Volkswagen ends production of ICE cars at Zwickau and goes electric

After 116 years of operation, the plant in Zwickau no longer produces internal combustion engine cars. It's now all-electric

As of yesterday (June 26, 2020), the last internal combustion engine rolled off the production line at the Zwickau plant in Germany, as Volkswagen switched completely to all-electric models.

During some 116 years of operation, the plant produced more than 9.5 million vehicles, including more than 6 million Volkswagens, which operated at the site since 1990.

The last vehicle happened to be the seventh-generation Golf R Estate with a 2.0-litre petrol engine in Oryx White Pearl Effect.

Production of vehicles with combustion engine in Zwickau since 1904 (as of 26 June 2020):

Model / Manufacturer	Units produced	Period
Horch (car)	33.500*	1904 to 1940
Audi	11.168	1910 to 1940
DKW (final assembly)	256.941	1931 to 1942
IFA (car)	26.908	1949 to 1955
P 70 / P 240	38.178	1955 to 1959
Trabant	3.096.099	1957 to 1991
Volkswagen	6.049.207	1990 to 2020
Total	9.512.001	1904 to 2020

 *Note: All units produced refer to passenger cars. The date for Horch are rounded, as not every model from the early days is listed in the documents with exact numbers of units.

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