Volkswagen, shortened to VW, is a German automaker founded in 1937 and headquartered in Wolfsburg. The group's biggest market is in China, which delivers 40% of its sales and profits.
Group Board Member Oliver Blume, who is responsible for production, explained: "The transformation of the Volkswagen Group into a CO2-neutral company has gained momentum. In this context, supplying our plants with renewable electricity is an important part...
Volkswagen Board Member for Sales Klaus Zellmer said: The ID.4 launch has been very successful and the car has been well received by customers. We’ve still got great plans – we aim to deliver around 150,000 vehicles worldwide this year alone. That is about...
This CEO Alliance formed in 2020 against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic and the historic decisions on the European Green Deal. Their common goal is to make the EU the world's leading region for climate protection while unlocking investments, driving...
Cost and investment discipline cushions effects of coronavirus pandemicIn order to counteract the negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic, Volkswagen last year implemented a large number of additional cost-reducing measures. The company achieved a yea...
Back in 2016, Volkswagen kicked off its far-reaching transformation and the industry’s biggest electric offensive with the TRANSFORM 2025+ strategy. With ACCELERATE Volkswagen now aims to transform itself into “the most attractive brand for sustainable mob...
During February, the participating teams were able to call on support from technology, sustainability, creative thinking and other experts and mentors while working on their project ideas aimed at helping achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development ...
The introduction of auto-nomous systems for traffic use in 2025 is currently being prepared at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. Christian Senger, Head of Autonomous Driving: This year, for the first time, we are conducting field trials in Germany, in which ...
The Volkswagen Group had been a participant of the UN Global Compact since 27 August 2002. In the following years, Volkswagen Group continued their reporting in alignment with the requirements of the UN Global Compact and explained that they would pursue r...
“As we transform Volkswagen Group into a digital mobility provider, we are looking to continuously increase the efficiency of our software development. We are building the Automated Driving Platform with Microsoft to simplify our developers’ work through o...
The ID.4 plays an important role. With this model, Volkswagen is expanding its range to include an electric vehicle in the world’s largest growth segment, the compact SUV class. The market launch of our world car is therefore an important strategic milesto...
The central goal: To act as a beacon for Volkswagen in Germany, offering customers, visitors and guests a holistic experience of the ID. family – from initial advice and test drives, to production visits, co-constructing the ID.3 and modern event formats, ...
– Volkswagen ID.3 56,500 units– Audi e-tron 47,300 units– Volkswagen e-Golf 41,300 units– Volkswagen e-up! 22,200 units– Porsche Taycan 20,000 unitsDeliveries in the regions developed as follows in 2020:A total of 3,616,900 vehicles were delivered in Europ...
Despite a challenging market environment, Volkswagen delivered around 5.328 million vehicles across all drive systems to customers around the world. This is a decline of around 15 percent compared to the previous year. Volkswagen showed its strengths in 20...
Because of this, by the end of the year one in three Golfs was a hybrid. You can also see just how dynamic the back end of the year was in the fact that, of the approximately 312,000 Golf models delivered in Europe, around 179,000 hit the streets in the se...
The donations are being made under an agreement between the EIB and Volkswagen AG as part of commitments made in connection with the diesel crisis. In 2009, the EIB granted the Volkswagen Group a loan that was repaid in full in February 2014. Among other t...