Overview

• Volkswagen has stopped assembly in Zwickau and Dresden for the week starting 6 October, citing weak demand for electric vehicles.
• Engine production in Chemnitz continues without shutdowns, while Wolfsburg plans extra shifts for combustion models.
• Saxony’s minister-president pressed VW in a late‑September letter for a Zwickau output floor of 250,000 cars a year, safeguards for 2,000 Chemnitz jobs, a recycling center, and €100 million for TU Dresden.
• VW replied that production volumes and employment were already agreed with employee representatives and offered €1.5 million over seven years for TU Dresden instead of the requested package.
• The future of Dresden’s Gläserne Manufaktur remains unresolved, with an employment perspective for 135 staff and roughly 70 people still without a solution as a board meeting on 9 October and a mid‑November TU review approach.