The automaker wants “around 20” electric cars on the road by 2025. Volkswagen is the latest manufacturer to announce an “acceleration” to previously established restructuring plans. In this case, the automaker isn’t talking about layoffs, at least not yet. Instead, VW plans to drastically reduce powertrain configurations for the European market. As a consequence, some models […]
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Volkswagen Meets With Suppliers: Starts Countdown To I.D. EV Launch
Volkswagen hopes to not enter production hell with I.D. Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess and brand Board members met with more than 30 CEOs from suppliers at the MEB Supplier Event, with whom VW is carefully preparing the launch of the all-electric I.D. family. The importance of the first model, Volkswagen I.D. hatchback, is compared […]
VW brand to spend more than €11B on e-mobility, digitalization, autonomous driving through 2023
The Volkswagen brand is to significantly improve its earnings performance in the coming years in order to finance investments in future technologies from its own resources. To this end, the model portfolio is being streamlined and the number of variant…
Volkswagen e-Crafter To Debut At Milton Keynes EV Experience Centre
Van operators interested in finding out more about making the switch to electric vehicles can always get a knowledge boost and advice from experts at the EV Experience Centre in Milton Keynes. And to get a real taste of what’s coming up, they’ll also h…
Volkswagen I.D. R Electric To Go After Nürburgring Record
Time of 5 minutes and 30 seconds is possible According to Autocar’s sources, Volkswagen Motorsport intends to take the Volkswagen I.D. R racer that set all-time record of Pikes Peak International Hill Climb to the Nürburgring. The track is exclusively booked for May 2019. Currently, the fastest EV at the Nürburgring Nordschleife was NIO EP9 (6:45.900 […]
Volkswagen e-Crafter Won’t Be Available In UK Until Mid-2021
Van operators interested in switching to EVs can always get… a knowledge boost After the UK debut at the CV Show in Birmingham, Volkswagen presents its all-electric large van e-Crafter also at Milton Keynes EV Experience Centre (from Friday 7 to Monday 10 December), however, it’s still more than two years from market launch. The […]
VW brand investing 9 billion in electrification
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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Volkswagen Starts Final Countdown To Phase Out Of Gas, Diesel
The last internal combustion engine is to be launched in 2026. According to the latest news, Volkswagen plans to introduce the last generation of combustion engines in the year 2026. It will be produced for some time, but there will be no new generations afterwards. The German manufacturer will focus on electric cars, which in […]
Bentley Joins Porsche: Claims Battery Tech Not There Yet
The company’s CEO has once again ruled out an electric sports car. Bentley is holding off producing its own all-electric car until battery technology improves, according to the British brand’s CEO Andrian Hallmark. The company was expected to follow Volkswagen stablemate Porsche into the EV arena using the same platform and technology as Stuttgart’s upcoming Taycan. The Taycan will arrive next […]
VW to kill off petrol and diesel combustion cars from 2026
Volkswagen AG spells the end of the ICE age as it confirms it will not develop any more CO2 emitting vehicles starting from 2026.
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