Audi is beginning production of electric motors for the Premium Platform Electric (PPE) in its plant in Győr, Hungary.
The newly developed electric motors will be used for the first time in the Audi Q6 e-tron series. Production of the fully electric Audi model is scheduled to start at the Ingolstadt headquarters at the end of the year with the PPE-based model.
Among other provisions, the company has set up its own battery assembly facility in Ingolstadt in preparation for this step.
In Győr, Hungary, Audi Hungaria produces stators and transmission components in a completely new 15,000-square-meter production area, where the axles for the PPE are also assembled. Product testing also takes place in Győr.
“Győr is predestined for the production of these highly compact and efficient electric motors for the PPE. The highly qualified team at the site has already built over 400,000 electric drive systems since 2018, which is invaluable experience.”, says Audi CEO Gernot Döllner.
In addition to the electric motors for the PPE that power the Audi Q6 e-tron series, Győr also builds the drive system for the Audi Q8 e-tron.
Furthermore, an additional production area is being set up for electric motors that will be used in vehicles based on the MEBeco (modular electric drive toolkit) in the Volkswagen Group.
Audi installed three new lines to produce the electric motors for the PPE. The production line for stators has 28 work steps, the one for transmission components has 15.
One axle alone requires 190 individual steps to assemble. Around 700 employees are involved in production.
In terms of series production, the employees in Győr work in three shifts to build up to 2,000 electric motors per day for the PPE. The site supplies both Audi and Porsche.
Compared to the previous electric motor assembly facility, the vertical range of production has been increased once again.
Production in Győr has been net carbon neutral since 2020; the site has Europe’s largest roof-mounted photovoltaic system and is Hungary’s biggest industrial geothermal energy consumer.
To make transporting the electric motors for the PPE from Győr to Ingolstadt net carbon neutral, Audi relies on the transport and logistics company DB Cargo.
