After 100 days of running the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, CEO Thomas Schäfer has outlined his vision for the marque, offering details about the company's upcoming EV products in the process. In a LinkedIn post, Schäfer, who previously was the head of Skoda Auto, said that Volkswagen would only build electric cars in Europe from
Volkswagen Group China reports a significant decrease in total vehicle deliveries in China during the first half of 2022. The volume in Mainland China and Hong Kong amounted to 1.47 million vehicles (down 20.5% year-over-year). That includes 1,081,700 Volkswagen and its Jetta sub-brand (down 18.8% year-over-year). According to the company, the performance was heavily impacted
German carmaker Volkswagen has "sold out" of battery-electric vehicles in the United States and Europe, meaning new customers will have to wait until 2023 to get one. VW Group CEO Herbert Diess told the Financial Times that the company's brands - which include Volkswagen, Porsche, Škoda and Audi - had a backlog of 300,000 orders for EVs
The European Commission has set the goal of becoming the world's first carbon-neutral continent and aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. Based on the current carbon emission of 95 g CO₂/km for passenger cars and 147 g CO₂/km for small commercial vehicles, the carbon emission
Volkswagen will build their $2.2 billion, EV-only manufacturing plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. The state-of-the-art facility will be located near the firm's headquarters and will produce around 250,000 cars per year. The decision to build the new plant came after VW realized it was easier to construct a new factory from scratch as opposed to retooling
Volkswagen reports 12,736 sales of all-electric ID. cars in China, which is another monthly record and at least the fifth consecutive month of growth. The company sold the first locally-produced Volkswagen ID.3, launched in October, and a total of 11,481 ID.4 and ID.6. FAW-Volkswagen reports 5,684 ID.4 CROZZ and ID.6 CROZZ, which leaves 5,797 for
The MEB-based, 7-seat SUV Volkswagen ID.6 was developed specifically for China and is locally produced by two independent joint ventures: FAW-Volkswagen (as ID.6 CROZZ) and SAIC Volkswagen (as ID.6 X). The German manufacturer from the beginning was denying sales of the ID.6 outside of China (some were expecting it in the U.S.), but now it
Even after the previous crisis in 2008, the full warehouses of used cars were emptied over time by lowering prices. After that, in the following years, their value jumped significantly due to, according to Forbes, a shortage in the market. This magazine predicts that a similar situation could happen again after the pandemic because
With I.D. ROOMZZ, Volkswagen shows us the biggest vehicle built on the all-electric MEB platform. A full size five-meter long SUV, with three rows of seats. Full-size SUV announced for production in 2021 The concept was unveiled at the “Brand SUV Night”, by the way of 2019 Shanghai Auto Show, and will have a production
Volkswagen has yet to reveal the eighth generation of its best-selling car, but the folks from Wolfsburg are already eager to talk a bit about the flagship of the Golf range. In an interview with Top Gear magazine, Jost Capito referred to the Golf R as being the “crown jewel of performance” in the Golf
