According to foreign media reports, on October 29, a spokesman for Audi, a luxury brand owned by Volkswagen Group, said that Audi was negotiating with a potential investor about its troubled Brussels factory.
Internal Audi sources revealed that the potential investor is a commercial vehicle manufacturer.
In addition, the Audi working group is also exploring other uses for the Brussels plant, but has not yet reached a conclusion.
, Audi has repeatedly criticized the central geographical location of its Brussels factory (on the railway line) for hindering its expansion and internal logistics updates, making it difficult to reduce the factory’s operating costs.
In addition, there is no body shop in the factory, so production activities cannot be carried out independently, and important body parts must be supplied by other factories.
, In addition to the challenges faced by Audi’s Brussels factory itself, the models produced at the factory also face insufficient demand.
The factory currently employs about 3,000 people and produces the Audi Q8 e-tron electric luxury SUV, but production of this model will cease in February next year.
Audi’s Brussels plant has an annual production capacity of 120,000 vehicles.
In 2022, the factory produced 47,900 vehicles, its peak production, compared with 37,400 Audi Q8 e-tron electric SUVs produced in 2023.
According to the latest delivery data released by Volkswagen Group, in the first nine months of this year, Audi delivered only 23,900 Q8 e-tron electric SUVs.
In August this year, media reported that Audi plans to deliver only 6,000 Q8 e-trons in 2025.
Q8 e-tron.
Photo source: Audi Media Center.
Previously, Volkswagen Group announced that due to sluggish market demand for high-end electric vehicles, the company is considering closing the Audi Brussels factory, and may close three factories in Germany as part of its cost-cutting plan.
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