The electric-powered Audi e-tron GT will be manufactured alongside the Audi R8 supercar at Audi Sport GmbH's production facilities in the Bollinger Hofe from late 2020. The required construction work is currently underway at the R8 production facilities to integrate the electric sports car.
"Since the Bollinger Hofe was created in the design phase as a small series production facility for innovative and flexible production processes, it gives us ideal conditions to produce the e-tron GT alongside the Audi R8," says Production Manager Wolfgang Schanz.
The Audi e-tron GT and Audi R8 will be produced separately in the body shop: While the body shop for the R8 stands out with its largely handcrafted finishing processes, a separate, highly automated body shop facility is being created for the e-tron GT.
In the future, the basement in the Bollinger Hofe will also be used for production, with painted bodies of the R8 and e-tron GT stored here. From this area, driverless transport vehicles autonomously bring the R8 and e-tron GT bodies using an elevator from the basement straight to the assembly line on the ground floor.
In preparation for the modifications, part of the R8 body shop has been moved to a production hall in the Bockingen district of Heilbronn at the end of last year to make room for the body shop equipment for the e-tron GT. Since January, around 40 of the 150 employees have been manufacturing the substructure components for the R8 supercar at this new location.
