VW manufactures SSP components in Kassel

The plant in Kassel-Baunatal, which is managed by Volkswagen Group Components, already plays an important role in the supply chain for electric vehicles based on the MEB. For example, the APP310 electric motors and the newer APP550 are assembled there. Since 2023, VW has also been developing the power electronics for future electric cars in Kassel.

As Blume stated to the local paper HNA (Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine) on the fringes of the group’s annual press conference in Wolfsburg, the Kassel plant will play a major role for SSP both as a development and production site – for the electric motors, but also for the pulse inverters, as the power electronics are sometimes called in the VW group.

“In total, we’re talking about a million units a year, with a large scope,” said Blume. All new electric models from VW will be built on this. “In this respect, a great future lies ahead for Kassel.”

The VW Group’s Scalable Systems Platform (SSP) is an electric platform that is currently under development. As the successor to the MEB and the PPE, it is intended to cover a wide range of models to reduce costs. The MEB is currently used in the compact segment with the VW ID.3, while the upcoming small electric cars based on the VW ID.2 will use a front-wheel-drive architecture derived from the MEB called ‘MEB Small.’ It is not yet known whether these models will also be converted to the SSP in the next generation. The PPE is the basis of the Porsche Macan, Audi Q6 e-tron and Audi A6 e-tron.

The SSP is expected to debut in 2028 – at least that’s what VW brand CEO Thomas Schäfer had publicly stated last summer. The new platform was originally announced for 2026. In the meantime, there have also been reports of an even longer delay.

hna.de (in German)