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The Volkswagen Group, which owns brands like Škoda, Audi, Bentley, Porsche and Seat, plans to resume production this week at its other plants in Portugal, Spain, Russia and the South. In Africa, the Czech Republic and South America.
On Monday, about 8,000 cars were assembled in Wolfsburg, including the famous Golf. Volkswagen company employees said 1.4 thousand will be produced this week. cars, and in the next two weeks – 6 thousand. cars
Production capacity at the Wolfsburg plant will initially hit about 10-15 percent and will hit 40 percent pre-crisis next week. Andreas Tostmann, a Volkswagen board member responsible for production, told Reuters.
“The opening of the largest plant in Europe after a break of a few weeks is an important symbol for our employees, traders, suppliers, the German economy and Europe,” said Mr Tostmann.
Volkswagen has restructured the plant to allow time for hygiene measures. Workers were instructed to measure their temperature and wear work clothes at home to avoid congestion in the factory locker room.
Markings have been placed on the factory floor to help workers follow the 1.5 meter safe distance rule. Staff also received additional time to disinfect tools and surfaces, Volkswagen said.
The company resumed component production in early April in the German cities of Brunswick, Kassel, Salzburg and Hannover. In the Slovak capital Bratislava and in the German city of Zwickau, car production resumed on April 20 and in Chemnitz on April 23.
On May 2, the company plans to resume production at its Chattanooga plant in Tennessee, USA. USA
Volkswagen said it opened about 70 percent in Germany last week. company car dealers.
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