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Due to mass strikes in Germany, Volkswagen looks set to postpone production of its ID electric minivan. Buzz to another country. Currently ID. The Buzz is built in Hanover, Germany, but since the electric van has not met its production goals, Volkswagen may move all or part of the retro-styled car's production to a plant in Poznan, Poland.
According to company representatives, the automaker expected to sell more than 130 ID electric cars each year. Buzz, but only 000 cars were built in the first half of this year. Since the summer, production on both lines of the plant has been carried out in two day shifts without the need to add night shifts.
Meanwhile, in Germany, more than 100 workers at nine Volkswagen plants across Germany, including one that makes electric cars, went on strike for several hours, halting assembly lines in a fight for lower wages.
The strike comes after weeks of collective bargaining in which Volkswagen has not backed away from its plan to potentially cut thousands of jobs and close a plant in Germany, the first in the automaker's 87-year history in the country. Volkswagen plans to close at least three factories, lay off thousands of workers and cut the wages of those who remain by 10%.
