Car production in Portugal up 32.6% in March
Production of automobiles in Portuguese factories grew 32.6% in March, year-on-year, to 38,852 units, according to data from the Portuguese Automobile Association (ACAP), released this Tuesday. [...]
State gives €30 million in sweeteners to Volkswagen for VW 1D 1
Portugal is to give Volkswagen Europa a €30 million offset, around 10% of the total €270 million that the car maker is investing at its Autoeuropa factory at Palmela. The money will be used to [...]
Autoeuropa supplier closes and leaves 475 on the dole
Vanpro, a joint-venture between Faurecia and Adiente, is to close down leaving 475 people unemployed. The company, which has been supplying Autoeuropa for decades, has not been chosen by the VW [...]
Government had to provide raft of millions in incentives to bag new electric Volkswagen contract
Hundreds of million euros of incentives had to be provided to Volkswagen to convince the German manufacturer to produce its new electric low-cost vehicle at its Autoeuropa plant in Palmela. Under [...]
Autoeuropa to produce new VW electric low-cost car
Volkswagen has chosen Portugal’s Autoeuropa factory to produce its recently-presented VW iD.Every 1 – a compact electric city car which will sell for a starting price of €20,000. The [...]
Autoeuropa modernisation will cause 13 days of stoppages in July
The Autoeuropa car plant in Palmela, near Setúbal has decided to apply a layoff regime for 3,742 of its 4,900 staff for a period of 13 days this month. With eight days of layoffs already made in [...]
Autoeuropa production restart
Portugal’s largest car plant Autoeuropa will restart production on October 2 according to a note sent to employees. The decision was taken after the company managed to find alternatives to its [...]
