As of 2015, the Volkswagen will supply latest generation engines, produced locally, to its Kaluga factory and the Gaz plant, in Nizhny Novgorod.
The new motor plant will occupy a 30,000 m2 land and will be located next to the Volkswagen vehicle factory in Kaluga. The plant is designed for an annual capacity of 150,000 units. The engine that will be manufactured in Kaluga will be a 1.6 -liter gasoline propeller of the EA211 series, which represents the most modern technology of Volkswagen. The start of production is scheduled for early 2015.
Since 2006, the Volkswagen Group has invested about 1,000 million euros in local production and models for Russia. Just a week ago, the group announced that it would invest another 840 million euros in Russia over the next three years. 250 million euros will go to the construction of the new engines plant.
Volkswagen produces vehicles for the Russian market at the Kaluga plant since November 2007. Four models are manufactured in these facilities: the Volkswagen Tiguan and Polo, and the Škoda Octavia and Fabia. Last Thursday, he began assembling the Škoda Yeti at the Gaz Plant -socio of the group- in Nizhny Novgorod. The local production of components in the new engines will begin in 2015. Cartoon, butt with integrated assembly, crankshaft, as well as the complete assembly of the engine are part of the accessories that will occur there. The group also plans to build a logistics center near Moscow.
With the new motor plant, Volkswagen will ensure that in 2016 at least 30% of vehicles produced in Russia will be equipped with locally manufactured engines. With this, the group will meet the objectives set in the additional agreement of Decree 166 signed with the Russian government at the end of May 2011. The maximum annual capacity in the Kaluga plant is currently 225,000 vehicles and the group's forecast for this year is 175,000 vehicles (135,000 in 2011). In the future, the annual capacity in Nizhny Novgorod will be about 110,000 vehicles. The production of vehicles in this plant must start next year.
For the Volkswagen Group, Russia is currently the sixth largest individual market, after China, Germany, Brazil, the United States and Great Britain. In 2012, the group will deliver more than 315,000 vehicles to Russian customers, which corresponds to a 38% growth compared to last year. More than half of these vehicles come from local production. In the long term, the Volkswagen Group plans to deliver 500,000 vehicles per year in Russia in 2018.
