VW plant in Osnabrück loses Porsche order for electric car

The bad news for the VW Group doesn't stop: In the midst of the debate over factory closures and high costs at the core brand, now comes the news that the small plant in Osnabrück won’t receive a contract from Porsche for an electric model after all. Volkswagen confirmed this to NDR and dpa after the Osnabrücker Zeitung had reported it. Originally, an electric sports car was supposed to succeed the currently manufactured Porsche model starting in 2026. The plant was intended as "overflow production" for the main production in Zuffenhausen. Given the new situation, the Osnabrück plant is now without a follow-up order. Porsche was the most important client for the small production with its 2,300 employees. Since April 2022, the plant has been building the combustion engine Cayman and Boxster, as well as the exotic T-Roc Cabrio, which will end production in spring 2026.