Wolfsburg Volkswagen Plant

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Wolfsburg Volkswagen
General information
Architectural style	Classic Industrial
Location	Wolfsburg
Address	38440 Wolfsburg
Country	Germany
Opened	26 May 1938
Cost	$40 million ($867 million in 2019)
Owner	Volkswagen
Height	92m (height of highest chimney)
Technical details
Material	Concrete and steel
Floor area	6.5 million m2 (70 million sq ft)

The Wolfsburg Volkswagen Factory is the worldwide headquarters of the Volkswagen Group,^[1] and one of the largest manufacturing plants in the world, in terms of area at just under 6.5 million m² (70 million sq ft).^[2] The Wolfsburg plant produced 815,000 cars in 2015. Volkswagen's currywurst is also produced at this facility.

As of mid-2023, around 61,880 people were employed at the plant. With a total area of 6.5 km² (building area 1.6 km²), the factory was the largest factory in the world with an area of around 10 km² until the construction of the Tesla Gigafactory 5 in Texas in 2022.^[3][4]