Of the cost of new
MEB packages from Zwickau, Hanover, Emden and Audi Neckarsulm. The quality system travels with the equipment.
Capital
Closing lines at Zwickau, Hanover, Emden, Audi Neckarsulm bring proven MEB equipment at 30–45% of new cost. The equipment equips five Egyptian plants, not one hall. Transferred tooling enters free of customs duty.
The plants
Capital stands up a set of plants. Menya, Bani Sweif and Asyut build the vehicles. Aswan supplies tyres and components. Safaga is the battery gigafactory.
Proposed sites01
Passenger cars and SUVs
The opening vehicle plant. Body, paint and final assembly for the passenger range.
02
Pickups and light commercial
A second vehicle plant, for pickups and light commercial vehicles.
03
Heavy vehicles
Trucks and buses, with their own chassis halls, paint and export yard.
04
Tyres and components
The tyre and component plant that supplies the vehicle plants.
05
Battery gigafactory
The Giga battery plant. Cells, blades and modules for every vehicle plant.


New factory
€22.8bn
Relocation
€16.5bn
Saved
€6.3bn
27.6%
Installation
3–12 months
transferred packages
| Category | New factory | Relocation | Saved |
|---|---|---|---|
| VW equipment & tooling | €8,988m | €3,266m | €5,722m |
| Additional new investment | €7,657m | €7,657m | — |
| Infrastructure & community | €3,902m | €3,902m | — |
| EPC + finance | €2,222m | €1,649m | €573m |
| Total | €22,769m | €16,474m | €6,295m |
Where the €6.3 billion is saved
Of the cost of new
MEB packages from Zwickau, Hanover, Emden and Audi Neckarsulm. The quality system travels with the equipment.
Duty-free transfer
Ready-to-install packages remove a two-to-three-year wait for green-field plants. Construction and finance fall by €573 million.
€35bn / €19bn
Axial-flux motors. Fifteen-year revenue and EBITDA, beside the vehicle programme, not inside it.