Government commits €100 million on the table for Audi Brussels

Posted on 25-09-2015 at 12:07 by Ricardo – 25 Comments”

If the production of the A1 in 2018 expires in the Belgian Audi factory, but the question of whether there is a model for returns. To the relatively high-wage staff on the work to keep the sprinkles, the federal government is already with tax.

It is no secret that Audi by 2018, a new EV is going to build. Where this verbrandingsmotorloze Q6 will come from is not known. Spain and Hungary are mentioned as options, but also Audi Brussels, under the smoke of Brussels, is in the race. That plant, however, has one big disadvantage compared to the aforementioned countries: the Western European labour costs.

€100 million aid

To Audi already to spawn and that loonverschilletje to compensate the federal minister of Finance started with a flirtage. If Audi decides to the electric Q6 in Brussels to build, they can count on a package of support. Such as: a reduced employer’s contribution, the index jump and the tax credit for research. In a nutshell it comes down to 100 million euros in aid and benefits. Something that is on top of a previously ‘tax credit for high-tech investments’, where Audi already enjoy.

So it is safe to say that Belgium, all located to the Audi production in their own country to keep the lights. There would two thousand direct jobs are involved, followed by a further thousand indirect jobs. The acquisition of the e-Q6 according to the Belgians ‘assurance on continuity.” Yes, they were thinking that even at Ford Genk, after a government investment is still the legs took. But we hope with them.

Gallery: Audi E-Tron Quattro Concept

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