The decline of the gas-powered era made VW’s factory useless Volkswagen’s retreat from Xinjiang was not a solely political decision. The plant in Urumqi, designed to produce inexpensive ...

VW announced on Wednesday that the plant in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in western China, and two test tracks in Turpan, Xinjiang and Anting, Shanghai, will be sold ...

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 alleged human rights ...

VW has not built cars in Xinjiang since 2019. At its peak between 2015 and 2019, the plant employed around 650 people, according to VW. In recent years, the plant has handled technical adjustments and ...

Under the deal SMVIC will also take over SAIC-VW’s test tracks in Turpan, Xinjiang, and in Anting, Shanghai. A Volkswagen spokesperson told reporters “there is no business case for the plant.” ...

The Turpan test track was not part of the audit. In response to the VW forced labour report, China urged companies not to be "blinded by lies" about its rights record in Xinjiang.

VW intends to launch a new product offensive in China from 2026 and bring 18 new models from the core Volkswagen brand and Audi onto the market with Saic by the end of the decade. Of these, 15 ...

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 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 buckles after years of pressure to sell up in Xinjiang Stock Markets Published 11/27/2024, 02:15 AM Updated 11/27/2024, 02:25 PM ...

Calls had grown louder for VW to reconsider its business activities in Xinjiang after German chemicals giant BASF announced this year that it would accelerate its exit from two joint ventures there.