As previously announced, the electric SUV Volkswagen ID.5 has entered the production lines. This is the sixth model to be produced in the first factory built to produce electric cars only. With the construction of the Zwickau plant, the annual capacity of the vehicles produced will exceed 1.1 million.

Adapting the Zwickau plant to produce only electric vehicles cost Volkswagen 1.2 billion euros and the process took more than two years. This factory is very important for the German manufacturer, which expects to produce almost 200,000 vehicles from the production lines of this factory this year. The vehicle manufacturing process is 90 percent automated and the factory is equipped with 1,625 robots.

The car will be offered in two versions, Pro and Pro Performance. The basic version is powered by a single engine with 172 hp (128 kW). It reaches 62 mph in 10.4 seconds with a top speed of 99 mph (160 km / h). The slightly more powerful Pro Performance version has 201 hp (150 kW) and reaches 62 mph in 8.4 seconds with a top speed of 99 mph. Both versions

Volkswagen’s plan is to produce 300,000 vehicles a year at this plant, which currently produces six models: ID.3, ID.4 and ID.5 plus, Audi Q4 e-tron, Q4 Sportback e-tron and CUPRA Born.

Source: Volkswagen