Ukraine Gate – Kyiv – July 7, 2022- Volkswagen will announce the liquidation of its production site in Nizhny Novgorod, due to the curtailment of the supply of automotive components to the territory of the Russian Federation, as well as the blocking of logistics.
The Skoda Kodiak, Karoq, Octavia and Volkswagen Taos cars were produced at the Volkswagen site in Nizhny Novgorod, the design capacity of the plant is 132,000 cars per year, and the 400,000th car was assembled on the assembly line in Nizhny Novgorod through a full cycle in February 2021.
Also, the Volkswagen Group stopped production and export to the Russian Federation due to the war with Ukraine.
