Volkswagen announced that it would be importing vehicles made in China into Europe. According to a report by Automotive News Europe, the company cited limited production capacity in its home market, hence the need to source vehicles from China.
This isn’t the first time that a European automaker will be importing cars from China. Tesla, BMW, and Renault are doing so with the Model 3, iX3, and Spring, respectively. For Volkswagen, the model to be exported from China would be the upcoming production version of the Cupra Tavascan.
“The Anhui factory was the plant with the right capacity and technology at the time of production planning,” VW said in a statement. The automaker added that it has no further plans to export other models from China.
VW will be producing the Cupra Tavascan one of its joint ventures’ factories in Anhui. It’s the automaker’s third MEB plant in China.
