"in Spite of the current crisis, we see us by our stronger focus on electric mobility and to individual customer wishes to be well-positioned for the future," said the Chairman of the works Council, Marcus Galle, the German press Agency. The truck farmer, ONE that holds around 350 locations in Germany, assumes that by 2030, around 60 per cent of all vehicles in public TRANSPORT to electric. The Plauen factory participating in this trend of industry turning in of the automotive with the Development of electric buses and all-electric vans, so bile.

In the past year, the Plauener YOU location obtained through the conversion of the team bus for the German national football team to prominence. In the long term, the Plauen factory need new ideas when the question of future technologies, in order to survive, says Thomas Knabel, first authorized representative of IG Metall in Zwickau. "All vehicle manufacturers are concerned, the whole industry is experiencing a radical change."

In March, the truck farmer, ONE who belongs to the VW-daughter Traton, a massive headcount reduction announced - to name but without Details. According to Reports, some 6,000 jobs are at stake. The Plauen site will be Knabel, according to not affected.

dpa Updated Date: 24 July 2020, 02:26