volkswagen Anhui is Volkswagen’s first joint venture in China focusing on new energy vehicles.

In addition, Volkswagen has also established Volkswagen (China) Technology Co., Ltd., Volkswagen (Anhui) Parts Co., Ltd. and Volkswagen (Anhui) Digital Sales and Service Co., Ltd. in Hefei, with a total investment of 23.1 billion RMB planned in Anhui.

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It was previously reported that the Cupra Tavascan is a product of the same level as the Volkswagen ID.5 and is built on the MEB platform. It is worth mentioning that the car has been unveiled at the Volkswagen Night before the opening of the 2023 Munich Auto Show. It has a length, width and height of 4644/1861/1597mm, a wheelbase of 2766mm, and a range of over 500km.

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It is reported that Volkswagen (Anhui) Parts Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Volkswagen Automatic Transmission (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. The company is the Volkswagen Group’s first wholly-owned battery pack production factory in China and is the core supplier of Volkswagen Anhui complete vehicles. The Volkswagen new energy vehicle battery pack project put into production this time is the core supporting project of Volkswagen Anhui and is the Volkswagen Group’s first wholly-owned battery pack production project in China. The total investment in the project is about 1.5 billion RMB, of which the fixed asset investment is about 1.3 billion RMB. The project is expected to achieve an annual output of 300,000 sets of battery packs for new energy vehicles after reaching production in 2028. It is expected to achieve cumulative sales revenue of about 129 billion RMB by 2032. . In the future, Volkswagen (Anhui) Parts Co., Ltd. will also be the first in the group to produce Cell-to-pack battery packs based on the standard cells developed in cooperation with Guoxuan Hi-Tech.

In December 2022, Volkswagen’s third MEB factory in China was built in Volkswagen Anhui. The first pre-production model successfully rolled off the production line and will be fully put into production before the end of this year. Up to now, Volkswagen has invested in Hefei and has successively invested in projects such as vehicle manufacturing base, supporting core parts, sales and digital service headquarters, software research and development branches, and smart logistics to build the Volkswagen Group’s new energy vehicle base in China. In the future, Hefei will also become Volkswagen’s new R&D and innovation center in China, focusing on the development of the latest generation of electric vehicles and intelligent connected vehicles.

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Volkswagen also said earlier this month that its sub-brand’s electric SUV Tavascan was put into production at Volkswagen’s Anhui factory. The car is based on the MEB platform and will be sold to the European market from 2024 to compete with Tesla Model Y.

At the end of 2020, Volkswagen will increase its capital in JAC Volkswagen to 75%, and at the same time, the company will be renamed Volkswagen Anhui. The previous JAC Volkswagen has been transformed into a joint venture controlled by Volkswagen. Volkswagen Group stated that Volkswagen Anhui has the most suitable production capacity and technical strength, so it has become the best choice for exporting overseas.

Bitauto has now obtained the exterior photos of the Cupra Tavascan pure electric SUV. According to reports, this car is a product of the same level as the Volkswagen ID.5. It will be put into production at the Volkswagen Anhui MEB plant in China in the second half of 2023 and sold back to the European market.

In terms of appearance, judging from the leaked appearance of the Cupra Tavascan, it should be very close to or even the style of the mass-produced model. The body shape is round and dynamic, and the headlight structure is also highly recognizable. The platform of the VW ID.5 is comparable.

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Volkswagen said on Friday that its Spanish brand Cupra will produce its first electric SUV, the Tavascan, at a joint venture plant in Anhui. This model is based on the same MEB platform as the ID.x family, and it will enter the European market in 2024. This is also the second model of Cupra based on the MEB platform.

“When drawing up the production plan, the Anhui plant was a plant with the right capacity and technology,” Volkswagen said in a statement, though it added that it currently had no plans to produce other export models in China.

Volkswagen is working on its five-year financial plan to decide which plants to build which new models by mid-century and how much to invest in those new plants/models.

It is worth mentioning that there are already several car companies selling Chinese-made models in Europe, such as Tesla Model 3 / Y, BMW iX3 and Renault’s Dacia Spring. PricewaterhouseCoopers recently forecast that automakers will import 800,000 vehicles into Europe from China.

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