Audi will also be manufacturing electric vehicles in Hungary

“Hungary has become a European automotive industry superpower”, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at an event on Thursday to mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of Audi Hungaria Zrt, where temporary Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi AG Abraham Schot announced that the company will begin manufacturing of electrically driven vehicles at its plant in Győr.

The Minister highlighted the fact that the production value of the automotive industry reached 8 trillion forints (EUR 24.7bn) last year, breaking all previous records, and increased by a further 6 percent year-on-year during the first six months of 2018, and if growth continues at this rate the automotive industry will set yet another record within the national economy by the end of this year.

Mr. Szijjártó also spoke about the fact that in recent years Hungary can boast economic, political and human achievements, thanks to which it has become a competitive and attractive investment destination.

“Political stability has become our trademark”,

he said, adding that Hungary currently offers Europe’s most flexible job market regulations and the lowest taxes, in addition to which dual training has also been introduced based on the German model.

“Today, Hungary is strong and proud, and is the most important country in the Central European cooperation that represents the engine of European growth”, in which a role is also played by those companies “that have placed their trust in the Hungarian people”.

Audi is one such company because without it the country could not have the traveled the path that it has traveled during the past 25 years, the Minister said.

Temporary Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi AG Abraham Schot stressed that Audi’s mission is electromobility and that by 2025 an electric version of all of Audi’s models will also be available, the motors of which will be manufactured in Győr. He did not indicate a date for the beginning of the production of electric vehicles in Győr.

“The future belongs to self-driven cars and sustainable drive systems”, the Chairman declared.

Mr. Schot also spoke about the fact that Hungary offers one of the most attractive environments for Audi in Central Europe. The region’s largest tool plant also operates here, making the company’s Hungarian subsidiary a strong member of the “Audi family”, he declared.