AUDI AG

About Audi

AUDI AG develops and produces vehicles with a sporty orientation and a focus on build quality and design. The brand claim “Vorsprung durch Technik” (Progress through Technology) stands for the company’s technological orientation; in 2025 the company employed around 88,000 people and delivered approximately 1,644,400 vehicles in more than 100 markets. Production includes body construction with highly automated systems and spot welding, painting, and vehicle assembly in small- and large-series production – for combustion, hybrid, and fully electric drivetrains. Materials are in particular steel for body construction and aluminium for lightweight aluminium construction. At the Neckarsulm plant, 15,509 employees produce the A5, A6, A8, and e-tron GT models on around one million square meters; the e-tron GT is built in small-series production in the Böllinger Höfen. Neckarsulm also serves as a competence center for artificial intelligence and digitalization in production and logistics, for example with Edge Cloud 4 Production, AI-controlled grinding robots, and around 200 automated guided vehicles. The headquarters and parent plant is Ingolstadt, where the fully electric A2 e-tron has been produced since 2026.

Site

Ingolstadt

Processes

Vehicle production (small and large series, combustion, hybrid, fully electric), Body construction (highly automated production systems, spot welding), Painting (base coat, paint shop), Vehicle assembly (pearl chain principle, AGV-supported line), Vehicle development and production, Customer racing program (Audi Sport customer racing), Digitalization/AI in production and logistics, Logistics and supply chain management

Materials

Aluminium, Steel, Leather (recycled, RELEA®/Charma Premium by NABORE®), Wool (recycled, Re-Wool 2 by Kvadrat, 45 % recycled content), Copper

Certificates

ASI Performance Standard, ASI Chain of Custody

Founded

1909

Employees

88000

Industries

Automotive industry (premium vehicles), Motorcycle industry (Ducati), Motorsport (Formula 1, customer racing)

1. 01

   Vehicle development

2. 02

   Body construction

3. 03

   Painting

4. 04

   Assembly

5. 05

   Logistics and supply chain

6. 06

   Delivery

Materials & Processes

Locations

Ingolstadt

DE

Headquarters / parent plant; production including the A2 e-tron

Lot size

Large series

Materials

Steel, aluminium

• Front-end assembly
• Vehicle production

Neckarsulm

DE

Production site (A5, A6, A8, e-tron GT); Audi Sport GmbH in the Böllinger Höfen

Lot size

Small and large series

Materials

Steel, aluminium

• Highly automated production systems in body construction
• Grinding robots (AI-controlled)
• ca. 200 automated guided vehicles (AGVs)
• Edge Cloud 4 Production
• Paint shop with AI-assisted dryer control

Vehicles & Components

Inside the production

Processes & technical limits

3 Anlagen & Maschinen

Quality & Certification

Audi safeguards production quality, among other things, with AI-supported process monitoring: Weld Splatter Detection detects welding spatter on the underbody, and ProcessGuardAIn consolidates equipment and process data for early error detection.

History

1. 1909

   Foundation of August Horch Automobilwerke GmbH by August Horch in Zwickau; renamed Audi Automobil-Werke mbH in 1910

2. 1932

   Merger of Audi, DKW, Horch, and Wanderer to form Auto Union AG (Four Rings)

3. 1965

   First post-war Audi of Auto Union GmbH

4. 1969

   Merger of Auto Union GmbH with NSU AG to form Audi NSU Auto Union AG

5. 1985

   Renaming to AUDI AG

6. 2024

   Victory of the Audi RS Q e-tron at the Dakar Rally

7. 2025

   Introduction of the AUDI sub-brand for China; around 88,000 employees, approx. 1,644,400 deliveries

8. 2026

   Start of production of the fully electric Audi A2 e-tron in Ingolstadt