Wolfsburg Volkswagen Plant

Wolfsburg Volkswagen Plant
Wolfsburg Volkswagen
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General information
Architectural styleClassic Industrial
LocationWolfsburg
Address38440 Wolfsburg
CountryGermany
Opened26 May 1938; 86 years ago (1938-05-26)
Cost$40 million ($867 million in 2019)
OwnerVolkswagen
Height92 m (302 ft) (height of highest chimney)
Technical details
MaterialConcrete and steel
Floor area6.5 million m2 (70 million sq ft)
Aerial view of the Wolfsburg Volkswagen Plant

The Wolfsburg Volkswagen Plant is the worldwide headquarters of the Volkswagen Group.[1] Situated in Wolfsburg, Germany, it is one of the largest manufacturing plants in the world, with an area of just under 6.5 million m2 (70 million sq ft) and a building area of 1.6 million m2 (17 million sq ft).[2] In 2015 the plant produced 815,000 cars. Volkswagen's currywurst is also produced at this facility.

In mid-2023 around 61,880 people were employed at the plant. It was the largest in the world (over thrice the size of Monaco) until overtaken by the Tesla Gigafactory 5 in Texas in 2022.[3][4]

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  2. ^ "7 of the World's Largest Manufacturing Plants". 5 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Volkswagen AG Werk Wolfsburg | Volkswagen Newsroom". 21 January 2021. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Die 10 größten Fabriken der Welt - Deutschland ganz vorne!". Automation NEXT - Automatisierungswissen für Ingenieure (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.