Audi Hungaria has started series production of the new generation of electric motors for the Premium Platform Electric (PPE). The investment of EUR 190 million (approx. HUF 70 billion) has created a completely new production area of 15,000 square metres in an existing hall, where 700 employees produce around 2,000 electric drives every day in three shifts.
The electric motors for the Premium Platform Electric (PPE) will initially be used in the Audi Q6 e-tron model series. The PPE model will mark the start of production of the first all-electric Audi model at the Ingolstadt headquarters at the end of the year. Audi Hungaria produces stators and transmission components in a completely new production area and assembles the axles for the PPE there. Product testing is also carried out in Győr.
In addition to the electric motors for the PPE that power the Audi Q6 e-tron series, the drives for the Audi Q8 e-tron are also built in Győr. An additional production area is currently being set up for electric motors for vehicles based on the Volkswagen Group’s MEBeco (Modular Electric Drive Kit).
In the year of the launch of the PPE drives, Audi Hungaria can look back on a 30-year success story. The company has become the world’s largest powertrain plant and was the first to produce premium cars in Hungary. With the future production of CUPRA’s Terramar model, the company will further increase the exploitation of synergies at Group level.
The government has so far supported the company’s investments and job creation with HUF 60 billion (EUR 162 million). Audi is planning further projects worth EUR 54 million (almost HUF 20 billion) this year. The state is examining these projects and is ready to support them in the spirit of green change. These include the retraining of 3,500 employees for green investments, the drastic reduction of the CO2 footprint, the recycling of used batteries, the reuse of waste water from the Győr-Bácsa sewage treatment plant and the optimisation of heat losses in the factory.