transparent factory

Volkswagen plans to offer customers the opportunity to help build their e-Golf or ID.3 with the “Mach-Mit” program. The program takes place in Dresden, at VW’s “transparent factory,” which currently produces e-Golfs and will be producing ID.3s once the program kicks off in 2021. Customers will...

The Volkswagen Phaeton may be one of the greatest cars that no one bought and even fewer people understood. The German uber-sedan came to market loaded to the headliner with incredible features: Torsen-based all-wheel drive, two big engines in the U.S.: a V8 and a W12, aluminum body panels...

Starting a business or getting a new technology up and running is not easy; you need money, space, access to resources, and a lot of coffee (I'm guessing). At CeBIT 2017 Volkswagen announced they're going to help entrepreneurs with most of these needs. Space within the Transparent Factory in...

If you happen to be in Dresden, take a look at Volkswagen’s factory and you’ll see some action happening inside. The reason is twofold. First: the plant is transparent, so you can see everything that happens inside (along with their industry, Germans are known for the subtlety of their...

Rumors are surfacing that Volkswagen intends to make an all-electric successor to the Pheaton. The full size luxury car started production in 2002 and the line only stopped this year. The German publication Auto Bild reports that a company spokesman was recently quoted as saying “The Phaeton is...

The Transparent Factory ("Gläserne Manufaktur") is to be realigned: Volkswagen's Dresden location will open a new Volkswagen brand showcase for electromobility and digitalization on April 8. Visitors will be able to experience the future of mobility at close quarters in a playful, interactive...