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VW brand investing 9 billion in electrification

December 6, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Following the investments by the VW company, Porsche and Audi, the Volkswagen brand itself has now presented an investment plan for their electrification initiative, in which the Wolfsburgers have reserved approximately 9 billion euros for the electrification of their vehicles. About 11 billion euros in total have been earmarked for the future tech fields of […]

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VW pushes global electrification offensive

November 29, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Seat has signed a statement of intent with the Volkswagen Group China and JAC to cooperatively develop a series of Seat electric vehicles in China. At the same time, North American head Scott Keogh has announced that VW would introduce their first MEB based model in the USA in 2020. Looking at the developments in […]

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More Details On Volkswagen’s Plan To Invest Billions For EVs

November 17, 2018 Vanja Kljaić Syndicated Comments Off

Volkswagen Group is gearing up to mass production of electric vehicles, thus a magnitude of strategical changes are required. Volkswagen may be a bit late to the EV party, but they’re certainly aiming for a fashionable entry. The German carmaker is set to invest almost 44 billion euro in the next five years, covering everything […]

VW specifies factory setup for Emden & Hanover

November 16, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Volkswagen will be investing a total of 33 billion euros in e-mobility, autonomous driving, mobility services and digitalisation by 2023. Additionally, the vehicle manufacturer specified the factory setups for both future EV manufacturing facilities in Emden and Hanover. According to their statement, the company plans to fully convert the factory in Emden to produce MEB […]

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Volkswagen upgrading Zwickau for 330,000 EV capacity

November 15, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The German automobile manufacturer has announced the plan to upgrade the Zwickau facility to the most effective electric vehicle production facility in Europe. A capacity of 330,000 vehicles per year is the eventual target for the CO² neutral I.D. vehicle production beginning in late 2019. The upgrade plans for the facility are not new, but […]

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VW planning Polo-sized BEV for under €20,000

November 9, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

The VW company is reportedly increasingly focusing on preparing their facilities in Germany for the planned electrification offensive. Now the Germans have announced that next to the I.D., which will run €25,000 at the basic price, they are planning an electric model which will retail for under €20,000. VW Utility vehicles is looking to manufacture […]

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VW and Ford working on EV cooperation

November 1, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Ford and VW are already cooperating in the field of utility vehicles, but now the two automobile manufacturers are planning a far more extensive cooperation in the areas of electric mobility and autonomous driving. The plan is to work together to lower development costs for future technologies. This may provide an entry for Ford to […]

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SAIC-VW building factory for MEB BEVs

October 19, 2018 Chris Randall Syndicated Comments Off

Volkswagen and their joint venture partner SAIC has begun constructing a factory in China for battery electric vehicles based on the new Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB). The factory will take up operation in October 2020, and cost about $2.5 billion to build. The partners then intend to manufacture up to 300,000 MEB electric vehicles […]

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VW’s first ID. electric car to cost less than 25,000 euros

September 24, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Volkswagen is waking up to electric mobility and the company that used to build “Das Auto” now wants to build The electric car too it appears, and sell a lot. German Handelsblatt say they have the latest pricing for the ID. and it is most competitive. So competitive that Volkswagen may offer the cheapest electric […]

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VW presents MEB platform pushing ‘Electric For All’ plan

September 17, 2018 Nora Manthey Syndicated Comments Off

Volkswagen presents their dedicated platform for electric vehicles, MEB, at their ‘Gläserne Manufaktur’ in Dresden today. The launch is underway with the motto: “Electric For All”, meaning affordable electric cars, that are to turn VW into a volume EV manufacturer. It has taken VW some time to digest the diesel-scandal and to jump onto the electric […]

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