2,200 new robots to improve automation at VW Chattanooga, Emden and Hannover plants
By Illya Verpraet2020-10-16T14:25:00
Volkswagen is investing in automation with robots from Fanuc and ABB at its Chattanooga, Emden and Hannover plants, in preparation for those factories to start producing electric vehicles based on the MEB platform. The robots are to be mainly used for body production and battery assembly.
Around 1,400 robots from Japanese manufacturer FANUC are headed to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Emden in Lower Saxony, Germany. Both these factories are being converted to start producing the ID.4 electric SUV. The Hannover plant, which builds the Transporter van, is getting an additional 800 robots made by ABB of Switzerland.