Audi wants to start production this year at a new electric car factory in China

Audi will only show fully electric vehicles at the Beijing Auto Show, targeting the Chinese market, the world’s largest market. Audi emphasizes its local approach to cars built “in China for China”. “The Chinese market is fundamental to the transformation of the Audi brand into a global leader in offering high-quality electric mobility,” said Audi CEO Gernot Döllner.

The cars that Audi will build in Changchun are based on the luxury PPE (Premium Platform Electric) platform, developed together with sports car builder Porsche. Audi’s Chinese joint venture, Audi FAW NEV, will begin production of three models based on the PPE platform before the end of this year. This applies to cars from the Audi Q6 and Audi A6 e-tron electronic series for the Chinese market. Pre-production has already started at the new factory.

Audi of uncertainty

In our country, Audi has a factory in Forest, where the fully electric Q8 e-tron is built, a large electric SUV. There has been uncertainty about the future of the Brussels plant for some time, after it was announced that the successor to the current Q8 e-tron will not leave the production line after 2027.

This year, Audi Brussels also introduced several weeks of economic unemployment, 371 part-time workers lost their jobs and the speed of production was reduced. Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has therefore created an Audi task force with representatives from various governments and car factory management.

De Croo said last week that he wants to move “very quickly” to complete the file before the election that will guarantee the future of Audi Brussels. According to the Prime Minister, about 3,000 employees of the VW subsidiary in Vorst must get clarification as soon as possible. The task force will meet again in early May.