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Confirming its dedication to sustainability , prestige automaker Audi will gradually expand its electric portfolio . Based on this , Audi is now taking steps to prepare its global facilities to produce allelectric cars , building on its existing global production network to achieve this vision . The company is bringing its global production sites into the future , investing in existing plants so they are as efficient and flexible as newly built production sites or greenfield plants . Audi wants to make manufacturing flexible and resilient to ensure it will be future proof in the long term . As such , Audi Production has created the 360factory ; a vision of the future to help navigate the challenges ahead . The approach places equal emphasis on cost-effectiveness , sustainability , flexibility , and attractiveness . By the end of the decade , Audi will be making electric-drive models at all its production sites worldwide . To achieve this goal , it is relying on highly qualified staff and will make all employees fit for the future . By the end of the decade , all production sites will be producing at least one all-electric vehicle model .
“ We use this transformation phase to make our production sites future ready . The Production of the future for us has four main focuses , that ’ s why we call it Audi 360factory ”, says Gerd Walker , Board Member for Production and Logistics at AUDI AG . “ The first is flexibility ; so , striving to be more flexible in our processes , production , and logistics operations . The second is attractiveness . As part of this commitment , Audi is working on concepts for making the working environment more comfortable for employees and more experienceable for visitors and customers . Our transformation into the 360factory will require the very best minds , even in disciplines not commonly associated with production , such as electronics and
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