Brazil | Investment | Manufacture | Battery Electric Volkswagen prepares to build e-Consortium production system based on successful Modular Consortium production management system By Jose Secco – 1st January 2020 Last year Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus announced plans to allocate BRA110m million (USD27m) to make the necessary adjustments at its Resende (RJ) plant to tailor its production lines to begin assembling electric trucks as soon as 2020.