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As part of its Next Level - Škoda Strategy 2030, the brand recently presented a completely new appearance: the focus is on a new design language, a new logo, and a comprehensive update of the corporate identity. It has also announced the acceleration of its e-offensive: three all-electric models will be launched on the market by 2026. One of those is the Vision 7S - a concept study that already provides a first...

30 September 2022

Volkswagen teased the design of the upcoming all-electric Škoda ENYAQ COUPÉ iV which offers a "highly emotional body variant." The interior provides generous space for up to five people as well as a 570-liter trunk. Thanks to the even better aerodynamics compared to the ENYAQ iV and a drag coefficient cw of 0.234, the four-door coupé can be driven even more efficiently and achieves a maximum range of up to 545 km in...

30 September 2022

Volkswagen presented the ID. XTREME in Ticino today, an off-road, fully electric concept car with an all-wheel drive system. It is based on the ID.4 GTX and combines the strengths of a modern SUV with the sense of adventure embodied by a rugged off-road vehicle. The ID. XTREME from Volkswagen stands for maximum emotion and a desire for adventure. The concept vehicle was created by the team of Andreas Reckewerth...

9 September 2022

Market research agency Counterpoint reports that the global passenger EV sales grew 61% YoY to reach 2.18 million units in Q2 2022. In total EV sales, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) accounted for almost 72%, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) for the rest. China remained the market leader in EV sales, followed by Europe and the US. China's EV sales increased by almost 92% YoY in Q2 2022 to reach 1.24...

29 August 2022

Volkswagen AG and the Government of Canada aim to promote e-mobility in the country and to explore opportunities across Canada’s automotive and battery supply chain. This was agreed in a "Memorandum of Understanding" (MoU) signed today in Toronto by Volkswagen CEO Herbert Diess and Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, in the presence of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz...

24 August 2022

Volkswagen of America today marked the start of production of its all-electric ID.4 compact SUV in Chattanooga, Tenn., the company's first electric vehicle assembled in the United States. The ID.4 is Volkswagen Group's most popular all-electric model, with 190,000 units delivered to customers globally since its launch in 2021.Volkswagen aims to ramp up ID.4 assembly in Chattanooga to 7,000 vehicles per month later...

27 July 2022

The Volkswagen Group increased its deliveries of all-electric vehicles by 27% in the first six months year-on-year and thus successfully continued its global electric offensive. Despite supply bottlenecks, a temporary stop of production in Europe, and Covid-related lockdowns in China, 217,100 BEVs have been handed over to customers in the first half year, up from 170,900 in the prior-year period. The BEV share of...

15 July 2022

Volkswagen broke the ground for its first cell factory in Salzgitter. Production will start in 2025. With immediate effect, responsibility for the global battery business is to be held by the newly created company "PowerCo". In addition to cell production, the new company will be responsible for activities along the entire battery value chain. Up to 2030, PowerCo is to invest more than €20 billion together with...

14 July 2022

The Volkswagen Group and Siemens support the ambitious growth plans of Electrify America, LLC - the largest public ultra-fast charging network for electric vehicles from all vendors in North America. Volkswagen together with Siemens, the leading global technology company, is investing $450 million, valuing Electrify America at $2.45 billion. Through its financing arm Siemens Financial Services (SFS), Siemens becomes...

30 June 2022

With today's world premiere of the ID. AERO concept car in China, Volkswagen is providing a foretaste of the brand's first global fully-electric sedan. The future model will be positioned in the premium mid-size sedan segment. Its progressive, stylish and aerodynamic design allows the vehicle to impress with generous space in the interior. The production version for China is expected to go on sale in the second half...

27 June 2022

Volkswagen released design sketches of the ID. AERO - the first fully-electric limousine for the Chinese automobile market. The digital world premiere of the pre-production study will take place on Monday, 27 June, at 14:00 (CEST). The future production version of the ID. AERO sees Volkswagen expand its successful ID. family in the high-volume upper-middle-class segment, and accelerate its electric offensive within...

22 June 2022

Following the production start of the ID. Buzz, German component locations have begun to produce key technology components for the new e-model. Plants in Braunschweig, Kassel, Salzgitter and Hannover are now supplying the battery system, the electric drive and the chassis. It’s the next step in a transformation process initiated in 2015 that is converting the company into an e-mobility system supplier. Volkswagen...

16 June 2022

Volkswagen is adding another all-wheel-drive version to the all-electric ID.4 product line: the ID.4 Pro 4MOTION. Based on the ID.4 Pro Performance, the model has a system power of 195 kW/265 PS and offers more traction in wet conditions and when driving on snow or loose ground. Only the sporty ID.4 GTX 4MOTION flagship model was previously available as an all-wheel-drive version. Presales for the new additional...

9 June 2022

At the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) brand's main plant in Hannover, where production of the ID. Buzz Cargo has already begun, serial production of the ID. Buzz is now starting. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is planning to produce up to 15,000 ID. Buzz and ID. Buzz Cargo vehicles this year. Once production is up to full speed, as many as 130,000 vehicles per year can in future be produced in Hannover...

7 June 2022