CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Volkswagen will add 800 new jobs at its Chattanooga, Tenn., plant to boost production of the Passat sedan.
The new jobs will increase the plant’s work force to more to 3,500 by the end of the year, the German company said today. The additional workers will be used to bolster the existing two shifts at the plant, and expand production to Saturday, it said.
“We’re adding a third team at this plant for a simple reason: Customers want to buy Passats,” said Jonathan Browning, the president and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America.
VW rolls out 35 cars an hour at the plant, which surpassed 50,000 vehicles in February. VW built its first Passat at the plant last April.
“Volkswagen is definitely on a roll in this market,” Browning said. “I can assure you, we don’t plan to stop.”
Volkswagen AG, the world’s second-largest car company, said last week that it intends to increase deliveries and revenues in 2012 despite difficult conditions in Europe.
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