Volkswagen's Bratislava plant is too expensive for production of small electric cars

Volkswagen's Bratislava plant tried to win production of the electric VW ID.1 model, but despite ranking well in internal VW plant quality assessments, production was placed in Portugal. The model's predecessor, the VW UP!, was assembled in Bratislava. Frequent legislative changes, the transaction tax, high corporate income and labor taxes, and labor shortages were reportedly playing against Bratislava. The local automotive union ZAP has long been pointing out the deteriorating business environment.

(hnonline.sk)