SEAT teased a small electric SUV that will be build by several brands within Volkswagen Group

The Global Battery Alliance (GBA), the world's largest multi-stakeholder organization to establish a sustainable battery value chain by 2030, today launched the proof of concept for its Battery Passport at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos. The Battery Passport is key to facilitating the rapid scaling of sustainable, circular, and responsible battery value chains to meet the targets of the Paris...

18 January 2023

Volkswagen Group has made significant progress in its electric transformation in 2022. Despite supply constraints and temporary production stops, 572,100 all-electric vehicles were handed over to customers around the globe. Compared to 2021, this is a substantial increase of 26%. The BEV share of total deliveries thus reached 6.9%, up from 5.1% a year earlier. The Volkswagen Group remains the BEV market leader in...

12 January 2023

Volkswagen ID.7 makes its first appearance at CES 2023 in camouflaged clad. This is the brand's first fully electric sedan based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB). The camouflage is "smart" and uses unique technology and multi-layered paintwork to create light effects on parts of the vehicle. 40 layers of paint have been applied, of which some are conductive while others have insulating properties. A total...

4 January 2023

SEAT will transform the El Prat de Llobregat plant towards electric vehicles with five new projects to produce components for the Small BEV family. This transformation is planned to start in 2025. SEAT Components will produce five components (differential, pivot bearing, battery E-Box, KMM – a battery cooling module - and the aluminum for the engine of the electric car), which represents a major boost in the...

15 December 2022

Volkswagen will be unveiling the new ID.3 to the public this coming spring. The second-generation ID.3 is set to be the latest chapter in the ID. family success story: To date, more than half a million ID. models – built on the basis of the modular electric drive matrix (MEB) – have been delivered to customers around the world. Currently, the ID.3 is produced at the Zwickau and Dresden plants in Germany. However...

2 December 2022

Volkswagen is on track with the electrification of its vehicle fleet. One year earlier than planned the company has reached a further milestone in the implementation of its ACCELERATE strategy to become an emission-free, software-driven mobility provider: Since the first ID.3 models were handed over to customers in October 2020, Volkswagen has delivered 500,000 vehicles from the ID. family worldwide – despite the...

14 November 2022

Volkswagen is using fully integrated latest-generation assistance systems in the ID. Buzz. The optionally available Travel Assist with swarm data3/4 and Park Assist Plus with memory function are perfect examples of this. These systems can also be optionally ordered for all other newly produced ID. models from the ID.3 and ID.4 up to the ID.5. The optional Travel Assist can keep the vehicle in lane, maintain a...

8 November 2022

Volkswagen of America announced today that the ID.4 SUV is the winner of the first-ever SEMA award for Electric Vehicle of the Year award from the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show, hosted annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. The SEMA Award is voted on by SEMA Show exhibitors, who determine the winners based on the vehicles they see as having the greatest appeal to consumers and potential for...

1 November 2022

ŠKODA AUTO is expanding its RS family to include another all-electric model – the ENYAQ RS iV. Just like the ENYAQ COUPÉ RS iV, the Czech carmaker has opted for two motors with a total system output of 220 kW and all-wheel drive for the top version of the SUV. Thanks to an exceptional drag coefficient of cd 0.265, the ENYAQ RS iV has a range of over 500 km in the WLTP cycle. This makes the two RS versions of the...

1 November 2022

Volkswagen Group reports a 25% increase in the deliveries of all-electric vehicles in the first nine months year-on-year. Despite ongoing supply constraints, 366,400 BEVs have been handed over to customers until the end of September, up from 293,000 in the prior-year period. The BEV share of total deliveries climbed to 6% in that timeframe, up from 4.2% in the same period of 2021. China remains the biggest driver...

14 October 2022

Europe's passenger EV sales increased by 16% YoY in Q2 2022, according to the latest research from Counterpoint's Global Passenger Electric Vehicle Model Sales Tracker. Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) accounted for 55% of total EV sales during the quarter. Germany, with a 28% share, remained the European EV market leader, followed by France with 16%, and the UK with 14%. Among other European nations, Spain and the...

14 October 2022

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