The Gläserne Manufaktur - Showcase of Transformation & Innovation
Ambassador for Sustainable Mobility
Our journey began in 2001 with the Phaeton, the luxury class vehicle of the Volkswagen brand. Later, the Bentley was added temporarily. Because progress and change go hand in hand, we have been literally electrified since 2017: As the first all-electric production site, we have since brought people closer to e-mobility in all its facets. Until December 2020, the e-Golf rolled off the production line here. Series production of the ID.3 started in January 2021.
The next chapter will begin in 2026. For more than two decades, the heart of this company has beaten for automotive production – now it beats for the future and innovation. With the strategic realignment, we are opening up to new partnerships. Together with TU Dresden, we will invest over 50 million euros in research, development and talent over the next seven years. Four endowed professorships will be created, and start-ups will have room to test and fail. The focus is on autonomous driving, new production processes and artificial intelligence. The Transparent Factory will become a test laboratory for the mobility of tomorrow – and will remain what it has always been: a shop window. Only with more behind it.
