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VW to up EV output in the USA “in a massive way”

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In response to President Joe Biden’s transport decarbonisation course, Volkswagen wants to realign its electric car plans for the United States “in a massive way”. Thomas Ulbrich, chief development officer at VW, has just made the announcement in Munich. Although more concrete details have not yet been revealed, this is likely to mean that VW […]
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Lincoln to electrify entire lineup by 2030

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Following Ford’s recent announcement of an increase in its investment in electric mobility to over $30 billion by 2025, Ford’s Lincoln brand is now giving details of its electric strategy. Lincoln plans to electrify its entire model lineup by the end of the decade. By the middle of the decade, Lincoln expects half of its […]
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Cupra Born to enter serial production in September

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Seat has now presented the production version of the Cupra Born. The electric car based on the Group’s MEB platform will go into production at Volkswagen’s Zwickau plant from September this year. The technical data, however, differ slightly from the known MEB models. Seat does not give an overview of the variants in the press […]

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Volkswagen’s Emden factory on time for BEV production

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VW has provided an update on the conversion of the Emden plant for the production of MEB electric cars, which started in July 2020. Completion is scheduled for the first half of 2022, with EV volume production to begin with the ID.4. VW has also confirmed other models, including an electric estate. After the electric […]

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VW presents the ID.4 GTX with all-wheel-drive

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Volkswagen has just presented the first all-wheel-drive model in the ID. family. Although the information on the technical data of the ID.4 GTX had already been released, this is the first time the German carmaker has revealed the price of 50,415 euros before subsidies. The sporty GTX model is to be launched on the market […]

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VW to build another MEB plant in China

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Volkswagen has started construction of a new MEB plant at Volkswagen Anhui in China. Following the completion of the Anting (SAIC VW) and Foshan (FAW-VW) plants, this will be the group’s third production facility for pure electric vehicles in China. The plant is scheduled to be completed in mid-2022 and go into operation in the […]

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Volkswagen presents the ID.6 for China

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At the Auto Shanghai, VW has presented the ID.6, the third model in the ID. family for the Chinese market. Like the ID.4, the all-electric MEB-based family SUV with room for up to seven passengers is available in two versions. The ID.6 Crozz from the FAW Volkswagen joint venture will roll off the production line […]

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Audi launches the Q4 e-tron with three drive variants

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Audi has unveiled its first two MEB models, the Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron. According to Audi boss Markus Duesmann, the e-SUV and e-SUV coupé will mark “the entry into the electric world at Audi”. Prices in Germany are to start at 41,900 euros. At the MEB electric car’s premiere event, Duesmann put emphasis […]

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Audi launches serial production of the Q4 e-tron

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Audi has started production of the Audi Q4 e-tron at the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau. The production model is to be fully unveiled in mid-April, with deliveries in the European markets then scheduled to start in summer 2021. The all-electric MEB-based compact model is the first electric SUV that Audi is manufacturing at a German […]

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