On 21/1/21 8:11 am, Greg Sutherland wrote:

This won't be the first time it's been suspended. For a while the factory was idle when the Phaeton production ended on the site. Eventually they decided to make some limited models of electric cars on the site, but the logistics for these vehicals never suited the CarGoTram.

Last time I was in Dresden the factory was in production but the CarGoTrams were not operating.

I suspect only regional politics is keeping the factory open anyway. The 'glass factory' was political from the start, being a 'German unification' project more than a commercial decision by VW to set up a factory in the middle of a major city - and occupy part of the city's main town park no less. As a factory site it couldn't be less appropriate.

I imagine once the political shackles come off, the building will be 'transformed' into residential apartments.

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