THE BREAKDOWN About 6,000 employees protested demanding clarity on the site's future. At Audi’s Neckarsulm plant in southwest Germany, that crowd showed up on July 29th to send Volkswagen a message: this factory, and the cars it builds, shouldn’t just vanish in a spreadsheet of cost savings. On paper, there’s a job protection deal running until December 31, 2033 that rules out compulsory redundancies at German Audi sites. Audi Neckarsulm Plant: What Volkswagen Has Confirmed So FarVolkswagen’s latest restructuring push under CEO Oliver Blume singles out four German locations: Hanover, Emden, Zwickau and Audi’s Neckarsulm site. Audi e-tron GT production at Böllinger Höfe plant in Neckarsulm Photo by: AudiNeckarsulm is a classic mixed-portfolio site.