Vw Chattanooga. The plant was formally announced in July 2008 and began production of the Passat B7 initially called the Passat NMS New Midsize Sedan in April 2011 prior to being formally inaugurated in May 2011. The 22 million dollar facility will test and validate electric vehicle cells and battery packs for the North American region.
Buzz goes into production in Hannover. 05242011 - Grand Opening of Volkswagen Chattanooga plant 04182011 - First customer car rolled off assembly line 04072011 - ISO 9001 status confirmed by external auditor 01092011 - Static Launch of the new Passat at NAIAS Detroit 09302010 - Opening of Supplier Park 08232010 - 1000th employee hired 06042010 - Opening of Volkswagen. We carry the complete Volkswagen line-up along with WorldAuto Certified and other pre-owned cars trucks and SUVs.
The expansion at Volkwagens Chattanooga plant in the state of Tennessee has been in full swing.
05242011 - Grand opening of Volkswagen Chattanooga plant 07292011 - 2000th employee hired 12012011 - LEED Platinum certification of plant and academy 05312012 - 100000th Passat assembled 07282012 - ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 01232013 - Power-up of Volkswagen Chattanooga solar park 05232013 - 250000th Passat produced. Volkswagen of America began construction of its Battery Engineering Lab at its Chattanooga Engineering and Planning Center last night. Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations LLC was founded on December 29 2008 after the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft had decided in favor of Chattanooga as the location for a Volkswagen plant in North America on July 15 2008. The start of construction followed on February 3 2009.
