VW has to postpone the introduction of the ID.5 by about a month due to production difficulties. The background is that the MEB plant in Zwickau will not be able to resume production until the beginning of April due to missing wiring harnesses.
As reported by Automobilwoche with reference to a letter to the sales partners, the market launch of the VW ID.5 is now planned for the first week of May. A precondition is that the manufacturer can provide all agents with the necessary exhibition or demonstration cars.
Vehicles which are also already in the target stations will not yet be delivered. “In order to ensure equal treatment of all partners,” the Wolfsburg-based carmaker justifies this step. “In order to ensure nationwide availability of the vehicles for each agent, we will partially reallocate the showroom vehicles,” VW added.
The electric SUV coupé, which will initially only be built in Zwickau worldwide, was actually supposed to be handed over to customers from the first week of April. Now it is clear: deliveries cannot start as planned. Customers will have to wait longer for their electric cars.
As is well known, the delayed introduction of the ID.5 is due to the fact that Volkswagen’s electric car plant in Saxony will not be able to resume production until the beginning of April after a production break of several weeks due to missing wiring harnesses from Ukraine.
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