With masks and distancing, Volkswagen restarts production

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German automaker Volkswagen restarted production on Thursday at its plant in Zwickau, where its crucial mass-market electric vehicle is being made ahead of its launch later this year.

The company said the plan was "health before production numbers" as the assembly line started up after a five-week closure under new health rules agreed with worker representatives that include wearing face protection where a 1.5 metre distance can't always be observed. Other measures include regular cleanings. Distancing is required in washrooms, changing rooms and lunchrooms.

Volkswagen worker Heiko Gruner told the dpa news agency he was grateful to be back. "For the past weeks I missed the purpose and the usual structure of the day," said the 49-year-old. The plant makes the ID.3 electric compact, which is key to Volkswagen's plan to make battery only cars a mass-market product. Currently, electrics remain a niche product with sales in single digits and many of the offerings are in the luxury category. Volkswagen aims to sell the car for prices starting below 30,000 euros .

Manufacturing plants in several European countries have resumed work in recent days as some governments look to ease some of the lockdown measures that have dealt a blow to the economy.

 

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I figure it's just a matter time till they have a steady supply of masks and more of our economy will open with similar protocols.

Germany:83 MILL people.(did they test them all ?No No vaccines, no antibodies tests) Germany IS a SOVEREIGN country. Are we?They ease restrictions. People must wear masks in public.Are European experts STUPID? People are NOT'viruses' in Germany. GET IT.

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