The new plant of the SAIC Volkswagen joint venture has been completed. Built purely for the production of all electric vehicles on Volkswagen's Modular Electric Drive Matrix (MEB), it celebrated the start of pre-production as the first Chinese all electric Volkswagen ID. model rolled off the production line.

Pre-production began just a few days after the first global ID. manufacturing started in Zwickau, Germany. Full series production at the new Anting factory is planned to commence in October 2020, with an annual capacity of 300,000 vehicles. The MEB production plays a key role in Volkswagen Group China's e-mobility strategy, as it strives to transform into a provider of sustainable mobility. The Anting plant is scheduled to start ID. model production at the same time with a plant by FAW-Volkswagen in Foshan, resulting in a combined capacity of 600,000 units per year.

In the future, the plant will be manufacturing MEB platform-based battery electric models for the various Volkswagen Group brands. In total, up to 15 MEB models are planned for local production in China from different brands by 2025.