Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) is calling for lower electricity prices in order to boost sales of e-cars in Germany. If you want e-mobility, you have to expand the charging infrastructure and ensure cheap electricity, he said after talks with the management of Volkswagen Saxony in Lichtenstein (Zwickau district).
Volkswagen is represented in Saxony with production sites in Zwickau, Chemnitz and Dresden. The Zwickau car factory was a pioneer within the Group in the switch from combustion engines to electric cars. However, because the demand for such cars is not developing as hoped and there is a large overcapacity at the German VW sites, production in Saxony is also being reduced and staff cut.
