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The production of the electric car ID.3 has officially been started by the Volkswagen on Monday as the auto giant from Germany is looking to become a leader when it comes to the ever growing field which is e-mobility.
A ceremony which had taken place at the Zwickau plant of Volkswagen had been attended by a host of important people including Angela Merkel, German Chancellor and the CEO of the company Herbert Diess.
In his speech Diess has said that the vehicle is going to make a substantial contribution in the breaking through of the e-mobility sector. He added that this vehicle is making e-mobility accessible to loads of people and is an important milestone for their company as it is aiming to become climate-neutral by the year 2050.
The website also had an announcement where Volkswagen had described that their electric offensive is now picking up speed. The vehicle is on track for its launch at the same time in the markets in Europe in the next summer which the basic version of the vehicle which is being marketed in Germany at an amount which is lower than $33,487.
The facility in Zwickau is going through a conversion currently from being a factory which is a 100 % internal combustion engine one to becoming one that is solely going to produce electric vehicles. The redevelopment of the site is costing Volkswagen close to 1.2 billion euros and the company has said that from 2021 onwards the plant is going to have the capacity for producing as many as 330,000 electric vehicles every year.
The company is planning for the launch of close to 70 models of electric cars by the year 2028.