Series production of Volkswagen’s ID.3 has formally begun at the Zwickau vehicle plant. Company management were joined by German chancellor Angela Merkel for a special event at the factory to mark the arrival of VW’s entirely new generation of electric cars. 

The ID.3 represents the launch of “the largest electric offensive in the automotive industry worldwide”, Volkswagen says, with 33 MEB-based models spread across the group’s brands due to enter production over the next three years. SOP comes after a comprehensive conversion of the Zwickau vehicle plant – Volkswagen is converting the entire facility from what was a 100% internal combustion engine vehicle plant into a factory entirely dedicated to electric vehicles…