VW and SAIC will sell their plant in Xinjiang to Shanghai Motor Vehicle Inspection Certification (SMVIC), a unit of state-owned Shanghai Lingang Development Group, which will take on all its ...

VW, one of the largest carmakers in mainland China for the past four decades, has been under pressure to dispose of the assets in Xinjiang amid controversies about China's "human rights violations ...

The decline of the gas-powered era made VW's factory useless. Volkswagen’s retreat from Xinjiang was not a solely political ...

About a year before he helped VW audit its Xinjiang plant, Greenwood published a post on LinkedIn that featured a picture of a pile of peanuts with the question: “What’s the value of a SA8000 ...

VW had to stop the delivery of 30,000 Audis and other premium cars to American customers last spring after it realized that a VW supplier had been buying an engine component from Xinjiang, in ...

Volkswagen said on November 26 that it was selling its stake in manufacturing and testing facilities in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region. The New York Times says the sale brings to an end VW’s ...

VW plans to further adapt its production network beyond Xinjiang, according to reports. The sites are to be converted to focus on electrification. According to VW, however, this is not possible ...

Under the deal, SMVIC will also take over SAIC/VW's test tracks in Turpan Xinjiang and Anting in Shanghai, they added. Following the deals, Volkswagen will no longer have a presence in Xinjiang.

Volkswagen (VW) is to sell all its operations in China’s Xinjiang, it said today, after years of mounting pressure to abandon its presence in a region where rights groups have documented abuses ...

Built a decade ago, VW’s factory in Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital, was meant to produce low-cost gasoline-powered cars for western China. However, production stopped in 2019 due to weak demand, ...

Barricades affixed with barbed wire surround a dealership for Volkswagen AG (VW) at night in Kashgar, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. — Source: Bloomberg/Getty Images ...

VW audit of Xinjiang plant failed to meet international standards on whatsapp (opens in a new window) Save. Patricia Nilsson in Frankfurt and Edward White in Shanghai. Published September 19 2024.