THIS IS the gigantic German car factory that pumps out hundreds of thousands of vehicles a year with its army of robot engineers.
The whopping Volkswagen plant, which can churn out up to a million cars a year, is three times the size of Monaco.
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Based in Wolfsburg, the factory is one of the largest car manufacturing plants in the world.
It boasts the biggest factory floor of anywhere on the planet.
While it employs as around 70,000 people, much of the manufacturing work is carried out by its 5,000 robots.
This team of robots assist human engineers across the various stage of car production, helping VW churn out many of its most popular car models.
There are even stages in there process in which not a single person is involved at all.
During car painting, poisonous fumes get released, so this is solely taken care of by the plant’s robots.
The plant also produces Volkswagen’s tasty surprise bestseller – its own branded currywurst sausages.
Despite being best known for its family cars, VW actually sold more sausages in 2024 than it did vehicles.
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The delicious snack has been produced by a dedicated team at the plant since 1973.
Dating back to 1938, the factory’s staggering size allows it to maintain its high production capacity.
The factory halls measure more than half a square mile, while its network of roads measure more than 45 miles – as well as an additional 37 kilometers of railway tracks.
It has churned out many of VW’s most iconic vehicles over the years, from the Beetle to the ever-popular Golf and Tiguan.
Mass production of the Beetle began in 1945, and 10 years later it marked its one millionth unit of the car.
But production ramped up further from there, with the factory celebrating its 10 millionth Golf on its 50th anniversary in 1988.
The 15 millionth Golf would have its finishing touches done 22 years later in 2010.
The plant typically produces around half a million cars a year according to its website, but it has reached not far south of a million in some years.
It churned out 815,000 cars in 2015 alone.
The vast factory is expected to be converted by 2030 into a multi-platform plant as automobile manufacturers all over the world prepare to ramp up electric car production.
VW was ranked as the world’s largest car manufacturer by revenue in 2023.
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