recently announced Audi brand in response to the era of electric vehicles restructuring plan, which includes a 15 percentage cuts in Germany, containing approximately 9,500 employees, the purpose is to make the brand become more flexible, resilient, and will take advantage of savings recently cope owned brand into the huge expenditure required for the electric car era. In addition, Audi also revealed that the electric e-tron GT coupe will step off the production line in 2020, to further expand its lineup of electric cars.
pure electric slimming meet future, Audi will lay off 9,500 people in Germany
represents the face of Audi future partial old job openings are no longer necessary, and therefore will be through layoffs and pensions and the way to achieve the goal of reducing 9,500 employees in Germany, and the range will include the management, to help the brand reach in 2029 cut six billion years ago target euro cost savings funds will be put into the category of electric vehicles. The rest, about 50,000 employees will have job security until 2029, but will be about 2,000 new job openings have been created, job areas affect the future of the electric car brand and digital.
On the other hand, Audi adjusted annual respectively located in Ingolstadt, Germany, and Neckarsulm two production plants. This two factories in 2018 and 186, 196 respectively output 491,262 vehicles a new car, the future will be adjusted to 45 and 22.5 million level.
Neckarsulm plant breeding brand new pure electric coupe, e-tron GT will be unveiled in 2020.
[ 123] This is also a response to adjustments made to the era of electric vehicles, Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm plants have now been producing car-based, where the Ingolstadt plant is responsible for A3, A4, A5 and Q2, Neckarsulm plant is responsible for A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, R8And RS performance cars, but due to the recent market with SUV mainstream, so that the operating rate of these two plants on a downward trend, in order to complement the capacity gap, Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm plant will begin production of electric cars in 2020, Audi has said it has not yet launched e-tron GT coupe will be pure electric plant in Neckarsulm, is expected in 2020 will step off the production line.
at this stage of Audi is actively move towards the era of electric vehicles, has launched the e-tron SUV and e-tron Sportback two pure electric SUV, TT Roadster is also determined in the future transition to the new tram pure money, but also revealed that the Audi e-tron GT coupe pure electric in 2020, will step down production lines, to further expand the brand pure tram models lineup. According to Audi’s plan, over the next two years will launch five models of pure electric vehicles and plug-in models 7 tram oil money, the goal is to make the power of the brand’s cars reach the size of 30 models in 2025.
